Isaac Brock

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Major-General Sir Isaac Brock (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and War of 1812. Born in the Guernsey town of Saint Peter Port, Brock joined the British army as an ensign in the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot in 1785. He purchased a lieutenant's commission in 1790 and became a captain in the next year by raising a regimental company. Brock transferred to the 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot in 1791 and travelled to Barbados to join his regiment. Contracting yellow fever in Jamaica in 1793, he returned to England to recuperate and oversaw recruitment efforts, being promoted to major in 1795 and lieutenant colonel in 1797. Brock served with his regiment in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799 and the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. He was sent with the rest of the regiment to Upper Canada as garrison troops in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies Brock successfully...

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