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  McNaughton, Andrew George Latta
McNaughton, Andrew George Latta, army officer, scientist, diplomat (b at Moosomin, NWT [Sask] 25 Feb 1887; d at Montebello, Qué 11 July 1966).
McNaughton returned to soldiering in WWII as commander of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division in 1939.
McNaughton remained a favourite of PM Mackenzie KING (he had earlier been a confidant of PM R.B.), and was slated to become the first Canadian-born governor general.
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 Encyclopedia: Andrew George Latta McNaughton
Andrew George Latta McNaughton, PC (February 25, 1887 - July 11, 1966) was a Canadian army officer, politician and diplomat.
Instead, McNaughton became Minister of National Defence when Ralston was forced to resign after the Conscription Crisis of 1944, as King did all he could to avoid introducing conscription.
McNaughton was soon pressured into calling for conscription despite King's wishes, a popular move for some Canadians but an equally unpopular one for many others.
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 McNaughton, Andrew George Latta
While training to become an electrical engineer at McGill University, A.G.L. McNaughton was also an officer with the Canadian militia and learned to handle artillery.
The next year, McNaughton was promoted to the rank of general and became minister of national defence himself.
McNaughton left the Cabinet in 1945 and became a diplomat.
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 Canada World View - Issue 2 - Winter 1999 - Portrait :Andrew McNaughton
McNaughton the scientist graduated from McGill with a B.Sc.
After the war, McNaughton joined the permanent forces and was Chief of the General Staff (CGS) until his appointment as President of the NRC in 1935.
McNaughton the politician had a brief but eventful career, serving capably as Minister of National Defence but failing in two tries for a seat in the House.
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 Juno Beach Centre - General Andrew G.L. McNaughton
Andrew George Latta McNaughton, born in Moosomin (then North-West Territories, now in Saskatchewan) February 25, 1887, died in Montebello (Quebec) July 11, 1966.
McNaughton’s contribution to the development of new techniques is outstanding, especially in the field of detection and weaponry, including the discarding sabot projectile.
Prime Minister King’s trust towards McNaughton remains unabated and he is appointed Minister of Defence in 1944, with the specific mandate to solve the conscription issue.
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 IEEE Canadian Foundation
Andrew George Latta McNaughton, known as Andy to his World War II troops, was once described by Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana as "one of the most determined men to come up against in negotiations.
General McNaughton was called the "father" of Canada's Army because he insisted that the ground forces that he led in World War should be considered as an army.
General McNaughton was born Feb. 25, 1887, in the tiny Saskatchewan village of Moosomin.
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McNaughton resigned his command of First Canadian Army in 1943, and became Minister of National Defence under Mackenzie King when Ralston was forced to resign after the Conscription Crisis in 1944.
Despite McNaughton's boasts that he could increase enlistments without conscription, his efforts were to no avail, and he too was eventually pressured into calling for the draft of soldiers for combat units overseas.
McNaughton was unable to secure a seat in the House of Commons, and resigned his cabinet position in 1945.
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 McNaughton Lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
McNaughton was born in Saskatchewan and joined the faculty of McGill University upon graduation.
McNaughton was leader of those who advocated development of the Columbia River for hydro-power.
When the name McNaughton Lake was proclaimed by the British Columbia cabinet, a number of the residents of the East Kootenay area lobbied to change the name to Kinbasket Lake.
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 physics - Andrew McNaughton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Andrew George Latta McNaughton (February 25, 1887 - July 11, 1966) was a Canadian army officer, politician and diplomat.
The British generals frequently criticized him, and his support for voluntary enlistment rather than conscription led to conflict with James Ralston, the Minister of National Defence.
After the war he served on the Atomic Energy Commission and as Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations, as well as many other international committees, until his death in 1966.
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 AllRefer.com - Andrew George Latta McNaughton (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Andrew George Latta McNaughton[muknOt´un] Pronunciation Key, 1887–1966, Canadian general, b.
An artillery officer in World War I, he was later (1929–35) Canadian chief of staff.
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McNaughton’s contributions to science were significant, but he nevertheless left his position at the outbreak of World War II to return to military affairs as Major-General.
Slated to become the first Canadian-born governor general, McNaughton instead became the Canadian representative on the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission as well as the permanent Canadian delegate to the United Nations.
Altogether, “Andy” McNaughton — uncompromising in his independent views but foresighted as a scientist, devoted as a military commander, and widely respected as a diplomat — left an outstanding mark on Canadian and world affairs.
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 McNaughton Family Crest
In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
In the McNaughton coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...
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 Andrew McNaughton Biography / Biography of Andrew McNaughton Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Andrew McNaughton (1887-1966) was Canada's most prominent soldier in the 20th century.
After World War II McNaughton served in a variety of political and diplomatic capacities.
Andrew George Latta McNaughton was born February 25, 1887, at Moosomin, North West Territories (now Saskatchewan), Canada.
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 McNaughton Coat of Arms
The ancestors of the McNaughton family were part of an ancient Scottish tribe called the Picts.
in 1767; Malcolm and Martha McNaughten settled in the Carolinas in 1806; Angus, Daniel, Donald, Duncan, Elizabeth, Janet, Jean, John, and Catherine McNaughton, all settled in New York State in 1775.
This practice, which often included paying homage to the Clan Chief at important events was effective in building respect, devotion and familiarity between different families within the same clan.
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 The McNutt Family of Saugus MA
Descendants of Alexander include Reverend George L. McNutt, 1855-, a Presbyterian minister and reformer of the early 1900's his two sons, William Slavens McNutt, 1886-1938, a playwright, and war correspondent, and Patterson McNutt, 1896-1948, a playwright, screen writer, producer and author.
Peter's grandson Robert Duncan McNaughton first came to New Brunswick, then moved west to settle in Saskatchewan when his son Andrew George Latta McNaughton was born in 1887.
Andrew was educated at McGill University and went into the Canadian Army.
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 PRESS RELEASE
General “Andy” McNaughton took the seat of the President of the UN Security Council at a’ time when the Council was still at its infancy, at.
It was against this backdrop that General McNaughton, as President of the UN Security Council, contributed to the cause of our independence.
And it was a tremendous diplomatic achievement for General McNaughton, and the Indonesian nation is forever grateful to him.
www.indonesia.sk /press_releases/2004/pr04-26.htm   (393 words)

  
 France Nice
Andrew George Latta McNaughton takes command 7th Army Corps consisting of British, france paris Canadian and New Zealand troops.
Senior royality, would include consorts, hiers to the throne, former monarchs, france in property sale so should be included, because their deaths would likely receive coverage, and they will be remembered historically.
Charley was the most intense hurricane to strike the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
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 France Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Taking information from one author is plagiarism, taking information from many is research.
Andrew George Latta McNaughton takes france ivory coast command 7th Army Corps consisting of British, Canadian and New Zealand troops.
POV, even if a lot of people consider these numbers to be special.
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 July 14
1940 - World War II: Andrew George Latta McNaughton takes command of the 7th Army Corps consisting of British, Canadian and New Zealand troops.
1951 - In Joplin, Missouri, George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
1939 - George E. Slusser, scholar, professor & writer
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: McNaughton, Andrew George Latta @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
MCNAUGHTON, ANDREW GEORGE LATTA [McNaughton, Andrew George Latta], 1887-1966, Canadian general, b.
An artillery officer in World War I, he was later (1929-35) Canadian chief of staff.
Our archive contains millions of documents from thousands of sources and goes back over 23 years.
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July 10 - World War II: Battle of Britain - The German Luftwaffe begin to hit British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).
July 14 - World War II: Andrew George Latta McNaughton takes command 7th Army Corps consisting of British, Canadian and New Zealand troops.
August 20 - Exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded in Mexico City by an assassin's ice-ax.
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 July 14 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1943 - In Joplin, Missouri, George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
2000 - George Speight, the principal instigator of the Fiji coup of 2000, was arrested with 369 of his followers and charged with treason.
1608 - George Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d.
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 Encyclopedia.com - Results for McNaughton, Andrew George Latta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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 1940   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
November 16 - World War II: In response to Germany leveling Coventry two days before, the Royal Air Force begins to bomb Hamburg (by war's end, 50,000 Hamburg residents died from Allied attacks).
November 18 - World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Greece.
February 4 - George Romero, American film writer, producer, and director
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 Nothingandall: 07/10/2005 - 07/16/2005
1902 - Georg Schwarz, was born in Nürtingen (d.
Suspected serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan, was found dead eight days later.
This book became one of the most widely-discussed books ever published and one of the most widely sold.
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Related content from HighBeam Research on: Andrew George Latta McNaughton
McNaughton, Andrew George Latta (The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition)
McNaughton, Andrew George Latta (1887-1966) (The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History)
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 Mackenzie and McNaughton (1975) The Mackenzie-McNaughton wartime letters
Mackenzie and McNaughton (1975) The Mackenzie-McNaughton wartime letters
National Research Council of Canada; World War, 1939-1945; Science; Mackenzie, Chalmers J.; McNaughton, Andrew George Latta
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by Chalmers J. Mackenzie, Andrew George Latta McNaughton
by Andrew George Brown, George Elliott Clarke, Meg Sircom
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 ipedia.com: 1940 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Luftwaffe, the Air Force of Germany, in preparation for Operation Sealion begins to hit British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).
April 16 - Queen Margaret II of Denmark
April 20 - George Takei, actor (Star Trek)
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