page_title: James De Lancey (loyalist)
section_title: Nova Scotia
hierarchical_section_title: James De Lancey (loyalist) / Career / Nova Scotia
caption_attribution_description: English: Circa 1780s, this historic 'antique' house sits prominently on a knoll with breathtaking views and frontage across the road on the Annapolis River. Known to be Colonel James Delancy's House, (cowboy of the Bronx), is very much in its original state with high ceilings, wide plank floors, grand staircase and huge windows.
context_page_description: James De Lancey was a colonial American who led one of the best known and most feared of the loyalist units, De Lancey's Brigade, during the American Revolution. He was known as the "Commander of the Cowboys" by the loyalists and by the Patriots he was known as the "Outlaw of the Bronx". He later became a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1786 to 1794. He has become a controversial figure for unsuccessfully trying to use the courts to retrieve a slave he brought to Nova Scotia.
context_section_description: Around the start of 1783, following the Patriot victory in the American Revolution, he moved to Nova Scotia, settling at Round Hill in Annapolis County.  De Lancey was elected to the provincial assembly after his brother Stephen was named to the province's Council; in 1794, James was also named to the Council by Governor Wentworth.
  He resigned from his seat on the council in 1801 due to poor health.  He was a slave owner and was thwarted by Richard John Uniacke in De Lancey's efforts to have slavery legally recognized in Nova Scotia.
caption: His historic house sits prominently on a knoll with views of the Annapolis River.
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