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BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER, 


ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 


from 1766 to 1769. 
JURIST - MATHEMATICIAN ~- LINGUIST ~ HISTORIAN 
PUBLICIST, 
"THE VETERAN OF SCIENCE®, 
BORN in London 15 December 1731. 
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ATTORNEY GENERAL of the Province of Quebec. 
APPOINTED 10 May 1776, 

BORN at Eklchies, Scotland, in 1754, 

DIED at “Barton House" Dawlish 25 May 18325 


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CHIEF JUSTICH PETER LIVINS, 


Province of Quebec. 


APPOINTED May 31 1777. 

SERVED Lill about 1786. 

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about 1727. 

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BORN in New Jersey January 1740,but as a Loy= 


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where in 1785 he Was appointed Judge of the 
Admiralty Court, Quebec; was then ahout 45 
years of age. He was later appointed by Lord 
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CHIEF JUSTICE JONATHAN SEWELL, 
Of the Province of Quebec. 


APPOINTED in 1808. BORN in Cambridge,Mass.,in 


the year 1766. WAS a W.E.Loyalist, retiring to 
England, was educated there, Recrossed Atlantic 
to St.John,N.B.,in 1785. Was first Law Student 
in New Brunswick. IN 1789 removed to Quebec 
and in that year was admitted to the Bar. Was 
Solicitor General in 1793. Attorney General 
in 1795. A member of the Provincial Parlia- 
ment. He continued as Chief Justige till 1838. 
He died in Quebec 12 Newextar 1839 in the 7$rd 


year of his age. 


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ADMITTED TC BAR IN 1794, Raised to Bench 


in May 1807. Created Chief Justice in 1823, 
Resigned on accowt of advancing ase in 1838. 
While on &@ Visit to England declined honour 
or Knighthood. His widow erected Wing of 
General Hospital,known as "Reid Wing",to his 
memory. He was married in Montreal 11 Peb-= 
ruary 1808 to Miss McGillivray. BORN in 
Scotland in 1769 in the Village of New Deer, 
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FIRST BATONNIER OF THE MONTREAL BAR. 
SOLICITOR GENERAL OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, 


but lest office through some misunderstanding 
with,the then,Gorernor Sir George Prevost. Vas 
connected with almost every public morement.. 
Was & warden of Christ Church Montreal in 1862. 
Brother to Chief Justice Jonathan Sewell. 

DIN of Cholera in Montreal in 1832. In 1826 
was cf firm of Sewell & Griffin -~ Incorporation 
of Montreal Bar 1849, BORN 6 dume 1770 at Came 
bridge,Mass. As a 3 E.hoyalist early left U.S, 
fer England,where he was educated. Returned to 
Americs where he went to reside in St.John,N.B,, 
in i787. tIeft there for Quebec or Montreal in 
Hay 1791. Admitted to Bar of ¥.B.,3 May 1791 
before he was 21. His first case as Junior 


Counsel October or November 1792, 


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CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES STUART, 


Born at Fort Hunter,N,Y.,2nd.March 1780, 

WENT to College in Windsor,N.S. 

IN 179% Law Student with Mr Reid,Montreal, 

IN 1798 was with Jonathan Sewell,with whom he 

completed his studies, 

CALLED to Bar 28th.March 1801, | 

IN 1805 Solicitor General of Lower Canada and 
removed to Montreal, 

IN 1808 represented Montreal in Quebec Legis~ 
Lature,and so continued till 1817, 

IN 1827 Member of Executive Council, Returned 
to Quebec. 

IN 1838 appointed Chief Justice in succession 
to Sewell, 

DIED at Quebec 14 July 1853, 


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during the troubles of 1637-1838, a. a8 
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