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Hanks Captain
(General Brock era) Surrenders Michilimackinac, 211; killed at
Detroit, 255.
Hanington Daniel Lionel 1835-1909 Born At Shediac New Brunswick
Hanna James
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Hamilton John 1801-1882 Born In Queenston Ontario Removed To
Kingston, 1840. Throughout his life largely interested in inland navigation, and the first to introduce iron vessels on Canadian waters. Sat in the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, 1831-1841; in the Legislative Council of Canada, 1841-1867; and in...
Hamilton Paul 1762-1816 General Brock Era United States Secretary Of The Navy
173. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog. ...
Hamilton Pierce Stevens 1826-1893 Studied Law And Called To The
bar, 1851. Entered journalism, and edited Acadian Recorder, 1853-1861. Appointed chief commissioner of mines for Nova Scotia. An early advocate of Confederation. =Index=: (George Brown Era) Advocates Confederation, 129. (Tilley era) His views on union...
Hamilton Robert
(John Graves Simcoe era) Member of Legislative Council, 79; accused by Simcoe of "republicanism," 97; visits England and takes legal advice respecting land matters in Upper Canada, 103; his house at Queenston, 179; entertains Prince Edward, 184; appoi...
Hammond George 1763-1853 John Graves Simcoe Era British Minister At Philadelphia
consulted by Simcoe on the situation, 134, 144. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog. ...
Hampton Sir John Somerset Pakington First Baron 1799-1880 Sat For
Droitwich in British Parliament, 1837-1874; secretary for war and colonies, 1852; first lord of Admiralty, 1858 and 1866; secretary for war, 1867-1868. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) Opposes the secularization of Clergy Reserves, 165, 166, 167. (George Bro...
Hancock
(General Brock era) Private of 41st, first man killed in War of 1812, 236. ...
Hancock's House
(John Graves Simcoe era) Skirmish at, 24. ...
Handy Henry S
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Commander of "patriot" army, 427; quarrels with "General" Sutherland, 427; occupies Sugar Island, 428; put to flight, 428; forms new plot to revolutionize Canada, 437; its extent, 438; failure of, 439. =Bib.=: Dent, Upper ...
Hanington Daniel 1804-1889 Sat For Over Half A Century In One Or
other of the branches of the New Brunswick Legislature. Elected to Assembly, 1834, for Westmoreland, which he represented up to 1862. A member of the Executive Council under Sir Edmund Head; Speaker of the Assembly for several years; appointed to the ...
Hanington Daniel Lionel 1835-1909 Born At Shediac New Brunswick
Called to the bar, 1861; in 1870 entered the New Brunswick Assembly, representing Westmoreland until 1874; and reelected, 1878; member of the Executive Council, 1878; premier of the province, 1882; resigned, 1883. In 1892 appointed a puisne judge of t...
Hanks Captain
(General Brock era) Surrenders Michilimackinac, 211; killed at Detroit, 255. ...
Hanna James
(Sir James Douglas era) Voyage of 1785, 22; on enormous profits of sea-otter trade, 22. ...
Hanna Michael 1821-1882 Born In Ireland Came To Canada 1839 And
completed his studies at St. Mary's College. Ordained to the priesthood, 1845. Held various charges in Nova Scotia. Subsequently became vicar-general of the diocese of Halifax and archbishop, 1877. Died in Halifax. ...
Harding James A
(Tilley era) Returned for St. John, 25, 30, 43. ...
Hardy Arthur Sturgis 1837-1899 Born At Mount Pleasant Ontario
Studied law, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1865; practised his profession at Brantford; Q. C., 1876. Elected to the Ontario Legislature, 1873; provincial secretary, 1877; commissioner of crown lands, 1889; premier, 1896. =Bib.=: Morgan, Can. ...
Hargrave James
Chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. =Index=: (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) In charge of York Factory, 226; correspondence with Rev. Wm. Cochrane, 227; made chief trader, 1833, and chief factor, 1844, 227; Simpson's letters to, 261-262. =Bi...
Harlay De
(Bishop Laval era) Archbishop of Rouen, desires ecclesiastical jurisdiction over Canada, 133; called to the see of Paris, 134; desires to bring diocese of Quebec under his jurisdiction, 184. ...
Harmon Daniel Williams
Born in Vermont. Entered service of North West Company, 1800, at Montreal, and left immediately for the western fur country. Returned to the east in 1819, bringing with him his Journals, covering this period, which were edited by Daniel Haskel, of Bu...
Haro Gonzalez Lopez De
(Sir James Douglas era) Finds Russian establishments, 38. =Bib.=: Bancroft, North-West Coast. ...
Harrison Robert Alexander 1833-1878 Studied Law And Appointed To
crown law department of Upper Canada, 1854. Retired, 1859, and practised in Toronto. Member for Toronto in first Dominion Parliament, 1867-1872. Chief-justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, Ontario, 1875-1878. One of the arbitrators in Ontario boundar...
Harrison Samuel Bealey
(Lord Sydenham era) Provincial secretary for Upper Canada, 283; his resolutions on responsible government, 310, 311. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Provincial secretary for Upper Canada, 1841, 76; a moderate Liberal, 78; Baldwin's confidence in,...