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          Sir George Simpson (c.

        1. Sir George Simpson (c.
        2. SIMPSON, Sir GEORGE, governor of the HBC, author, and businessman; b.
        3. Simpson, Sir George .
        4. Sir George Bowen Simpson (), politician and judge, was born on at Oatlands near Parramatta, New South Wales, son of Pierce (Percy) Simpson.
        5. Sir George Simpson, in his role as governor of the Hudson's Bay Company territories in North America from to , had a major impact on the development.

          6. Simpson, Sir George ....

          Memorable Manitobans: George Simpson ()

          George Simpson
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          Governor, explorer.

          Born at Loch Broom, Ross-Shire, Scotland, in , an illegitimate son of London merchant George Simpson, cousin of Thomas Simpson, he served as a clerk in the sugar brokerage firm of Andrew Wedderburn-Colvile before his appointment as Hudson’s Bay Company governor-in-chief locum tenens in In North America, he ran the tough Athabaska Department until the union of the HBC and North West Company in , when he became governor of the Northern Department of Rupert’s Land, with headquarters at Red River.

          After he was governor-in-chief of the HBC and its territories in North America.

          For the first part of his tenure he ran his vast empire from Red River, although after he also established a headquarters in Lachine, Lower Canada.

          Simpson married his cousin Frances Simpson, daughter of Geddes Mackenzie Simpson, in and brought her to Red River, where the couple lived until