John Graves Simcoe served as the first lieutenant governor of the former Upper Canada

Simcoe Street first appeared on the 1922 map when Grey Street was one block north of Simcoe and Peel Street was one block south. But Grey and Peel streets have since disappeared. Simcoe was named in honour of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, who served from 1791 to 1796.

John Graves Simcoe and Elizabeth Posthuma Graves Gwillin were married in Devon in 1782. They had 11 children. John Graves was educated at Eton and Oxford and served in the British Army in America during the American Revolutionary War. He commanded the Queens Rangers until being invalided back to England.

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