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.