Yeo, Sir James Lucas National Historic Person
Kingston, Ontario
Illustration of Sir James Lucas Yeo
(© Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1989-112-1)
Address :
Kingston, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1937-05-20
Life Date:
1782 to 1818
Other Name(s):
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Sir James Lucas Yeo
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Commander of the British forces on the Great Lakes, attacked American base at Oswego; War of 1812
Plaque(s)
Born at Southampton, England, Yeo entered the British Navy, served throughout the Napoleonic Wars and won rapid promotion by his abi1ity. In 1813, already a Commodore, he came to Canada to command British forces on the Great Lakes. Yeo successfully blockaded the American fleet in Sackett's Harbour for some months and subsequently commanded the naval forces at the capture of Oswego in 1814. Returning to England after the war he vas posted to the West African Coast and died et sea while returning from that tour of duty.