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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British Army officer and colonial administrator</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other people named Robert Prescott, see <a href="/wiki/Robert_Prescott_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Robert Prescott (disambiguation)">Robert Prescott (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Robert Prescott, as depicted in a 1776 portrait by <a href="/wiki/John_Bogle_(artist)" title="John Bogle (artist)">John Bogle</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Martinique" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Martinique">Governor of Martinique</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1794</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th 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class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1796–1807</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data">George III</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Carleton,_1st_Baron_Dorchester" title="Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester">Guy Carleton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Henry_Craig" title="James Henry Craig">James Henry Craig</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1726<br /><a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="dday deathdate">1815-12-21</span>)</span>21 December 1815<br /><a href="/wiki/Rose_Green,_West_Sussex" class="mw-redirect" title="Rose Green, West Sussex">Rose Green, West Sussex</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Richard Prescott (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; 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class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">General</a> <b>Robert Prescott</b> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1726</span> – 21 December 1815) was a <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> officer and colonial administrator. During a military career which spanned over fifty years, he participated in the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American War of Independence</a>, including key engagements such as the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_campaign" title="Montreal campaign">Montreal campaign</a>. Prescott subsequently became the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Martinique" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Martinique">Governor of Martinique</a> and then, in 1796, <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_the_Canadas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor General of the Canadas">Governor General of the Canadas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_North_America" title="Commander-in-Chief, North America">Commander-in-Chief, North America</a>. He was recalled to England in 1799 after conflict with the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and disputes with <a href="/wiki/English_Canadians" title="English Canadians">Anglo-Canadian</a> elites over land distribution. Prescott continued to hold his position until 1807, with his lieutenant governors acting in his absence. He died in 1815 after unsuccessful attempts to clear his name.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Prescott&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Modern sources generally agree that Robert Prescott was born in <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> in 1726 or 1727.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-odnb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some sources, such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography" title="Dictionary of Canadian Biography">Dictionary of Canadian Biography</a></i>, claim that he was the son of a cavalry officer named Richard Prescott,<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> says that "on what grounds [this] is not clear."<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other sources also suggest that he was the brother of Colonel <a href="/wiki/William_Prescott" title="William Prescott">William Prescott</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who fought in some of the same conflicts, although William Prescott was an American who was born in <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>. Older sources differ from modern ones in some respects, with the 1896 <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> and the 1900 <i><a href="/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography" title="Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography">Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography</a></i> both claiming that he was born in 1725;<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i>Dictionary of National Biography</i> further states that "his family lost their estates owing to their opposition to the <a href="/wiki/Glorious_Revolution" title="Glorious Revolution">revolution of 1688</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-dnb_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dnb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is correct in its claim that General Prescott was the son of Captain Richard Prescott of Major-General Charles Sybourg's Horse, now the 7th Dragoon Guards. In the will of Richard Prescott, of Hanover Street, London, proved in London on 7 April 1747, Captain Richard Prescott lists his five sons - Richard, Robert, Isaac, Arthur and William - and his four daughters - Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. When the eldest son, General Richard Prescott, died in 1788, he left legacies to his brother, General Robert Prescott (who was also an executor of his will), to his sisters, Rebecca, Sarah and Elizabeth, and to Robert's daughter, Susanna Dalton. </p><p>Prescott's military career is much more well documented than his early life. He enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> in 1745 and became an <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_Kingdom" title="Ensign (rank)">ensign</a> in the <a href="/wiki/15th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Regiment of Foot">15th Regiment of Foot</a>. On 22 January 1755, he reached the rank of captain in the 15th Foot. With the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>, Prescott saw action in the 1757 <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Rochefort" title="Raid on Rochefort">raid on Rochefort</a>, and in 1758, the 15th Foot sailed for North America to participate in the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-cannon_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an ongoing conflict which had become the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. Prescott was present at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)" title="Siege of Louisbourg (1758)">1758 Siege of Louisbourg</a>. He became an <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a> to General <a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst" title="Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst">Jeffery Amherst</a> in 1759, participating in the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_campaign" title="Montreal campaign">Montreal campaign</a>. Afterward he served under General <a href="/wiki/James_Wolfe" title="James Wolfe">James Wolfe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dnb_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dnb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also delivered despatches to England announcing the fall of <a href="/wiki/Fort_L%C3%A9vis" title="Fort Lévis">Fort Lévis</a> in 1760,<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was near where the town of <a href="/wiki/Prescott,_Ontario" title="Prescott, Ontario">Prescott, Ontario</a> would later be founded and named in his honour.<sup id="cite_ref-edward-jessup-dcb_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edward-jessup-dcb-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1761, with the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Cherokee_War" title="Anglo-Cherokee War">Anglo-Cherokee War</a> ongoing, the <a href="/wiki/95th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Burton%27s)" title="95th Regiment of Foot (Burton's)">95th Regiment of Foot</a> was formed in <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> under <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Burton_(British_Army_officer)" title="Ralph Burton (British Army officer)">Ralph Burton</a>. Robert Prescott became a <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a> in the regiment on 22 March.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dnb_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dnb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment took the field by May 1761 near <a href="/wiki/Fort_Prince_George_(South_Carolina)" title="Fort Prince George (South Carolina)">Fort Prince George</a>, which guarded the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Path" title="Cherokee Path">Cherokee Path</a> and had been successfully raided by the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> in the previous year. The regiment was soon sent to the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> along with a number of other American regiments to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Martinique_(1762)" title="Invasion of Martinique (1762)">second invasion of Martinique</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dnb_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dnb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which followed an <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Martinique_(1759)" title="Invasion of Martinique (1759)">unsuccessful attempt in 1759</a>. Prescott became lieutenant-colonel of the <a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="72nd Regiment of Foot (1758)">72nd Regiment of Foot</a> in November 1762,<sup id="cite_ref-dnb_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dnb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the regiment disbanded the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prescott reappears in the military record with the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American War of Independence</a> in 1775. With the situation in the American colonies worsening for the British government, a number of units were mustered to be sent there. On 8 September 1775, he became lieutenant-colonel of the <a href="/wiki/28th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="28th Regiment of Foot">28th Regiment of Foot</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which had participated in the Montreal campaign during the French and Indian War. The regiment was sent to North America in May 1776. Later that year, in August, Prescott was present at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island" title="Battle of Long Island">Battle of Long Island</a>, after which the British captured <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Patriot_(American_Revolution)" title="Patriot (American Revolution)">Patriot</a> forces. He also participated in several engagements in <a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester County</a>, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Washington" title="Battle of Fort Washington">Battle of Fort Washington</a> in November.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dnb_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dnb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a <a href="/wiki/Brevet_(military)" title="Brevet (military)">brevet</a>-colonel on 29 August 1777.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dnb_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dnb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was attached to the British expedition against <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, and two weeks later, on 11 September, he was present at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brandywine" title="Battle of Brandywine">Battle of Brandywine</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dnb_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dnb-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was followed by the city's capture by the British. </p><p>Prescott then served in the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> and became <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Martinique" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Martinique">Governor of Martinique</a> in 1794. In 1796, he became governor-in-chief of <a href="/wiki/The_Canadas" title="The Canadas">the Canadas</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_North_America" title="Commander-in-Chief, North America">Commander-in-Chief, North America</a>. In his new position, he pursued a programme of improvements to military fortifications and infrastructure, which he found to be dilapidated and unsuitable for defense against external enemies, but was hampered by financial constraints.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An attempt by colonial officials in <a href="/wiki/Lower_Canada" title="Lower Canada">Lower Canada</a> to use <a href="/wiki/Corv%C3%A9e" title="Corvée">corvée</a> labour for a road improvement scheme led to widespread rioting, and the resulting unstable political situation in Canada over the winter of 1796–97 created what historian F. Murray Greenwood characterizes as a "garrison mentality" amongst Anglo-Canadian elites.<sup id="cite_ref-greenwood_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenwood-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The possibility of an insurrection by <a href="/wiki/French_Canadians" title="French Canadians">French Canadians</a>, which greatly outnumbered Anglo-Canadians, alarmed Prescott considerably. In an October 1796 letter to Home Secretary <a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish-Bentinck,_3rd_Duke_of_Portland" title="William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland">Lord Portland</a>, he wrote that "His Majesty's English subjects here compared to the [French Canadians] are not in a greater proportion as Seventy to Two Thousand."<sup id="cite_ref-greenwood_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenwood-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This thinking was encouraged by leading Anglo-Canadian elites such as Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/William_Osgoode" title="William Osgoode">William Osgoode</a> and Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Sewell" title="Jonathan Sewell">Jonathan Sewell</a>, who promoted the idea that the unrest was a Franco-American plot to overthrow British rule in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prescott cracked down against perceived insurrectionists, leading to the trial and execution of American merchant <a href="/wiki/David_McLane_(merchant)" title="David McLane (merchant)">David McLane</a> as a French spy.<sup id="cite_ref-greenwood_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenwood-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also banned the immigration of <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> priests from France, and placed the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Canada" title="Catholic Church in Canada">Catholic Church in Canada</a> under strict surveillance, arguing that the colonial government should confiscate the estates held by the <a href="/wiki/Sulpician" class="mw-redirect" title="Sulpician">Sulpician</a> order.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, his reluctance to directly violate the rights of Catholics led to conflict with the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Quebec" title="Anglican Diocese of Quebec">Anglican Bishop of Quebec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Mountain" title="Jacob Mountain">Jacob Mountain</a>, who singlemindedly pursued <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> supremacy over the Catholic Church.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prescott was also faced with a refugee crisis, as many <a href="/wiki/United_Empire_Loyalists" class="mw-redirect" title="United Empire Loyalists">United Empire Loyalists</a> and others who had fled United States to settle in Canada had still not received legal title to any lands, and had either returned to the US or began <a href="/wiki/Squatting" title="Squatting">squatting</a> on Canadian land instead. With responsibility for addressing the crisis falling to him as governor, Prescott devised a scheme designed to distinguish genuine settlers from <a href="/wiki/Land_speculator" class="mw-redirect" title="Land speculator">land speculators</a> by basing the size of township grants on the expenses incurred by the applicant, which also served to reward those who had begun to develop lands in anticipation of receiving a land title.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This satisfied the majority of applicants, but angered speculators, as it limited their ability to profit from merely holding title to lands in Canada. Prescott began to suspect a conspiracy dating back to at least 1794 amongst members of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Lower_Canada" title="Executive Council of Lower Canada">Executive Council</a>, including Osgoode, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Finlay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hugh Finlay (page does not exist)">Hugh Finlay</a> (chairman of the land committee) and <a href="/wiki/John_Young_(seigneur)" title="John Young (seigneur)">John Young</a>, to exploit their official positions to acquire large tracts of land for themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Executive Council condemned Prescott's attempted solution to the land issue, leading him to believe that his suspicions had been confirmed. A military figure who was unaccustomed to politicking and perceived insubordination, Prescott lashed out against councillors, openly accusing them of land speculation and jobbery.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1799, attempts at reconciliation failed, and the British government recalled Prescott to England, despatching <a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Milnes,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Milnes, 1st Baronet">Sir Robert Milnes, 1st Baronet</a> as lieutenant governor to manage Lower Canada in his absence. Milnes promptly granted the Executive Council the land grants they had pursued.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his return to England, Prescott endeavoured for some time to have an official inquiry made into his recall in order to exonerate himself. He officially remained in his position until 1807, but never returned to Lower Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on 21 December 1815 at <a href="/wiki/Rose_Green,_West_Sussex" class="mw-redirect" title="Rose Green, West Sussex">Rose Green, West Sussex</a>, aged about 89.<sup id="cite_ref-DCB_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_Family">Marriage and Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Prescott&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Marriage and Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 18 January 1765, at All Saints' Church, Wakefield, Prescott married Susanna (d. April 1817, aged 73), daughter of William Serjeantson, of Kirkgate, Wakefield and Hanlith, Kirkby Malham, Yorkshire. They had two daughters and a son, </p> <ul><li>Susanna (1766-1823), married at St Mary-le-bone, London, 10 March 1783, Lt. Col. John Dalton, 4th Light Dragoons, of Sleningford Hall, Ripon & had issue. Their granddaughter, Susanna Dalbiac, married <a href="/wiki/James_Innes-Ker,_6th_Duke_of_Roxburghe" title="James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe">James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe</a>, and was a Lady of the Bedchamber to <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> for thirty years.</li></ul> <ul><li>Rebecca (1768-1798) married in Quebec Lt. Col. John Baldwin, The 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot, A.D.C. to General Prescott,and had issue.</li></ul> <ul><li>Serjeantson (1784-1816), Lt. Col. 5th Dragoon Guards, m. in Battle, Sussex, 20 December 1808, Mary Falkiner, daughter of Caleb Falkiner, and granddaughter of Sir <a href="/wiki/Riggs_Falkiner" title="Riggs Falkiner">Riggs Falkiner</a>, 1st Bt., of Cork, Ireland. He was killed by a cricket ball at Rose Green, Sussex, leaving issue.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Prescott&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Prescott,_Ontario" title="Prescott, Ontario">Prescott, Ontario</a><sup id="cite_ref-edward-jessup-dcb_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edward-jessup-dcb-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Prescott_County,_Ontario" title="Prescott County, Ontario">Prescott County</a> are named in his honour. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Prescott&action=edit&section=4" 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Vol. V (1801–1820) (online ed.). <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto_Press" title="University of Toronto Press">University of Toronto Press</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=JESSUP%2C+EDWARD&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+Canadian+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=University+of+Toronto+Press&rft.date=1983&rft.aulast=Bowler&rft.aufirst=R.+Arthur&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biographi.ca%2Fen%2Fbio%2Fjessup_edward_5E.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Prescott" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHotham-Thompson2018" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Hotham-Thompson,_8th_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, 8th Baronet">Hotham-Thompson, Charles</a> (6 April 2018) [1764]. <i>Operations of the Allied Army Under the Duke of Brunswick: 1757–1766</i>. 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style="width:1%">Province of Canada (1841–66)*</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Clitherow" title="John Clitherow">Clitherow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Downes_Jackson" title="Richard Downes Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bagot" title="Charles Bagot">Bagot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Metcalfe,_1st_Baron_Metcalfe" title="Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe">Fernhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Cathcart,_2nd_Earl_Cathcart" title="Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart">Cathcart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Bruce,_8th_Earl_of_Elgin" title="James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin">Elgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edmund_Walker_Head,_8th_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet">Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Monck,_4th_Viscount_Monck" title="Charles Monck, 4th Viscount 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