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Lewis Morris Wilkins (speaker)
Lewis Morris Wilkins (ca 1768 – January 3, 1848) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1817. Wilkins was speaker for the Nova Scotia assembly from 1806 to 1817. He was born in Morrisania (later part of New York City) the son of the Isaac Wilkins and Isabella Morris, who was the sister of Lewis Morris, and came to Shelburne, Nova Scotia with his family in 1784. Wilkins became a lieutenant in the Lunenburg township militia in 1793. He admitted to the Nova Scotia bar around 1798. In 1799, he married Sarah, the daughter of John Creighton. He was sheriff of Halifax County from 1798 to 1804. Wilkins then entered the practice of law in Halifax, Lunenbrug County and Pictou district. In 1816, he was named an assistant judge in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and resigned from the assembly the following year. Wilkins died at home in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1848. His sons Lewis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native English-speakers, and the province's population is 969,383 according to the 2021 Census. It is the most populous of Canada's Atlantic provinces. It is the country's second-most densely populated province and second-smallest province by area, both after Prince Edward Island. Its area of includes Cape Breton Island and 3,800 other coastal islands. The Nova Scotia peninsula is connected to the rest of North America by the Isthmus of Chignecto, on which the province's land border with New Brunswick is located. The province borders the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and is separated from Prince Edward Island and the island of Newfoundland by the Northumberland and Cabot straits, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
