Sir John Cope Sherbrooke ( born John Coape Sherbrooke ; date of birth unknown, baptized April 29, 1764 - February 14, 1830 ) - British commander and colonial administrator. He served in the British army in the colony of Nova Scotia , as well as in the Netherlands, India, the Mediterranean (Sicily, Spain). In 1811 he was appointed lieutenant governor of the colony of Nova Scotia .
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His active efforts to protect the colony from American encroachment during the Anglo-American War of 1812 led to his appointment to the post of Governor General of British North America (now Canada ) in 1816. He managed to resolve disputes between the English-speaking and French-speaking population, for which he won the trust of Louis-Joseph Papino .
Due to illness, he was forced to resign only 2 years after the appointment, after which he moved to Nottinghamshire in England. His reign was remembered as the calm before the storm - the uprisings of 1837 in Upper and Lower Canada.
The city of Sherbrooke in Quebec and the streets in several cities are named after him.