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James Buchanan Macaulay
Colonel Sir James Buchanan Macaulay, Order of the Bath, CB (3 December 1793 – 26 November 1859) was a lawyer and judge in colonial Canada. Early life Macaulay, born at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Newark, Upper Canada, 3 December 1793, was the second son of James Macaulay (Canadian physician), James Macaulay and Elizabeth Tuck Hayter. His father was posted from England to The Canadas, Canada in 1792, attached to the Queen's Rangers, and was afterwards the Chief Medical Officer of Upper Canada, under the patronage of his friend John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Military career Macaulay served as an ensign in the 98th regiment. In 1812, he joined the Glengarry Light Infantry, Glengarry Fencibles as a lieutenant, and fought during the War of 1812 with America at the Battles of Battle of Ogdensburg, Ogdensburg, Battle of Fort Oswego (1814), Oswego, Battle of Lundy's Lane, Lundy's Lane, and at the Siege of Fort Erie. At the close of the war in 1815 hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Buchanan Macaulay (black And White, Portrait)
Colonel Sir James Buchanan Macaulay, Order of the Bath, CB (3 December 1793 – 26 November 1859) was a lawyer and judge in colonial Canada. Early life Macaulay, born at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Newark, Upper Canada, 3 December 1793, was the second son of James Macaulay (Canadian physician), James Macaulay and Elizabeth Tuck Hayter. His father was posted from England to The Canadas, Canada in 1792, attached to the Queen's Rangers, and was afterwards the Chief Medical Officer of Upper Canada, under the patronage of his friend John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Military career Macaulay served as an ensign in the 98th regiment. In 1812, he joined the Glengarry Light Infantry, Glengarry Fencibles as a lieutenant, and fought during the War of 1812 with America at the Battles of Battle of Ogdensburg, Ogdensburg, Battle of Fort Oswego (1814), Oswego, Battle of Lundy's Lane, Lundy's Lane, and at the Siege of Fort Erie. At the close of the war in 1815 hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Church Of St
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedral is more important in the hierarchy than the church because it is from the cathedral that the bishop governs the area und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparkford
Sparkford is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Weston Bampfylde. It is situated near the junction of the A303 from London to Exeter and the A359 from Frome to Yeovil. In 1986 a bypass was built to take the main traffic on the A303 around the north of the village. The population is 617 mostly living along the old A303 and Church Road, which runs down to the former water mill and the church. History There is evidence for continuous occupation from Roman to Saxon times. The village is listed in the Domesday Book for Somerset as Spercheforde. It was held in 1086 by Fulwin from Walter de Douai having been held by Alwakin before the Norman conquest. The parish was part of the Hundred (county subdivision), hundred of Catsash (hundred), Catsash. In about 1335 the manor was held by Nicholas de Hanyton, while by 1370 it was held by John Lovel of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, Titchmarsh. The next known o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Revell Shivers
Thomas Revell Shivers (1751 – 1 June 1827) was a Royal Navy officer in the 18th/19th century who rose to be Vice Admiral. Life and career He was born in Wickham, Hampshire in 1751. His early career in the Royal Navy is not clear. He appears in the Royal Navy in May 1777 (aged 26) as a Lieutenant in command of the schooner at Newfoundland. In August 1778, he replaced Lt Howell Lloyd in command of the 10-gun . On 3 November, a storm in the Bay of Bulls off the Newfoundland coast wrecked ''Penguin''. The armed brig ''Portillion'' was lost in the same storm. In January 1779 he was court martialled by Captain Nicholas Vincent on behalf of Admiral Robert Linzee regarding the loss of HMS ''Penguin''. Following this he was placed on shore leave for 3 years. On 24 January 1782, he came back into active service as commander of , a newly captured French ship of 16 guns. He sailed her to the Leeward Islands. In May 1789, he was given command of the 18 gun . On 21 September 1790 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickham, Hampshire
Wickham () is a large village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hampshire, England, about three miles north of Fareham. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 4,816, falling to 4,299 at the 2011 Census. Wickham has a wide and well-proportioned square lined with historic buildings and is designated a Conservation Area (United Kingdom), conservation area. It was the fording place of the River Meon on the Roman road between Noviomagus Regnorum (Chichester) and Venta Belgarum (Winchester), and the inferred divergent point of the route to Clausentum (Bitterne). The Roman road from Wickham to Chichester is still followed today by local roads, passing behind Portsdown Hill to the north of Portsmouth Harbour and then onwards via Havant. In contrast, the route to Winchester is mostly likely lost through neglect in the Dark Ages, before present field patterns emerged. There have been a reasonable number of sites identified nearby associated with Romano-British industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peregrine Maitland
General Sir Peregrine Maitland, GCB (6 July 1777 – 30 May 1854) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He also was a first-class cricketer from 1798 to 1808 and an early advocate for the establishment of what would become the Canadian Indian residential school system. Born at Longparish House in Longparish, Hampshire, the eldest of five sons of Thomas Maitland of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, (d. 1798) by his spouse Jane, daughter of Edward Mathew, General of the Coldstream Guards by his wife Lady Jane (d. 21 August 1793), daughter of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. Thomas Maitland possessed plantations in the parish of St. Thomas Middle Island on the island of St. Christopher in the West Indies. Military career After joining the 1st Foot Guards at the age of 15 as an ensign he went on to serve in Flanders in 1794, by which time he had achieved his promotion to lieutenant. In 1798, he took part in the unsuccessful landing at Ostend. In the Peninsular W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Edward Small
James Edward Small, (February 1798 – May 27, 1869) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West. He was born in York, Upper Canada in 1798, the son of John Small. He attended the Home District School with Robert Baldwin. During the War of 1812, he served on the ship St. Lawrence. On July 12, 1817, he was the second for John Ridout in a duel with Samuel Peters Jarvis. When Ridout fired his gun early at Jarvis, Small insisted that Ridout be allowed to re-load his gun. When Ridout was shot Small sought the assistance of George Playter. Small articled in law with William Warren Baldwin and was called to the bar in 1821. In 1831 Small and his younger brother, Charles Coxwell Small, inherited their father's large house on the southwest corner of what is now Berkeley and King streets. In 1834, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in Toronto. He was elected in an 1839 by-election in the 3rd riding of York; he was reelected t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Jarvis
Samuel Peters Jarvis (November 15, 1792 – September 6, 1857) was a Canadian government official in the nineteenth century. He was the Chief Superintendent for the Indian Department in Upper Canada (1837–1845), and he was a member of the Family Compact. Life and career Jarvis was born to William Jarvis and Hannah Owens Peters in Newark, Upper Canada. He moved with his family to York, (Toronto) Upper Canada, in 1798. In 1807 he attended the grammar school of John Strachan in Cornwall, Ontario. Jarvis was a member of the 3rd Regiment of York Militia during the War of 1812, seeing action at the Battle of Detroit and the Battle of Queenston Heights under Isaac Brock, and later action in the Battle of Stoney Creek and Battle of Lundy's Lane. In 1814 he received two positions in the government of Upper Canada, Assistant Secretary, and Registrar of Upper Canada. Jarvis was also appointed as a Clerk of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. Having studied law before the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Allan (banker)
William Allan, JP (1770 – July 11, 1853), was a Scottish Canadian banker, businessman and politician. Life and career Allan was born at "the Moss", near Huntly, Scotland. He came to the British province of Quebec around 1787 under the auspices of family friend John Forsyth (of Forsyth, Richardson & Company), and he settled at Niagara a year later. In 1795, he moved to York (now Toronto) as the agent for Forsyth, Richardson & Company. In 1797, he opened a general store with Alexander Wood, later becoming sole owner. In 1800, Allan was named a justice of the peace in the Home District and, in 1801, became the postmaster at York. During the War of 1812, he served as major in the York militia and negotiated the terms of surrender when York was first captured by the American forces. His store was looted during this period. Allan also served as supplier to the British forces. He later served on the commission responsible for reviewing claims for losses during the war, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Heward
Like many early officials in Canada little is known of Stephen Heward beyond his roles as a public official in Upper Canada after serving earlier in the British Army. Before and during his posting as Auditor General of Land Patents Heward held a number of posts: * Clerk of the Peace for the Home District 1811-1828? * Clerk of the Receiver General's Office 1815-1828 * Registrar General of the Court of Probate 1816-1828 * District Court Clerk for the Home District 1818-1828 Heward served during the War of 1812 as Captain in the 3rd York Militia and promoted as Major at end of the conflict.L. Homfray Irving, Honorary Librarian, Officers of the British Forces in Canada during the War of 1812-1815, Canadian Military Institute, Welland Tribune Print, 1908, page 67-69 For his military service he obtained land in Simcoe County Simcoe County is located in the central portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. The county is just north of the Greater Toronto Area, stretching from the shores o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Types Riot
The Types Riot was the destruction of William Lyon Mackenzie's printing press and movable type by members of the Family Compact on June 8, 1826, in York, Upper Canada (now known as Toronto). The Family Compact was the ruling elite of Upper Canada who appointed themselves to positions of power within the Upper Canadian government. Mackenzie created the ''Colonial Advocate'' newspaper and published editorials in the paper that accused the Family Compact of incompetence and profiteering on corrupt practices, offending the rioters. It is not known who planned the riot, although Samuel Jarvis, a government official, later claimed he organized the event. On the evening of June 8, 9–15 rioters forced their way into the newspaper offices and destroyed property. During the event, Mackenzie's employees tried to get passersby to help stop the rioters. Bystanders refused to help when they saw government officials like William Allan and Stephen Heward were watching the spectacle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
