Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In 1795 married the Princess Caroline of Brunswick. In 1811 regent, and in 1820 succeeded George III.
1809; became a wealthy merchant of Montreal. President of the Bank of Montreal, 1834 to 1860. In 1841 appointed to the Legislative Council; Speaker, 1847; a member of the Executive...
there; called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1841, and practised in Kingston and Toronto. In 1857-1864 represented South Ontario in the Canada Assembly; in 1858 provincial secretary i...
1779. Came to Montreal, and made judge of the district of Hesse with headquarters at Detroit, 1789. Promoted to chief-justiceship, 1815. Retired from the bench, 1825. =Index=: (Joh...
(Lord Dorchester era) Sent to occupy fort at St. Johns, 84; surrenders to Montgomery, 102.
Educated at Horton Academy and at Acadia College. Taught for a time in the provincial Normal School, Truro. Subsequently superintendent of education in both Nova Scotia and New Bru...
educated at the University of Toronto, Union Theological Seminary, New York, and Princeton University. Ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, 1869; settled at Winnipe...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Assists the church of England in Upper Canada, 158, 159.
Beauce, Quebec. Educated at the Seminary of Quebec; subsequently travelled throughout Europe; and in 1837 entered the Grand Seminary at Quebec. In 1842 ordained to the priesthood i...
(Lord Sydenham era) In Surrey, birthplace of Sydenham, 5.
(General Brock era) Succeeds in landing United States troops above Queenston, 303.
Entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company about 1815, when still a boy, and after some years' service east of the mountains, transferred to New Caledonia. Eventually promoted...
Entered Parliament in 1867 as member for Terrebonne; minister of militia and defence, 1878; president of the Council, 1880; called to the Senate, 1882; lieutenant-governor of Quebe...
1832. Represented Restigouche in the Assembly, 1857-1867; surveyor-general, 1861-1865; postmaster-general, 1867-1868; inspector of post offices for New Brunswick, 1868-1886. A stro...
(Bishop Laval era) Cross planted on summit, by Maisonneuve, 91.
(Sir James Douglas era) Built by Meares at Nootka--first ship launched in what is now British Columbia, 28; seized by Martinez, 28; crew sent to China, 29.
Son of preceding. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Interested in settlement of Haldimand's lands in Pennsylvania, 315; his father, General Prevost, also a friend of Haldimand...
(Lord Sydenham era) Member of Special Council of Lower Canada, opposes union, 193. (Louis Joseph Papineau era) Withdraws his support of Papineau, 86; loses his seat in Assembly, 10...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, in charge of mission at Miscou and afterwards at Chedabucto, 235, 237.
(General Brock era) Captures schooner Cayahoga with stores and baggage of General Hull, 218, 243; in command of brig Detroit captured by Americans, 292.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Killed in battle of Ste. Foy, 264.
King's College, Aberdeen, 1796. Came to Canada, 1799, and opened a school at Kingston. Ordained deacon, 1803, and priest, 1804. Became rector of York, 1812; archdeacon, 1827; and b...
(Bishop Laval era) Her piety, 92.
(General Brock era) Passed by Congress, 84.
Above Quebec. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) Settlement of Christian Indians at, 74.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) British frigate, with five other vessels, passes up the river, 123; Wolfe on board of, opposite Cap Rouge, 166; his last proclamation from, 172; Wolfe's conv...
Canada. Called to the bar, 1812, and practised in Quebec. In 1813 elected member for the county of Chambly in the provincial Assembly, and later chosen Speaker in the absence of Pa...
Declared by the United States against Great Britain in June, 1812. The president in his message to Congress specified the grounds for war as follows: Non-revocation of the orders-i...
government, 90; in political controversy, 1844, 238; his "Five Letters against the Baldwin Faction," 239-240. (George Brown Era) Retires from government with Foley and Simpson, to...
302; on rescue of some men cast ashore on Anticosti, 304. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.