SIR ROGER HALE SHEAFFE 1763-1851

On October 13, 1812, following Isaac Brock’s death in a
preceding assault, Major-General Sheaffe assumed command
and led a successful attack which dislodged an invading
American force from Queenston Heights. Born in Boston,
Mass., Sheaffe was commissioned in the British army in 1778
and fought in the American Revolution and the Napoleonic
Wars. Arriving in Upper Canada in 1812, he served as
Administrator of the province 1812-1813, and returned to
England in the latter year. He was created a baronet in
1813, attained the rank of general in 1838 and died in
Edinburgh, Scotland.

Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.