Francis Bond Head

Francis Bond Head

Sir Francis Bond Head, 1st Baronet KCH PC (1 January 1793 – 20 July 1875), known as "Galloping Head", was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837.

Bond Head was a soldier in the British army from 1811–1825, and afterwards attempted to set up a mining company in Argentina. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1835 in an attempt by the British government to appease the reformers in the colony, such as William Lyon Mackenzie, who wanted responsible government. He appointed reformer Robert Baldwin to the Executive Council, though this appointment was opposed by the more radical Mackenzie. In any case he ignored Baldwin's advice, and Baldwin resigned; the Legislative Assembly then refused to pass any money bills, so Bond Head dissolved the government. In the subsequent election campaign, he appealed to the United Empire Loyalists of the colony, proclaiming that the reformers were advocating American republicanism. The Conservative party, led by the wealthy landowners known as the "Family Compact", won the election.

In December of 1837, Mackenzie led a brief and bungled rebellion in Toronto. Bond Head sent the colonial militia to put down the rebellion, which they did within a day. In response to the rebellion, Britain replaced Bond Head as Lieutenant-Governor with Lord Durham. Bond Head returned to England and didn't hold any office for the rest of his life.

Two hamlets are named for him: one to the northwest of Toronto in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury (formerly West Gwillimbury and Tecumseth townships) and one on Lake Ontario in the municipality of Clarington (formerly Clarke township) to the east of Toronto.

In later life Bond Head lived at Duppas Hall, overlooking Duppas Hill in Croydon, where he organised protests against the proposed outlawing of horse-riding in the area.

He was married to Lady Bond Head (the former Julia Valenza Somerville) in 1816, and had four children.

External links

* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5035 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]


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