Stuart Sir James 1780-1853 Born At Fort Hunter New York Educated


at King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Appointed assistant secretary

to the government of Lower Canada in 1800; and solicitor-general, 1801.

Entered the House of Assembly, for Montreal, 1808; attorney-general for

Lower Canada, 1825; and in 1831 suspended from office by Lord Aylmer,

and suspension confirmed by colonial secretary; a few months later the

injustice of the decision admitted, and offered the chief-justiceship of

Newfoundland, but declined the position. Appointed chief-justice of

Lower Canada by Durham in 1838. Created a baronet, 1841. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era)

Praised by Colonial Gazette, 140; consulted by Sydenham, 191;

accompanies him to Upper Canada, 195. (Lord Elgin era) Chief-justice of the Court of

Appeal of Lower Canada, and succeeded in 1853, by Sir L. H. La Fontaine,

105. =Bib.=: Morgan, Cel. Can.; Dict. Nat. Biog.; Christie, History

of Lower Canada.



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