the Western District Bank, and with William Hamilton Merritt he promoted a bill on land

Toronto’s Junction area, closing other operations in Brantford, St Catharines, Hamilton, and Toronto. He also eliminated stores in St John’s, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Vancouver, as well as in London

John* and Charles of Island fame. Left a widower about 1770, Stewart married Sarah Hamilton, daughter of a

in the important competition for the Glasgow Municipal Buildings. That year he took on a partner, George William Hamilton-Gordon. Now with an associate who could run the London office, in 1883 he

McGill became Montreal agents for the Niagara merchants Robert Hamilton and Richard

Cunard* expressed interest, as did a consortium formed in 1852 (including Thomas Ryan, Luther Hamilton

business and political leaders such as William Johnston Ritchie, John Hamilton

taken by Cramahé in anticipation of the siege were thus sanctioned. Thanks to Cramahé, Maclean at the head of the Royal Highland Emigrants, and Captain John Hamilton commanding the sailors, the critical

Hagerman showed “a disposition to carry the abuse of privilege as far as the most despotic sovereign had ever carried the abuse of prerogative.” Charles Morrison Durand, a Hamilton lawyer prosecuted by

Manners-Sutton* on 21 May. The “compact” rump, led by John Hamilton Gray, was invited by

-Sutton* and Arthur Hamilton Gordon*. The latter published a book about his trips with Gabe, which includes a section of Maliseet

Canada (Montréal), 31 (1902): 236. An annotated bibliography of Canadian medical periodicals, 1826–1975, comp. C. G. Roland and Paul Potter ([Hamilton, Ont.], 1979), 55. C.-M

independent Liberal in a by-election held in Montreal Centre on the resignation of Luther Hamilton Holton*. His political career was cut short

provisioning to major merchants such as Robert Hamilton*. Their petition gave stature to the province-wide opposition to the contract. In 1794 James

Sullivan*; and the non-partisan Hamilton Hartley Killaly* and Dominick Daly

that it became necessary to reduce his financial interest in his express company. In 1872 two of his drivers, Tingley and James Hamilton, had been made partners in F. J. Barnard and Company

contacts; her former husband, Gavin Major Hamilton, had been a merchant at Quebec, and her brother Webb, to whom Bellet would rent property, still was. About 1823 Bellet moved to the faubourg Saint

1824 to seek his fortune. During the next three years he travelled widely in Upper Canada. In 1827 he accepted employment with James Hamilton, a Quebec timber merchant, and opened an office for him in

of major importance. In a representation to Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton* it deplored the fact that “a great number of people [who have

Works by William Brymner are held in public and private collections across Canada, including the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ont.; the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ont.; the

Arch., McMaster Divinity College (Hamilton, Ont.); PAM, HBCA; City of Vancouver Arch., Add. mss 787 (plans for the Hudson’s Bay Company store in Vancouver); and ANQ-M, P-147 (coll. des plans

Châteauguay riding as a Liberal-Conservative against the minister of finance, Luther Hamilton Holton*. Clarke served as a captain of the 1st

. Private and taciturn, known for his energy and his exacting and tactful manner, Clouston was marked for responsibility. In 1875, after several years in Brockville, Hamilton, and Montreal as an accountant

 Charles Hamilton*, who held that the level of education provided by the charity and SPG schools was adequate and also maintained that the low

. At public meetings in York and in Hamilton on Collins’s behalf, subscriptions were taken up and protests sent to Lieutenant Governor Sir John

. . . (Toronto, 1885). John Moir, Enduring witness: a history of the Presbyterian Church in Canada ([Hamilton, Ont., 1974?]). Robert Stewart, St. Andrew’s Church

Ferrie*, Francis Hincks*, Luther Hamilton Holton*, John

. W. D. Hamilton The author wishes to acknowledge the family information provided by Philip Cox’s granddaughter, Mary Oland

, Daniel C. Van Norman, opened the Burlington Academy in Hamilton, where Letitia completed her education. A

dominion of Canada, a position which brought him in close contact with the Jewish communities of Toronto, Hamilton, and London, Ont. Although of orthodox doctrine and strict Sephardic tradition, de Sola

blind in Hamilton and to the Canadian Institute. Dennis was especially interested in the militia, believing himself “descended of martial ancestors.” In 1855 he was made a lieutenant of a cavalry troop

aboard the frigate Vestal and on 28 July he landed at Hamilton, Bermuda. Released on 26 Oct. 1838 because Lord Durham’s decree

supported Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton* when he was recalled to England. He was very concerned about the problems of education, and in 1787

for water mains and railway-car wheels in western Canada. This plant joined the company’s wholly owned foundries in Hamilton and St Thomas in Ontario, Montreal and Trois-Rivières in Quebec, and

case, he was on the verge of bankruptcy in July 1896. He had creditors in New York, Boston, Toronto, Hamilton, and, of course, Montreal and Quebec. At the head of the line was Moïse Schwob, with his

Hamilton* of Detroit retook Vincennes in December 1778, but was himself captured by Clark on 25 Feb. 1779. DePeyster feared an American attack on Detroit, and subsequently one on Michilimackinac by

(Montréal, 1910). Montreal, pictorial and biographical: deluxe supplement (Winnipeg, 1914). Prominent men of Canada, 1931–32, ed. Ross Hamilton (Montreal, [1932?]). Que., Statutes

-grandson, Dr Thomas Fyshe of Hamilton, Ont. Following his death in 1998, his children Sarah Hvezda, Avis Boyar, and James Fyshe, donated it to the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown in the

Bethune the 475-ton Niagara from John Hamilton* and became its captain on the Toronto – Kingston route in the

–32), 2: 51–66, 76–85. A concise history of freemasonry in Canada, comp. Osborne Sheppard (Hamilton, Ont., 1915), 101. Aubert de Gaspé, Mémoires (1885), 330. P.-G

Victoria and Albert Museum . . . , comp. Lionel Lambourne and Jean Hamilton (London, 1980), 133. W. M. E. Cooke, W. H. Coverdale Collection of

FitzGerald’s career internationally and led to Toronto and Hamilton, Ont., being declared free of the disease by the time of his death in 1940, the first cities in the world to achieve this status. His textbook

Brydges*, Luther Hamilton Holton*, George-Étienne Cartier*, John

. D. Stewart and I. E. Wilson (Kingston, Ont., 1973), 37. MacDonald, “Hon. Richard Cartwright,” Three hist. theses, 127. Wilson, “Enterprises of Robert Hamilton,” 62, 64

Hamilton* visited Trinity and the Garlands were appointed two of the four justices of the peace for the district. Until 1821 the brothers returned to

[Hamilton-Gordon*] in 1895. He was proud of the fact that the first Girouard in Canada, Antoine (1696–1767), who had come to Montreal about 1718, had worked as secretary to Claude de

Illustrated News (Hamilton, [Ont.]), 25 April 1863 (supp.). Daily Mail and Empire, 2 May 1905. Evening Telegram (Toronto), 2 May 1905. Globe, 2 May 1905

Douglas*, a colonial governor, co-authored with Robert Hamilton Coats

Numismatic Association held at Montreal, Canada, August 25 to 30, 1923,” Numismatist, 36 (1923): 436–41, 470–92. J. [H.] Remick, “Ludger Gravel,” Canadian Token (Hamilton, Ont.), 18

and Lady Aberdeen [Hamilton-Gordon