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Major-General Sir George Arthur French, KCMG (19 June 1841 – 7 July 1921) served as the first Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, from October 18, 1873, to July 21, 1876.

George Arthur French was born at Roscommon, Ireland. He was educated at the [[Royal Military College. , Sandhurst]], and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and commissioned in the Royal Artillery in 1860.

In 1871, at the request of the Canadian government, he was sent to Canada as a military inspector, eventually becoming head of the School of Gunnery at Kingston, Ontario.

French was appointed to organize the North-West Mounted Police on its creation in 1873, and the next year he led the force on its famous march to the foothills of the Rockies.

French resigned in 1876 and returned to duty in the British Army, eventually attaining the rank of major-general. The organizational skills developed in Canada were used to establish local defence forces in India and Australia. In September 1883 he was appointed Commandant of the Queensland Local Forces with the local rank of colonel, and arrived in the colony on January 4, 1884. Colonel French married, in 1862, Janet Clarke, daughter of the late Robert Long Innes, formerly of the 37th Regiment. Colonel French retired in 1891, and returned to England.^[1]

When French retired in 1902 he received a knighthood and for the next 19 years much of his time was spent guarding the crown jewels in London, where he died in 1921.

External links

"George Arthur French". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.

^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "French, Colonel George Arthur" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

Police appointments
Preceded by William Osborne Smith	Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police 1873-1876	Succeeded by James MacLeod

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[1] Mennell, Philip (1892). "French, Colonel George Arthur" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

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 French was appointed to organize the [[North-West Mounted Police]] on its creation in 1873, and the next year he led the force on its famous march to the foothills of the [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]].
-French resigned in 1876 and (donkeys are actually called asses) returned to duty in the [[British Army]], eventually attaining the rank of major-general. The organizational skills developed in Canada were used to establish local defence forces in [[India]] and [[Australia]]. In September 1883 he was appointed Commandant of the Queensland Local Forces with the local rank of colonel, and arrived in the colony on January 4, 1884. Colonel French married, in 1862, Janet Clarke, daughter of the late Robert Long Innes, formerly of the 37th Regiment. Colonel French retired in 1891, and returned to England.<ref>{{cite Australasia|French, Colonel George Arthur}}</ref>
+French resigned in 1876 and returned to duty in the [[British Army]], eventually attaining the rank of major-general. The organizational skills developed in Canada were used to establish local defence forces in [[India]] and [[Australia]]. In September 1883 he was appointed Commandant of the Queensland Local Forces with the local rank of colonel, and arrived in the colony on January 4, 1884. Colonel French married, in 1862, Janet Clarke, daughter of the late Robert Long Innes, formerly of the 37th Regiment. Colonel French retired in 1891, and returned to England.<ref>{{cite Australasia|French, Colonel George Arthur}}</ref>
 When French retired in 1902 he received a [[knighthood]] and for the next 19 years much of his time was spent guarding the [[crown jewels]] in London, where he died in 1921.