Francis Grose (British Army officer)
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title:
Francis Grose (British Army officer)
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Lieutenant-General Francis Grose was a British soldier who commanded the New South Wales Corps. As Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales he governed the colony from 1792 until 1794, in which he established military rule, abolished civil courts, and made generous land-grants to his officers. He failed to stamp out the practice of paying wages in alcoholic spirits, with consequent public drunkenness and corruption. Although he helped to improve living conditions to some degree, he was not viewed
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British army officer and colonial administrator (1758–1814)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Grose_(British_Army_officer)
date created:
2005-09-21T12:41:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:52:22Z
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