Leyden, 1753; entered the army, and distinguished himself at Minden, 1759; ambassador at Paris, 1765; secretary of state, 1766-1767; member of Pitt's Cabinet, 1783. =Index=: (Lord...
11; on Lord John Russell, 55. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Mother of Haldimand, 2.
Orange, and Mary, daughter of Charles I of England. In 1677 married Mary, daughter of James II of England. In 1688 on the invitation of a number of leading British statesmen and no...
in 1800, and engaged in the service of the North West Company for several years. In 1809 associated with John Jacob Astor in fur-trading on the Columbia. Returned to the service of...
Oxford, 1826; ordained priest, 1829; vicar of St. John's, Truro, 1831; of St. Thomas, Exeter, 1838, and prebendary of Exeter cathedral, 1842. Elected first bishop of Fredericton, N...
(Wilmot era) Appointed by Governor Colebrooke as provincial secretary of New Brunswick, 76; causes resignation of ministers, 76-78; discussed in House, 79-80; appointment cancelled...
Educated at Upper Canada Academy, Victoria College, and Toronto University. Appointed to department of education of Upper Canada, 1844; secretary of provincial board of education;...
179, 180; on surrender of Burgoyne retreats to St. Johns, 180. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.
Discovery and Exploration of the Youcon; Dawson, Report on the Yukon (Geol. Survey, 1887-1888); Burpee, Search for the Western Sea.
served against the French until 1783. Entered the merchant service, 1783, and explored the coast of Alaska, 1786. Explored and surveyed the north-west coast of America, 1789. =Inde...
(Lord Sydenham era) Question of, 280-282; Sydenham in favour of Kingston, 281. (Sir John A Macdonald era) Montreal ceases to be, after riots, 38-39; rivalry of Kingston, Quebec, an...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Mother of Montcalm, 3; her fortitude, 8; Montcalm's letter to, describing capture of Oswego, 34.
of Henry IV of France. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) False report of his death, 64.
Educated at the public and high schools, New Westminster. Elected to the British Columbia Assembly, 1898; minister of mines in Dunsmuir administration; premier of British Columbia,...
suppression of the Riel Rebellion, elected to the Assembly of Manitoba, and entered the ministry as minister of public works. Defeated for election to the House of Commons, 1872. R...
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Public opinion aroused in Quebec, 73; Costigan and other Roman Catholic members from New Brunswick demand disallowance of bill against, 73-74; Macdonal...
1757, and came to America, serving under Amherst at Louisbourg, 1758, and Wolfe at Quebec, 1759. Settled in America, and on the breaking out of the Revolution took the colonial sid...
War of 1812, brigadier-general in the New York militia. Took part in the battle of Queenston Heights on Oct. 13, 1812, and when the Americans were defeated, surrendered to Sir Roge...
settlements on, burned by Wolfe's orders, 150. (Bishop Laval era) Exchanged by Laval for Ile Jesus, 138. (Samuel de Champlain era) Granted to Guillaume de Caen, 140. =Bib.=: Dought...
Special Council of Lower Canada; served during the Rebellion; in 1849 as a protest against the passing of the Rebellion Losses Bill, signed, with others, the Annexation Manifesto,...
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Adopted by Liberal party, 262; campaign in favour of, 292; Goldwin Smith supports, 292; favoured by interprovincial conference, 297; movement arouses sus...
corps of the French army in 1733, and served in Flanders, Corsica, and Germany. Accompanied Montcalm to Canada and took part in the defence of Fort Niagara and Fort de Levis. Serve...
Missouri in 1834, 132; member of Victoria board of management, 265; his death, 265. =Bib.=: Bancroft, History of British Columbia; Walbran, British Columbia Coast Names.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, carries on mission at Cape Breton, 236, 237.
Educated at Harvard. In 1765 went to England as agent of the province of New Hampshire, and in 1767 appointed governor of the province; in the same year made surveyor-general of th...
Kingston, Canada, in 1842; in 1848 started in business at Sarnia as builder and contractor; in 1852 editor of the Lambton Shield, a reform newspaper; member for Lambton in the prov...
Admiralty in England,--prepares Canadian case in fisheries arbitration, 225-226; suggests Reciprocity Treaty, as compensation for fisheries, 226. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
(General Brock era) Her great charm, 134, 137.