chancellor of the exchequer, 1606; master of the Rolls, 1614-1636.
(John Graves Simcoe era) Spanish governor of Louisiana, his proposition to Simcoe to assist in repelling expected French invasion, 134-136.
to enter the church, and ordained a priest in 1856. In 1872, owing to an affection of the eyes, compelled to abandon the ministry, and thereafter devoted himself entirely to litera...
The first Anglican church in what is now Canada was built at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1750, when Cornwallis was governor of the province. The first see was established in 1787. Dr....
(Samuel de Champlain era) Of Dieppe, discovers manuscript of Champlain's Brief Discours, 7.
(Count Frontenac era) Agent of Governor Perrot at Montreal, 97.
Like several other religious denominations in Canada, it had its origin in Nova Scotia. Some Baptists were living in Lunenburg as early as 1753. In 1800 the first Baptist Associati...
1665; and in 1666 commandant at Fort St. Jean, and led expeditions against the Iroquois. In 1672 granted the seigniory of Berthier in Bellechasse County, Quebec. =Index=: (Count Fr...
(Tilley era) Represents Charlotte County in New Brunswick Assembly, 102.
(1807-1860). Born at St. Charles, Bellechasse, Lower Canada. Studied law and practised in Quebec. Sat in the Assembly for Quebec, 1843-1850; for Bellechasse, 1851-1854; and for Que...
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Commands party sent to heights of Levis, 103.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) His account of massacre at Fort William Henry, 47-50.
(Tilley era) Life-long friend of Sir Leonard Tilley, 145.
Montreal College; studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada. For some years sat in the House of Commons. Appointed judge of Supreme Court of Canada, 1895. =Index=: (Count F...
Doughty, Constitutional Documents of Canada; Egerton and Grant, Canadian Constitutional Documents; Dent, Last Forty Years; Durham, Report; Kingsford, History of Canada.
Settlement; Begg, History of the North-West. See also Red River Colony.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Daughter of Dupont-Grave, 47.
trade in St. Lawrence, 78; letter to, in Champlain's Quatrieme Voyage, 79; contributes to building of Recollet Convent, 117; source of trouble to the colony, 122; incarcerated for...
(Samuel de Champlain era) Comes to Canada, 47; left in charge of colony (1610), 60.
with distinction in the Crimea and in India. Created K.C.B., 1855. Appointed commander-in-chief of the forces in British North America, 1873. Acted as administrator of the governme...
(Lord Dorchester era) Occupied by Montgomery, 123.
(Bishop Laval era) La Barre's expedition encamps at, 184.
Built by the Hudson's Bay Company, in 1794, on the head waters of the Assiniboine River, about seventeen miles below the present city of Brandon. The buildings were burnt about 181...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Presbyterian minister, establishes school at Niagara, 167.
(Samuel de Champlain era) Recollet, returns to France, 209.
rhetorical exaggerations, 197. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.
(George Brown Era) George Brown writes Macdonald of widespread sentiment in England in 1864 in favour of British American colonies securing complete autonomy, 167; and the Canada F...