Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake (January 20, 1830 – April 19, 1908)
was an
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-born lawyer, judge and political figure in
British Columbia
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, Canada. Tyrwhitt-Drake represented
Victoria City
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in the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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from 1882 to 1886.
Career
He was born in
King's Walden,
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, the son of the Reverend George Tyrwhitt-Drake, and was admitted to practice in England in 1851. Tyrwhitt-Drake came to British Columbia in 1863, settling in Victoria. He represented Victoria in the
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from 1868 to 1870. From 1872 to 1879, he served as a member of the Board of Education for British Columbia. He was called to the British Columbia bar in 1877. Tyrwhitt-Drake was mayor of
Victoria from 1876 to 1877. He served as a member of the province's Executive Council from 1882 to 1884. In 1883, he was named
Queen's Counsel
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. He served as justice in the
Supreme Court of British Columbia
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from 1889 to 1904. Tyrwhitt-Drake died in Victoria at the age of 78.
Family
Tyrwhitt-Drake married in 1862 Joanna Tolmie. They had several children, including:
* (third daughter) Mildred Jane Tyrwhitt-Drake, who married in
Berkhamsted
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on 10 September 1902 Geoffry Barnardiston, son of Colonel Nathaniel Barnardiston and his wife Lady Florence Legge, daughter of
William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth
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Background
Dartmouth was the son of George Le ...
.
References
Mayors of Victoria, British Columbia
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Judges in British Columbia
1830 births
1908 deaths
Lawyers in British Columbia
English emigrants to pre-Confederation British Columbia
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