By Heather Skinner
ESPERANCE- A huge thank you to Ken Jones for continuing to share learning opportunities from the Esperance Historical Museum's Soup and Stroll event with this clarification about the history of Lord North Drive:
"Lord Frederick North was the Prime Minister of England and blamed for the loss to the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Gen. William North 1755-1836 living in Duanesburg owned most of the Esperance village lots and leased them on a quit rent basis usually collecting the rents himself annually. Because he was the Land Lord or Lord of his own manor the later generations referred to him as Lord North and when the Bicentennial came around in 1976 there was a “Lord North Bicentennial Weekend” and the Village renamed Rockwell Drive which had just been extended into “Lord North Drive” in honor of William North, probably not realizing that Lord North was also the name of the enemy during the Revolutionary War. William North was referred to during his lifetime by his proper name or political or military title such as Gen. William North but never “Lord North”."
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