choice, as he had been the senior practising barrister on the Island for some years, and because, in the estimation of the governor, Sir Alexander
trading expeditions to the Missouri in 1805–6 and he was with the Gros Ventres when Chaboillez and Alexander Henry* visited the Mandans
.”
In April 1833 Simms was offered, but refused, a seat on the Supreme Court; however, in the same month he was made acting chief justice after the retirement of Richard Alexander
grantees, opened the way for speculation. He delayed making new and large grants to Alexander McNutt*, a major speculator, and appealed to the
senior staff, and a more muted one from Osler, he was passed over, to his evident “bitter disappointment.” However, the successful candidate, Robert Alexander
Sept. 1742 in Scotland, eldest son of Alexander M’Donald of Glenaladale and Margaret MacDonell of Scothouse (Scotus); d. 28 Dec. 1810 on his estate, Tracadie (lots 35 and 36), P.E.I
RUSSELL, THOMAS ALEXANDER, industrialist and cattle breeder; b. 17 April 1877 in Usborne Township (South Huron), Ont
Lees and Alexander and George* Davison, two brothers who came from the same region as Bell and were protégés of the Duke of Northumberland
and returned to practice to fill the gap left in the Blake firm by the appointment of John Alexander Boyd
Alexander, manager of the Hastings mill, was the secretary. By 1899, like RCPM a decade earlier, it was the largest lumber company in the province. It employed over 1,100 workers and had a sawing
Brandon (35,000 and 6,000 bushels), Alexander (30,000 bushels), and Moose Jaw (Sask.) (7,000 bushels); as well, there was an elevator in Morden, Man. (25,000 bushels) and a warehouse in Qu’Appelle (Sask
MORRIS, ALEXANDER, lawyer, judge, businessman, politician, and public servant; b
*.
Admiring the way Rowell accepted his defeat was Nellie Langford, who had graduated with a degree in modern languages from Toronto’s Victoria University in 1896. Her father was the Reverend Alexander Langford
solicitor general, Christopher Alexander Hagerman*. But, Sullivan said, because of’ their rumoured replacement by law officers from
Mackenzie [Alexander McKenzie*], and Mcdonell [possibly John McDonald* of Garth
pre-loyalist when Alexander Howe*, member of an old Nova Scotia family, petitioned against Seabury’s election. Howe claimed that the sheriff of
, bookseller, and publisher.
It is as a journalist, however, that Winton is best known. In 1820, with Alexander Haire, he founded the Public Ledger and
PARTRIDGE, EDWARD ALEXANDER, teacher, farmer, agrarian radical, businessman, and author; b. 5 Nov. 1861 near Crown Hill