Francis Alexander Anglin
PC (April 2, 1865 – March 2, 1933) was the seventh
Chief Justice of Canada
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from 1924 until 1933.
Born in
Saint John, New Brunswick
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, one of nine children of
Timothy Anglin
Timothy Warren Anglin (August 31, 1822 – May 4, 1896) was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada.
Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, Anglin emigrated at the age of 26 as part of the exodus caused by th ...
, federal politician and
Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
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, and elder brother to the renowned stage actress,
Margaret Anglin
Mary Margaret Warren Anglin (April 3, 1876 – January 7, 1958) was a Canadian-born Broadway actress, director and producer. Encyclopædia Britannica calls her "one of the most brilliant actresses of her day."
Biography
Anglin was born in O ...
. He was educated at
St. Mary's College, and received a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree from the
University of Ottawa
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in 1887. Anglin studied law at the
Law Society of Upper Canada
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO; french: Barreau de l'Ontario) is the law society responsible for the self-regulation of lawyers and paralegals in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in 1797 as the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC; frenc ...
(which in those days taught law) and was called to the bar in 1888,
["Anglin, Francis Alexander", ''The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers'', New York, the Encyclopedia Press, 1917, p. 4]
/ref> establishing a practice in Toronto
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. In 1896 he became Clerk of the Surrogate Court of Ontario, and King's Counsel in 1902.
He was appointed to the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice of Ontario in 1904 and, thanks to a nomination from the Laurier government, to the Supreme Court of Canada
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on February 23, 1909, becoming Chief Justice in 1924 thanks to a nomination by the first Mackenzie King government, and serving until his retirement, two days before his death, in 1933.
He was author of ''Trustees' Limitations and Other Relief'' (Toronto 1910) and penned the "Ontario" entry for the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''.[
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References
External links
Supreme Court of Canada biography
1865 births
1933 deaths
Chief justices of Canada
Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Canadian people of Irish descent
University of Ottawa alumni
Lawyers in Ontario
People from Saint John, New Brunswick
Canadian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Contributors to the Catholic Encyclopedia
Canadian Roman Catholics
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