local leadership. In 1825 he donated land for a school to be built according to the fabrique schools law [see Joseph Langley Mills] and, when nothing was done, was responsible four years

(photocopies at Anglican Church of Canada, General Synod Arch.). PRO, CO 42/19 (mfm. at McMaster Univ. Library). QDA, 72 (C-1)–80 (C-9) (mfm. at Anglican Church of Canada, General Synod Arch

. With both his uncle and his brother-in-law to further his career, Mactavish’s energetic efforts brought him up quickly through the ranks of the HBC. Hargrave was particularly interested in preparing

present inhabitants are encouraged to stay, by the mildness of our laws, and that full liberty of conscience to which every rational creature has a right; if they are taught, by every honest art, a love for

 July 1796 and became a pluralist, for the first time, on 2 Feb. 1802 when he received the additional appointment of clerk of the Legislative Council. He began reading law with Ward

natives to evade the law, and made engaging in these rites an indictable offence. For Reed, not only did the “heathenish” festivals obstruct the efforts to assimilate and Christianize the natives, they also

, sect.1, “The Halifax gas story, 1840–1953”; MG 20, 66–67; 180; ms file, Starr family; “Masonic grand masters of the jurisdiction of

apprenticed to a London attorney in 1766 and subsequently practised law briefly before joining the Royal Navy in the early 1770s. In 1775 he went to Boston on the Merlin and served under Lieutenant

Holland*, opted for a career in law and positions with Newfoundland’s information bureaus in the United States. All three served with distinction in World War I, Archibald and

first job after he qualified was to assist George Wilkinson, architect for the Irish poor-law commissioners, in erecting workhouses. In 1844 Tully left Ireland for the Province of Canada. He arrived on 30

appointed to put various enactments or laws into effect when their decisions might be detrimental to the acquired rights of the church. Furthermore, he reached agreements with the governors general, either

Robinson’s life-long admiration for and friendship with Strachan. At age 16 he left Strachan’s tutelage to article in law with D’Arcy

conduct of Demers and demanded that the election be overturned. This request was rejected, then reconsidered. It was decided that the legitimacy of the election would be verified on 10 March. On 1

CHARBONNEL, ARMAND-FRANÇOIS-MARIE DE, Roman Catholic priest, Sulpician, bishop, and office holder; b. 1 Dec. 1802 at Château

years had harsh labour and painful suffering in store for her. She had to face her family’s lack of understanding; indeed in November 1738 her two brothers-in-law, along with others, signed a petition

was “so very detrimental,” the board noted, however, that it was not forbidden by any valid treaty or law and was therefore not illegal. The lords of the Admiralty were willing to terminate Mauger’s

his infant son with his father-in-law, Alexander Sutherland, in Johnstone. The group reached York (Toronto) in June 1820 and were granted uncleared land in Caledon Township. Charles McLachlan was

before a Protestant minister, and she opposed their requests for a rendering of accounts. However, captains John Wharton and William Evans, her new sons-in-law, won their case in the Montreal Chamber of

salary or fees until the appointment was approved. Smith accepted, and when he was at last confirmed as surveyor general of Upper Canada on 1 Jan. 1798 he received back salary not only from 28

in 1900 with the help of financial support from its authorities. That year, at the Université Laval in Montreal, he started evening courses in law, but for want of money he left in 1902 before