, son of Alexander Leith and Mary Elizabeth Gordon; d. 19 June 1838 in Torquay, England.
James Leith’s family was wealthy and well connected
discussions concerning the creation of a supreme court for Canada, and in 1871 visited judges of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington to evaluate the effectiveness of that court. When Alexander
Company had recently begun moving into the Saskatchewan valley seeking better quality pelts. Doubtless knowing of these prospects, Pond joined Alexander
equal basis. In 1785 Alexander Shaw, who had been in the employ of Grant and Cotté, entered the partnership and the three men agreed to divide profits and losses equally. The arrangement seems to have
. Working with chancellor John Godfrey Spragge* and his successor, John Alexander
constituency during certain years deeply concerned him; in 1856, for example, he wrote Provincial Secretary William Alexander Henry that 150 families would be reduced to starvation unless measures were adopted
, although the Liberal government under Alexander Mackenzie* was defeated by John A
by Alexander Mackenzie* federal minister of the interior in late 1873, Currie, who had occupied minor bureaucratic posts, was appointed
mla for Sherbrooke-Wolfe from 1854 to 1857, and as a candidate in Sherbrooke in 1861 against Alexander Tilloch Galt* was
magistrates refused to open the polls. For the November by-election to fill this seat, Governor Sir Alexander Bannerman* blanketed the riding
Campbell. The case was prosecuted by Christopher Alexander Hagerman*, acting counsel for the crown on the Western circuit
Bagot* appointed him, with Alexander Buchanan* and Joseph-André
, The history and antiquities of the county of Northamptonshire, II (London, 1841). For his career in Newfoundland see: BM, Sloane MS 3827, ff.67–68v. Sir William Alexander, An
, Alexander Morris, was forming a new ministry in July 1874, he wrote to the secretary of state, Richard William
.).
By the late 1780s a solid reputation enabled him to act as an attorney, a trustee for estates, and an executor of wills. He executed the will of a former attorney general, Alexander Gray, in June
KIDD, ADAM, poet; b. c. 1802 in Tullynagee (Northern Ireland), son of Alexander Kidd, a farmer; d
Ribble’s, commenced the following day. Only three witnesses were called for the crown by Solicitor General Christopher Alexander
Jane’s father, Daniel Grant, and Nordbeck himself, both of whom were creditors of Langford. The appointment was co-guaranteed by Alexander Troup and Charles D. Witham, both silversmiths and jewellers
, presumably between September 1803 and April 1806. Huguet does not seem to have employed any other apprentices until 1810 when he engaged Alexander Fraser and signed a very important contract for several