Colonel James De Lancey was an American-born military officer and politician who led one of the best known and most feared of the loyalist units, De Lancey's Cowboys, during the American Revolutionary War. He was known as the "Outlaw of the Bronx." George Washington was well aware of James De Lancey’s activities and much desired his capture. He later became a political figure in Nova Scotia, representing Annapolis Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1786 to 1794. He has become a controversial figure for unsuccessfully trying to use the courts to retrieve a slave he brought to Nova Scotia.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- Born
- September 6, 1746
- Died
