debenture to be loaned to the privately owned Welland Canal Company [see William Hamilton Merritt*]. Such loans were
translator; b. 1 Jan. 1802 at Burlington Heights (Hamilton), Upper Canada; m. 8 Sept. 1833 Elizabeth Field* in New York City
acted as attorney for Robert Ellice and Company of Montreal and for the merchants Robert Hamilton of Queenston
, 2000), 100–22. Janice Fiamengo, “A legacy of ambivalence: responses to Nellie McClung,” Journal of Canadian Studies (Peterborough, Ont.), 34 (1999–2000), no.4: 70–87. S. N. Hamilton
. When the Conservative government nominated Henry Starnes* to oppose him, McGee joined himself with Luther Hamilton
[Hamilton-Gordon*], on the basis of a favourable opinion by cabinet, which had consulted two doctors and taken steps to destroy any documents that might compromise members of the Conservative party. After
, joining with Liberal James Hamilton
in spring 1874 without a position, and returned to Dundas, where he worked as a general practitioner. He also acted as a locum tenens for a physician in Hamilton
Burlington Bay (Hamilton Harbour) to the Grand River and Lake Erie. He also reported at length on possible improvements in the established route between York (Toronto) and Lake Huron by way of the Nottawasaga
. In early 1861 Palmer and his chief lieutenant in the cabinet, Colonel John Hamilton Gray*, made two clandestine attempts to gain
Arch., McMaster Divinity College (Hamilton, Ont.), Toronto Baptist College, corr., 1885–90; Woodstock College, T. H. Rand-Principal Bates corr., 1892–93. PANS, MG 1, 1538B; RG 14, 69, no.1; 81
Wilmot and John Hamilton Gray*, two Liberal members, moved over to join the tory government. Ritchie, Samuel Leonard
grammar schools of Perth, where he began his career as a merchant. Later he moved to Montreal and then to Hamilton and Brantford. By 1854 he and his brother Robert had opened a large dry goods store in
Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of] Aberdeen, The Canadian journal of Lady Aberdeen, 1893–1898, ed. and intro. J. T. Saywell (Toronto, 1960). J. H. O’Donnell
engineering. Hamilton Hartley Killaly*, the chief commissioner of the Board of Works, which had jurisdiction in both Upper and Lower Canada
.
Clifford was able to oblige: early in 1901 he chose James Hamilton Ross
of Montreal at its incorporation in 1871 [see Mathew Hamilton Gault*], the following year he created the Canada Cotton
): 183–93. Archibald McKellar, “Recollections of Col. Talbot and his times; sacrifice of the public domain,” Wentworth Hist. Soc., Papers and Records (Hamilton, Ont.), 1 (1892
were to come and go, their reputations sullied, while the board continued to exercise what Dr George Hamilton Park in 1848 called a “paltry patronage” in appointing the lower officials of the
with his allies. He led the successful opposition to William Hamilton Merritt*’s bill to permit the formation of general
were left without a clear leader, only with a leadership group drawn from Ontario and Quebec: Edward Blake*, Luther Hamilton
, A history of the British army (13v. in 14, London, 1899–1930), II; F. W. Hamilton, The origin and history of the First or Grenadier Guards . . . (3v., London, 1874
Hamilton, Earl of Orkney, at the battle of Blenheim in 1704. Six years later the old marquis died at his château. He was buried on 24 Sept. 1710 in the crypt of the château chapel
James Brown*, John Hamilton Gray*, and John Simcoe
their difficulty. They followed the south shore of Lake Ontario, crossed the Niagara River, and went north as far as Tinaouataoua (near the present city of Hamilton). There they met Adrien Jolliet
then on. Her first husband had been Lieutenant Hamilton Burnett, whom she had married at Quebec; her second was Count de Wendt, a Russian who had emigrated to Chicago. At the end of his life, Krieghoff
members, Robert Hamilton and William Joseph Christie*, were residents of the territories. Always hampered by an apparent lack of both
Hamilton (Cobourg), Ernestown, and Kingston, confirmed in the Brockville court-house, took a difficult diversion for a service in a Perth schoolhouse, and then descended the St Lawrence to Cornwall
, vaudevillian entertainments, and constantly elevated targets. McGregor raised $4,915,000, a figure exceeded only by the amounts raised in Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, and London
week he was faced with a cabinet crisis, which began when Lieutenant-Colonel John Hamilton Gray
–December 1864 among the Island’s leading executive councillors. Although in the ensuing cabinet crisis he backed the confederate premier, John Hamilton
replaced him with Dr George Hamilton Park, a brother-in-law of Rolph. There were adequate reasons for the dismissal and Park appears to have been suitably qualified for the post, but in a small
the abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854. His discussions with Hamilton Fish, President Ulysses S. Grant’s secretary of state, held in Washington from 8 to 11 July 1869, covered
Aberdeen [Hamilton-Gordon*] with a petition signed by the Canadian bishops which demanded the disallowance of sectarian laws and the
Derbishire* and Hamilton Hartley Killaly*, lacked political experience and had little influence in the legislature. Sydenham’s support
could be financed privately and in 1849, with Montreal businessmen Harrison Stephens, Luther Hamilton Holton
, where he passed the next three years. During this interval Haldimand resigned and Quebec was administered by Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton
Hamilton*’s “unfortunate Expedition” of 1778–79. The tempting promises that Hamilton had made to the Indian warriors who accompanied him had encouraged a great many Indian families to take refuge near
criticized the Welland Canal Company for its close connections with the provincial executive and William Hamilton
themselves unable to alter management of the academy except by public confrontation.
It has been argued by Dr William B. Hamilton that between
, and an advocate of missionary work among the Indians. Charles Morrison Durand, a Hamilton lawyer, remembered him as a “haughty, prejudiced, Protestant Irish gentleman . . . very rough and
challenge for the party leadership, there is no evidence that he plotted to this end. Isolated from his party and stunned in March 1880 by the death of Reform veteran Luther Hamilton
summer of 1849, he decided not to support the Annexation Manifesto [see Luther Hamilton Holton*], and in the autumn refused to
Feb. 1968: 8. Nicholas Halmi, “Northrop Frye’s Fearful symmetry,” Essays in Criticism (Oxford, Eng.), 55 (2005): 159-72. A. C. Hamilton, Northrop Frye: anatomy of his
promote harmonious relations as important between French- and English-speaking Canadians. In January 1917 Gouin was part of a delegation that went to Toronto and Hamilton, following a visit by an Ontario
of religion at McMaster University in Hamilton. It had recently been established to offer students the opportunity to study religion as an academic subject, like philosophy or sociology, rather than as
, thanks to Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton* at Quebec, Grant and his partners retained the posts until October 1786. They subsequently sued
. Vincent, with 1,600 infantry, retreated to Burlington Heights (Hamilton), pursued by about 3,500 Americans who camped at Stoney Creek on 5 June. Vincent’s position was precarious since his opponents