Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester

General The Right Honourable The Lord Dorchester KB
21st Governor of the Province of Quebec
In office 1768–1778
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	James Murray
Succeeded by	Sir Frederick Haldimand
23rd Governor General of The Canadas
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Sir Frederick Haldimand
Succeeded by	Robert Prescott
Personal details
Born	(1724-09-03)3 September 1724 Strabane, County Tyrone, Ulster, Kingdom of Ireland
Died	10 November 1808(1808-11-10) (aged 84) Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Awards	Knight of the Order of the Bath
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1742–1796
Rank	General
Commands	America Quebec The Canadas
Battles/wars	War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American War of Independence

Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester KB (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer, peer and colonial administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768 to 1778, concurrently serving as Governor General of British North America in that time, and again from 1785 to 1795.^[1] The title Baron Dorchester was created on 21 August 1786.

He commanded British troops in the American Revolutionary War, first leading the defence of Quebec during the 1775 rebel invasion, and the 1776 counteroffensive that drove the rebels from the province. In 1782 and 1783, he led as the commander-in-chief of all British forces in North America. In this capacity he was notable for carrying out the Crown's promise of freedom to slaves who joined the British, and he oversaw the evacuation of British forces, Loyalists and more than 3,000 freedmen from New York City in 1783 to transport them to a British colony. Toward this end, Carleton assigned Samuel Birch to create the Book of Negroes.

The military and political career of his younger brother, Thomas Carleton, was interwoven with his own, and Thomas served under him in the Canadas.^[2]