Surveyor general: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m Anthony Appleyard moved page Surveyor General to Surveyor general: Requested by Mauls at WP:RM/TR: Article is about the role in general, and should be lower case per WP:JOBTITLES |
No edit summary Tag: wikilinks removed |
||
| (10 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
A '''surveyor general''' is an official responsible for government '''[[surveying]]''' in a specific country or territory. Historically this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post. |
{{Short description|Official responsible for government surveying}} |
||
A '''surveyor general''' is an official responsible for government '''[[surveying]]''' in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post. |
|||
The following surveyor general positions exist, or have existed historically: |
The following surveyor general positions exist, or have existed historically: |
||
| Line 12: | Line 13: | ||
** [[Surveyor General of Western Australia]] |
** [[Surveyor General of Western Australia]] |
||
*Surveyors general in Canada: |
*Surveyors general in Canada: |
||
** [[Arpenteur général du Québec]] |
** [[Arpenteur général du Québec]] - prior to 1840s as Surveyor General of Lower Canada |
||
** [[Surveyor General of Ontario]] |
** [[Surveyor General of Ontario]] - 1791 to 1829 as Surveyor General of Upper Canada and the [[Commissioner of Crown Lands (Province of Canada)]] 1827 to 1867 |
||
** [[Surveyor General of Nova Scotia]] |
** [[Surveyor General of Nova Scotia]] |
||
*Surveyors-general in [[British North America]] |
*Surveyors-general in [[British North America]] |
||
| Line 21: | Line 22: | ||
*** [[Robert Power (surveyor)]] |
*** [[Robert Power (surveyor)]] |
||
* [[Duchy of Cornwall|Surveyor General of Cornwall]], UK |
* [[Duchy of Cornwall|Surveyor General of Cornwall]], UK |
||
* [[ |
* [[Secretary for Development|Surveyor General of Hong Kong]] |
||
* [[Surveyor General of India]] |
* [[Surveyor General of India]] |
||
* [[Surveyor General of Ireland]] |
* [[Surveyor General of Ireland]] |
||
* [[Surveyor General of Malaysia]] |
|||
* [[Jacques Cortelyou|Surveyor General]] of [[New Netherland]] |
* [[Jacques Cortelyou|Surveyor General]] of [[New Netherland]] |
||
* [[Surveyor-General of New Zealand]] |
|||
* [[The Surveyor General of Pakistan]] |
* [[The Surveyor General of Pakistan]] |
||
* [[Surveyor General of Sri Lanka]] (formerly Surveyor General of Ceylon) |
* [[Surveyor General of Sri Lanka]] (formerly Surveyor General of Ceylon) |
||
| Line 33: | Line 36: | ||
***[[Edward Moseley|Surveyor General]] of the [[Province of North Carolina]] |
***[[Edward Moseley|Surveyor General]] of the [[Province of North Carolina]] |
||
** [[Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory]] (today's north-central U.S.) |
** [[Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory]] (today's north-central U.S.) |
||
** [[Surveyor General of the Eastern District]]<ref name="DeLancey1886">{{cite book |last1=DeLancey |first1=Edward Floyd |title=Origin and History of Manors in the Province of New York and in the County of Westchester |date=1886 |page=153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bl4EAAAAYAAJ&pg |
** [[Surveyor General of the Eastern District]]<ref name="DeLancey1886">{{cite book |last1=DeLancey |first1=Edward Floyd |title=Origin and History of Manors in the Province of New York and in the County of Westchester |date=1886 |page=153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bl4EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA153 |accessdate=29 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |
||
** [[Charles Trudeau (politician)|Surveyor General]] of [[Louisiana (New Spain)|Spanish Louisiana]] |
** [[Charles Trudeau (politician)|Surveyor General]] of [[Louisiana (New Spain)|Spanish Louisiana]] |
||
Latest revision as of 02:41, 14 March 2022
A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post.
The following surveyor general positions exist, or have existed historically:
- Surveyors general in Australia:
- Surveyors general in Canada:
- Arpenteur général du Québec - prior to 1840s as Surveyor General of Lower Canada
- Surveyor General of Ontario - 1791 to 1829 as Surveyor General of Upper Canada and the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Province of Canada) 1827 to 1867
- Surveyor General of Nova Scotia
- Surveyors-general in British North America
- Surveyor General of the Colony of Vancouver Island
- Surveyor General of New Brunswick
- Surveyor General of Cornwall, UK
- Surveyor General of Hong Kong
- Surveyor General of India
- Surveyor General of Ireland
- Surveyor General of Malaysia
- Surveyor General of New Netherland
- Surveyor-General of New Zealand
- The Surveyor General of Pakistan
- Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (formerly Surveyor General of Ceylon)
- Surveyors general in the United States and its colonial predecessors:
References[edit]
- ^ DeLancey, Edward Floyd (1886). Origin and History of Manors in the Province of New York and in the County of Westchester. p. 153. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
See also[edit]
- Surveyor Generals Corner (Australia)
- Public Land Survey System (United States)