Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier
Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier (born June 11, 1846 probably in Newry , Northern Ireland , † February 25, 1901 in Cushing , Oklahoma ; actually Lief Newry Fitzroy Crozier ), known as LNF Crozier , was a Canadian officer in the North-West Mounted Police who for his role in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 in what is now the Canadian province of Saskatchewan , then part of the Northwest Territories .
On March 26, 1885 Crozier led a group of about 100 mounted police (NWMP) and volunteers from Prince Albert of Fort Carlton out to the insurgent Métis in Duck Lake in what is now Saskatchewan counter. In the following Battle of Duck Lake , the NWMP was raised by the Métis. Crozier's role in the progress of the rebellion was rather minor; his men stayed in Battleford , Saskatchewan, most of the time . Regardless, he was promoted to Assistant Commissioner of the NWMP on April 1 , an office he held until his forced retirement in 1886. He spent the remaining years as a businessman and banker in Oklahoma, where he died of a heart attack in Cushing on February 25, 1901.
See also
Web links
- Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
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| SURNAME | Crozier, Leif Newry Fitzroy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crozier, LNF; Crozier, Lief Newry Fitzroy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newry , Northern Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1901 |
| Place of death | Cushing , Oklahoma , USA |