Thorpe Robert


A member of the Irish bar. Judge of the Supreme Court

of Prince Edward Island, 1802; judge of the Court of King's Bench of

Upper Canada, 1805. Took part in the political quarrels of the time;

elected a member of the Upper Canadian Assembly, 1807; dismissed from

his judgeship by order of the secretary of state, on the representations

of the governor, Sir Francis Gore; sued Sir Francis Gore in England for

libel and recovered damages. Appointed chief-justice of Sierra Leone;

returned to England after two years on account of ill-health; brought

with him for delivery a petition to the home government from the people

of Sierra Leone, and on this account dismissed from office. Died in

England. =Bib.=: Morgan, Cel. Can.; Read, Lives of the Judges.



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