council of political motives. He was anxious to keep the political influence of the Roman Catholic clergy in check as well as maintain law and order. He had not dismissed the Liberal council realizing that

Protestant clergy. Thus, the Church of Scotland by virtue of its position as one of the established churches of Great Britain had “a legal birthright claim to part of the profits arising from the Clergy

. Its some 50 members, mainly amateur historians recruited from the clergy and members of liberal professions in the region, urged for many years that an archivist be appointed for the district of Trois

formation of farm clubs, which with the support of the clergy operated at the parish level, and he was an ardent champion of their educational and economic activities. The clubs were not officially recognized

2 Jan. 2013). St Paul’s Church Arch. (Halifax), Clergy of St Paul’s Church fonds (reg. of baptisms, 16 March 1900, no.21954; reg. of baptisms kept by the Reverend J. C

region, but his exhausting travels ruined his health with the result that he seldom attended presbytery and synod meetings. Nevertheless, he was chosen in 1842 to recruit clergy in Scotland for newly

regarded by the clergy of the province and enjoyed the wholehearted confidence of the public. When it came to politics, he was not neutral. Premier Honoré

with the Conservatives and the clergy. It also set him in opposition to more moderate Liberals, such as Honoré Mercier*, whose coalition with

, newly appointed governor of Louisiana, to regulate the fur trade on the Missouri. With one or two exceptions Beauharnois got on well with the clergy

at Detroit, refused to recognize the authority of governor and intendant. In religious matters he gave complete satisfaction to the whole clergy

.” Grand master, Ontario East (1895–97), at the lodge’s annual meeting in Picton in 1897 he set out his opposition to separate schools and remedial action. “It strikes me forcibly that when the clergy of any

devoting themselves to the parish duties normally assumed by the secular clergy. In 1884 Dom Benoit became master of novices, director of studies, and the “principal adviser” to the superior, with whom he

know all of its prospectors and mining men, as well as clergy members, Hudson’s Bay Company officials, and native and mixed-blood leaders. As was

Scriptures.” As archdeacon, Best travelled through the province supervising the clergy and schoolmasters. His “active and valuable

England’s rights to the clergy reserves in Upper Canada, questions on which his views resembled closely those of Strachan. While at Cobourg, Bethune

Simcoe were complicated by the controversy surrounding the Marriage Act of 1793, a measure which confined the solemnization of marriages to clergy of the Church of England and justices of the

 1837. The SPG and the newly formed Upper Canada Clergy Society both attested to the interest Bettridge

broadening of the law governing the solemnization of marriage. He also supported bills for the sale of the clergy reserves, with the proceeds to be used for erecting schools, and for the regulation of juries

general movement toward the formation of synods and convocations composed of clergy and laity to govern church affairs. Bishop John Inglis had stated that he thought this movement would cause division in

, Wilmot Township, and, with William Hawkins, the northern boundary of the Huron Tract. He was also employed as a land agent for the Canada Company and as an inspector for clergy and college reserves