From: Portraits of British Americans By Fennings Taylor, William Notman Published by W. Notman, 1867
Page 39-50

Lieutenant-Colonel William Rhodes was born and raised Yorkshire England. He was the second son of William Rhodes, Esq., of Bramhope Hall, in Yorkshire. Lieutenant-Colonel William Rhodes was an officer in the British Army. Later moving to Quebec Canada he be and became Lieutenant-Colonel in the militia.

To read more about him here is the address of the biography: http://rhodesfamily.org/william_rhodes_quebec.php