  sir john coape sherbrooke (baptised 29 april 1764 &ndash; 14 february 1830) was a british soldier and colonial administrator. after serving in the british army in nova scotia, the netherlands, india, the mediterranean (including sicily), and spain, he was appointed lieutenant-governor of nova scotia in 1811. during the war of 1812, his policies and victory in conquest of present day maine, renaming it the colony of new ireland, led to significant prosperity in nova scotia. ==spain== he served under the duke of wellington as a major general in the peninsular war from 1807 until his reassignment to nova scotia. simultaneously, he was a lieutenant general of portuguese forces. ==nova scotia== sherbrooke arrived at halifax on 16 october 1812 as commander of the forces in the atlantic provinces. the five years of sherbrookeâs administration were dominated by war with the united states, which broke out in june 1812, and matters relating to the colonyâs defence. he mounted guns at harbour entrances across the colony and placed the militias in a state of readiness. the war proved to be profitable for nova scotia. sherbrookeâs commercial policies turned the atlantic provinces into a thriving entrepÃ´t for international trade.http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3132 from 1813â1830 sherbrooke was colonel of the 33rd regiment of foot.of wellington's regimental website, colonels of the regiment ==new ireland== deciding to strike at the long-disputed borderland between passamaquoddy bay and the penobscot river, sherbrooke led an expeditionary force that august which successfully landed at castine and proceeded to subdue the entire region between the penobscot and the st croix. he renamed the region the colony of new ireland. the eight-month occupation of castine yielded customs revenues which were subsequently used to finance the cambridge military libraryhttp://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/research/topics/local-history-genealogy/literary-walking-tour/tour-stop-14.html in halifax and found dalhousie college.http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3132 the financing of dalhousie college, now dalhousie university in halifax had largely come from custom duties collected by sir john coape sherbrooke, then lieutenant-governor of nova scotia during the occupation of castine, maine during the war of 1812, investing Â
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