. The government wanted the commission to be representative of the whole country. Thus the chairman was assisted by commissioners from each of its regions: Robert Alexander

he was appointed to the Europa (50 guns), flagship of Admiral Alexander Innes, the new commander-in-chief of the Jamaica station. The death rate in the West Indies from yellow fever and

Rogers* wrote: “I had several conferences with him, in which he discovered great strength of judgment, and a thirst after knowledge.” That same year Lieutenant Alexander Fraser met the famous chief at

21 April 1854. Despite his many expressions of financial destitution during his lifetime, he left an estate valued at more than £86,200. He had not lived to see his son Lieutenant Alexander

print and in parliament as one of 23 capitalists anchoring Canada’s economy. Sketches by Alexander

Williams* bishop of Quebec on the authority of a royal licence; in 1867, when Alexander Neil Bethune* was made suffragan to Strachan

territory led to a diplomatic incident and to Gray’s writing Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie* with recommendations for a solution to the

1825. He completed his education in Cincinnati, Ohio, where John and Charlotte and their six children immigrated in 1832. His teacher was Alexander Kinmont, a Scot, whose school Kirby attended when he

called it “the crowning act of Grit malignity,” but as the scandal unfolded his paper began to favour Alexander

, on charges of treason [see William Alexander Henry*]. This affair set the tone of political debate for the next two years

supported Alexander Tilloch Galt* in raising capital by placing the company’s bonds with London bankers

George* and Alexander Davison, who wanted to wrest from Thomas Dunn, William

to Alexander Ellice for £525. The following year he reinvested his capital, buying half of the seigneury of

. As the war dragged on, DePeyster had many captives to worry about. In April 1780 he sent Captain Henry Bird and Captain Alexander McKee* to

Ferguson and James Alexander Lougheed* of Calgary as his successor. Lougheed won handily, leaving Ferguson somewhat bitter. According to

educator Alexander Skakel*. In 1824 he published “An essay on the education and duties of a Canadian merchant,” in which he asserted that English

work at York before 1741, and there he enjoyed the company of Alexander Light, shipwright, whose interest in natural history was equally deep and who also helped George Edwards in his publications

material. For the next 17 years, she toured Canada from coast to coast, as well as parts of the United States. Partnered by Owen Alexander Smily (1892–97

speech was one way, crude enough in all truth, of healing the rift within the ranks of the Liberal party. Governor Sir Alexander Bannerman

its defeat in 1861. Of immediate importance for Little, however, was the realization that if he did not take a judgeship in 1858 he would have to wait a long time. Governor Sir Alexander