. Notman and Taylor, Portraits of British Americans, I: 197–216. J. K. Chapman, The career of Arthur Hamilton Gordon, first Lord Stanmore, 1829–1912 (Toronto, 1964). Creighton

decided, with justice John Hamilton Gray* finding in favour of the Haywards and justice Henry Pering Pellew

same author’s “Robert McDowall, pioneer Dutch Reformed Church missionary in Upper Canada,” Presbyterian Hist. (Hamilton, Ont.), 23 (1979), no.1: 1–4; no. 2: 1–4; 24 (1980), no.1: 1–4

the beach at Burlington Bay (Hamilton Harbour). He had allowed his followers alcohol so that they became “outrageous”; he himself got “shamefully drunk” and verbally abused them. Steps were taken to

. On 11 Aug. 1900, at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Tree eulogized the young Canadian with deep feeling. Six days later, in Ontario, the Hamilton Spectator published the size of his estate: £94

in removing from minor government offices men who had engaged in political activities for the previous government of John Hamilton

. Christian Guardian, 24 Sept., 29 Oct. 1879; 4 April, 3 Oct. 1883; 27 Feb. 1884. North Star (Parry Sound, Ont.), 18 July 1879. [W. E. Hamilton

John Hamilton Gray* accepted appointments to Sir Edmund Head*’s

1906 Ng was asked to transfer to Ontario. He worked mostly in Toronto and at times preached in Hamilton, Ottawa, and other cities with Chinese communities. By 1909, at the request of a group in Vancouver

, Adventure in wilderness (Hamilton), 126, 143, 150–51; “Journal” (A.-E. Gosselin), ANQ Rapport, 1923–24, 266–67, 272–73, 282, 287–88. [A. S. De Peyster], Miscellanies

Rutherford B. Hayes Library (Fremont, Ohio), Great Lakes coll., Marine papers, F. E. Hamilton. St Catharines Public Library (St Catharines, Ont.), Louis Shickluna scrapbook; Vert. file

Booker consisting mainly of the Queen’s Own Rifles, of Toronto, and the 13th Battalion, of Hamilton. In a sharp little fight the Fenians (many of them, like O’Neill, certainly Civil War veterans

is described in an obituary as her mentor. She entered the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Hamilton on 21 Nov. 1866 and received the habit at Loretto House in Toronto on 6 May 1867

. In an address delivered to Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton* in 1785 Painter declared himself in favour of trial by jury in commercial

-Ouest, he also had to serve the congregation in Saint-Pie from 1866. Parent attended the meeting of the Canadian conference held in 1870 in Hamilton

Ancaster, Hamilton, Dundas and Flamborough Advertiser (Ancaster, [Ont.]), 3 March 1827–8 June 1829. Guelph Advertiser, and Elora and Fergus Examiner (Guelph, [Ont.]), 23

-Fitzmaurice and Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone de Flahault; m. there 8 Nov. 1869 Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, and they had two sons and two daughters; d. 3 June 1927 in Clonmel

the powder company in Hamilton, Ont., had refused to manufacture them. Quebec was chosen as the location for this factory because it was well fortified, had excellent communication links, and was

reported to be living among them – presumably on the sizeable tract of land between present-day Hamilton and Oakville that he had persuaded them to give him in 1789. Moreover, following the murder of

the main competition for Upper Canada’s leading sewing-machine producer, Richard Mott Wanzer* of Hamilton. Initially, the reduction in

an impending American victory he went to Burlington Heights (Hamilton), and told Colonel Robert Young that Major-General Henry Procter*’s force

Hamilton Spectator, by purchasing a small number of shares when the paper was reorganized by William Carey and William Southam

proprietors, Ritchie agreed with Joseph Howe*, representative of the Island tenants, and the chairman, John Hamilton

), 85–99. J. S. Moir, Enduring witness: a history of the Presbyterian Church in Canada ([Hamilton, Ont., 1974?]). PCC, Acts and proc., 1882–1902.

plantation to settlement colony, Robinson was in the company of such men as Arthur Hamilton Gordon*, William Francis Drummond

hosted by Governor General Lord Aberdeen [Hamilton-Gordon*]: “The ordeal of making two very low curtseys gracefully, rising without

, from its first settlement . . . (Hamilton, [Ont.], 1852; repr. Woodstock, 1968); and Private family register of the Shenston and Lazenby families ([Brantford], 1864), which he

. . . of Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, London & Kingston . . . (Montreal, n.d.). Canadian biog. dict., I. Canadian directory of parl. (J. K. Johnson

, following his ordination and assignment to Dundas Street Methodist Church in Woodstock. Emily served with him in subsequent pastorates, in Hamilton, St Catharines, Brantford, and Montreal. They were

. Curtis Fahey Canadian Baptist Arch., McMaster Divinity College (Hamilton, Ont

from Montreal to New York and Toronto, or Hamilton.” As late as 1856 he still believed that the St Lawrence “was destined soon to be a great medium of transport for western trade to the sea.” Though

enjoy the outdoors and learned wilderness survival skills which would serve him well as a bush pilot. After high school he worked for the Bank of Hamilton at a branch in Saskatchewan, probably at Vonda

Hamilton* on 16 June 1785 to express their appreciation for his attention to the development of trade in the west. In November 1788 and January 1789 Louvigny de Montigny’s name was on

Baillie Hamilton abolished Tobin’s offices. In April 1855 James Tobin presented himself as a candidate for election to the assembly for

[Hamilton-Gordon*; Marjoribanks*] and the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire

force, Vincent ordered the fort evacuated, the guns spiked, and the ammunition destroyed. The British then retreated westward, taking up a defensive position along Burlington Heights (Hamilton). The

Calgary. A native of Ancaster Township, southwest of Hamilton, James Walker was the fifth of the seven children of Scottish-born Presbyterian parents

Henning) branches in Grey County, Hamilton, Kingston, and Windsor. In April 1853 the society sent Ward to England to seek funds to help the fugitive slaves then pouring into Canada West, and within ten

emigrated to the United States where he looked in vain for a career. Late in 1857 he became pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Hamilton, Upper Canada. Immediately after his marriage, he received

). PRO, CO 194/140, K. B. Hamilton to Newcastle, 31 Oct. 1853. USPG, C/CAN/Nfl 5, f.268, T. F. H. Bridge to Campbell, 26 Oct. 1838. Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge

diocese,” Canadian Church Magazine and Mission News (Hamilton, Ont.), IV (1890), 80.

thesis, McGill Univ., Montreal, 1965), 37–38, 59–73, 170. J. S. Moir, Enduring witness; a history of the Presbtyerian Church in Canada ([Hamilton, Ont., 1974]). J. E. Rutledge

Hamilton*, and their colleagues were Addison’s parishioners, friends, and business associates. It has been shown recently that until 1806 the main feature of the political life of the Niagara peninsula

. 1735 in Ireland, fourth son of Sir John Caldwell and Anne French; m. 16 May 1774 Ann Hamilton of Hampton Hall (Republic of Ireland), sister of Hugh Hamilton, bishop of Ossory; d. 28

regular exhibitions in Montreal, but also in Toronto and, more sporadically, in Ottawa, Hamilton, and Halifax. He put forward only a small number of paintings each time, however, to avoid risking disfavour

. A fight was shaping up between Conservative Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne and Liberal John Robinson Hamilton. Bishop Langevin saw fit to write: “I hear that a certain Protestant merchant is a candidate for

for the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connection with the Church of Scotland at Nelson and Waterdown, near Hamilton. James was enrolled briefly in the Gore District Grammar School in Hamilton under

, Lord Claud Hamilton, who made enquiries on his behalf at the Colonial Office. Hamilton strongly advised him to go to the colony of British Columbia, established in August 1858, predicting that

teacher, a profession he practised for five years. According to family tradition, in the mid 1860s he travelled to Hamilton where he began the study of medicine, though he never completed his training. It

said, but Puisaye failed to obtain a government building at Burlington Beach (Hamilton) for the purpose. He bought an American loyalist’s farm near Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake) and negotiated with