However, the claim is false, as it was the British and not Canada who burned down the White House during the War of 1812 between the United States and the British. Notably, Canada was then a ...

David Burnett By contrast, the British historiography of the War of 1812 has generally consisted ... A month later, on August 24, the British burned down the White House and several other ...

On the day after he burned the White House, the then-42-year-old rear admiral ... of the Order of the Bath for his actions in the war of 1812. He went on to become Admiral of the Fleet in 1851.