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Nicholas Nepean

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had left the colony since 1794 but remained in title only until 1815. After his time in Cape Breton, Nepean remained in the army until retiring as
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in 1794 where he was deployed to Ireland (1795–96), Gibraltar (1802–03) and Canada (1807-1812).
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as Attorney General and Executive Councilor. Campbell appealed his dismissal and later became
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officer and colonial official in Nova Scotia in the early 19th century.
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and in the dismissal of an equally mediocre official Sir
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Nepean's other claims to fame were being brother of Sir
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Index

Saltash, Cornwall, England
Newton Abbot, Devon, England
United Kingdom
Marines
British Army
Lieutenant-General
Banffshire Fencibles
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Sir Evan Nepean
British Army
Saltash
Cornwall
Royal Marines
British Army
New South Wales Corps
93rd Regiment
civil administrator
Cape Breton Island
John Despard
William Macarmick
Lieutenant general
Newton Abbot
Evan Nepean
William Campbell
Chief Justice of Upper Canada

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