college of Saint-Hyacinthe, but had to leave the institution before the end of his classical studies. He then began to study law under the direction of Louis-Victor

(Carignant’s brother-in-law). Carignant had contracted his largest debt – the sum of 88,000 livres – with the firm of Watson and Rashleigh. The balance-sheet also revealed the losses he

Sir Howard Douglas* described it, was John Murray Bliss. Bliss studied law in

BOURNE, JOHN GERVAS HUTCHINSON, judge; baptized 1 July 1804 in Eastwood

an early interest in military affairs, Walter Butler was recommended in 1768 to be an ensign in the militia. He studied law in Albany and was admitted to the bar in 1775. Father and son fled to

College in Toronto, intending to join the Presbyterian ministry. However, he later chose to read law (in Renfrew), was called to the bar in 1860, and became a qc in 1876. In

June 1794 to join with 130 citizens of Quebec town in founding an association “for the express purpose of supporting the Laws, Constitution and Government of the Province of

de Courcelle, the governor of New France, should be respectfully requested to obtain for Varennes the office and the privileges of his father-in-law

GOODHUE, GEORGE JERVIS, merchant, landowner, and politician; b. 1 Aug. 1799 at Putney, Vt, son of Josiah Goodhue, a

friendship. Gregory continued his studies at Harvard Law School and he obtained an llb in 1884 before being admitted as an attorney in Fredericton on 20 October and called

Canadian Fencibles as soon as war was declared in 1812. He fought beside his father, was promoted lieutenant, and distinguished himself at the battle of Châteauguay. He then studied law and was called to the

medical practice to study law. In 1851 the Hams took up residence in Whitby, where George attended the Henry Street School and then the Whitby Grammar School. Dr Ham wanted his son

. Born into an Anglican family of comfortable circumstances, Robert Hodgson completed his education at King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. He studied law with Simon Bradstreet

[Blackwood*]. He was called to the bar on 18 Sept. 1875 and practised law at Quebec. Drawn in by his elder brother

, and in his treatment of historical subjects he gave whole-hearted support to British imperialism as an agency for the spread of Western technology, law, and social norms as well as of evangelical

. The agreement provided for a 10-year association, but on 1 October the partnership was dissolved. Gaston then owed his father-in-law 900 livres to cover the investment in furnishing his

. The trials, set for the autumn assizes, were never held: on the night of 1 September Murphy and five followers escaped and fled across the border. The Globe fulminated over the escape, but

defunct banks, and reform of the election laws. Murray forced the removal of one member of the council he thought unsuitable and attempted to appoint new members without consulting the government. He hoped

mother while the family lived in Hamilton. At age 12 he worked as a messenger in the law office of Britton Bath Osler

college, he articled in Trois-Rivières in the law office of William McDougall. Around 1862, while engaged in his legal studies, Provencher founded the short-lived newspaper, La Sentinelle