- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Howden_MacBrien
- Wiki Biography:
- Major General Sir James Howden MacBrien KCB CMG DSO CStJ (30 June 1878 – 5 March 1938) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Militia (renamed the Canadian Army in 1940) from 1920 until 1927.
- Educated in Port Perry (Port Perry High School), MacBrien initially joined the Canadian Militia with the 34th Ontario Regiment but then transferred to the North-West Mounted Police and, during the Second Boer War, to the South African Constabulary. Returning to Canada he was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
- He also served in World War I as a general staff officer and then, from 1916, as commanding officer of 12th Infantry Brigade. He was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel in January 1917.
- After the war he was appointed Chief of the General Staff.
- He also served as the eighth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from August 1, 1931 to March 5, 1938. MacBrien died in Toronto.
- Second Great Grandson to United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=2220
- Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20765615/james_howden-macbrien
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