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Badeaux
(Lord Dorchester era) His account of American invasion, 89.
Back Sir George 1796-1878 Entered The Navy As Midshipman In 1808
Badgley William 1801-1888 Born In Montreal Studied Law And Called
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Aumont Marechal D'
(Samuel de Champlain era) Champlain serves under, 1. ...
Austerlitz
(General Brock era) Battle of, its significance, 72-73. ...
Auteuil Denis Joseph Ruette D'
See Ruette d'Auteuil. ...
Avaugour Pierre Dubois Baron D'
Governor of New France, 1661-1663, succeeding D'Argenson. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) Governor, 45; disagrees with clergy on liquor question, 46; describes earthquake, 46. (Bishop Laval era) His attitude on liquor question, 10, 38; recalled, 39; hi...
Aylesworth Sir Allen Bristol 1854- Born In Newburgh Ontario
Educated at Newburgh High School and at the University of Toronto; studied law and called to the bar of Ontario, 1878; practised his profession in Toronto; appointed one of the British Commissioners in connection with the settlement of the Alaska boun...
Aylmer Matthew Whitworth Baron 1775-1850 Entered The Army 1787
served in the West Indies, in Holland, and in the Peninsula under Wellington. Reached the full rank of general, 1825, and in 1830 became the governor-general of Canada; returned to England, 1835. =Index=: (General Brock era) Present with Brock at batt...
Aylwin Thomas Cushing 1806-1871 Born In Quebec City Studied Law
and called to the bar, 1828. First entered public life, 1841, as member for Portneuf. After filling the office of solicitor-general in two administrations, raised to the bench, 1848. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era) Opposed to union of provinces, 235. (Ba...
Babbitt Samuel
(Tilley era) Master of Madras School, Gagetown, New Brunswick, 5; also clerk of the parish, 5. ...
Baby James 1762-1833 Born At Detroit Educated At Quebec Seminary
and in 1784 travelled in Europe. On his return the following year engaged in the fur trade at Detroit. On the formation of the province of Upper Canada in 1791, appointed a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils. Simcoe made him lieutenant f...
Baby Louis Francois Georges 1834-1906 Born In Montreal Studied
law and called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1857; made a Q.C., 1873. Represented Joliette in Dominion House, 1872-1880; minister of inland revenue, 1878-1880. Appointed puisne judge of Superior Court of Quebec, 1880; transferred to Queen's Bench, 1881....
Back Sir George 1796-1878 Entered The Navy As Midshipman In 1808
accompanied Franklin on his Arctic expeditions of 1818, 1819-1822, and 1824-1827. Promoted lieutenant, 1822, and commander, 1827. In 1833-1835, led an expedition through what is now northern Canada, to the shores of the Arctic, to ascertain the fate o...
Badeaux
(Lord Dorchester era) His account of American invasion, 89. ...
Badgley William 1801-1888 Born In Montreal Studied Law And Called
to the bar, 1823. Member of the Legislative Assembly, 1847-1855; member of the Executive Council for Lower Canada, 1847-1848; appointed attorney-general. Judge of the Superior Court of Lower Canada, 1855-1863; assistant judge of the Court of Queen's B...
Badin Father
(Bishop Laval era) Companion of Father Marquette, 62. ...
Bagot Father
(Bishop Laval era) Director of Jesuit college of La Fleche, 20. ...
Bagot Sir Charles 1781-1843 Born In England Educated At Rugby And
Oxford; entered Parliament, 1807, becoming under-secretary for foreign affairs. Minister plenipotentiary to France, 1814; and to the United States, 1815-1820. Privy councillor, 1815; ambassador to St. Petersburg, 1820; and to the Hague, 1824. Governor...
Baie De Chaleur
In west coast of Gulf of St. Lawrence, on boundary between Quebec and New Brunswick. Discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1534, described in his narrative, and so named because he found it as warm there as in sunny Spain. ...
Baie St Paul
A village in Charlevoix County, sixty miles below Quebec. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Settlements near burnt by Wolfe's orders, 150. ...
Bailiffs
(Lord Dorchester era) Accused of instigating litigation, 53. ...
Baillie Thomas
(Wilmot era) Commissioner of crown lands for New Brunswick, 1824-1851, 21; his income exceeded that of the lieutenant-governor, 21; his enormous pension, 22; protests against reduction of his salary, 62; surveyor-general, retires, 69; elected to Assem...
Bailly Francois
(Bishop Laval era) Master mason of Montreal church, 88. ...
Bailly Mgr
(Lord Dorchester era) Coadjutor bishop of Quebec, on education in Canada, 229. ...