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Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier
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Image:LNF Crozier.jpg thumb|right|200px|L.N.F. Crozier c. [[1880]]
'''Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier''' (
11 June 1846 –
25 February 1901), commonly known as '''L.N.F. Crozier''', was a
Canadian militia officer and a superintendent of the
North-West Mounted Police, now best remembered for his role in the
North-West Rebellion of
1885, a resistance movement headed by Métis leader
Louis Riel in what is now the modern
Provinces and territories of Canada province of
Saskatchewan.
On
March 26 1885, Crozier lead a group of approximately 100 mounted police and volunteers from
Fort Carlton to confront the Métis near Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. In the ensuing
battle of Duck Lake, the NWMP were routed by the Métis. Crozier's role in the remainder of the rebellion was minimal, and his force largely remained at its post in
Battleford, Saskatchewan. Nevertheless, he was on
April 1 promoted to assistant commissioner of the NWMP, a post which he held until his forced retirement in
1886. He spent his later years in as a merchant and banker in
Oklahoma, dying of a heart attack in
Cushing, Oklahoma on
25 February,
1901.
External links
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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
Category:1846 births Crozier, Leif Newry Fitzroy
Category:1901 deaths Crozier, Leif Newry Fitzroy
Category:Canadian military people Crozier, Le
Category:Royal Canadian Mounted Police Croz
Category:Ulster-English Canadians Croz
Category:People from Hastings County, Ontario Crozier, L
Category:People of North-Western Territory Croz
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