William Badgley (27 March 1801 – 24 December 1888) was born in

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, educated there, and admitted to the Lower Canadian bar in 1823. He became a judge and attorney general for

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. He was also the founder of a law firm now known as the Montreal office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. From 1855 to 1857 he was professor of law at

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and was the first dean of the

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. He was the son of Francis Badgley (1767–1841), a merchant with family business connections to the London

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. He was a brother to

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and Elizabeth, wife of

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* * 1801 births 1888 deaths Canadian university and college faculty deans Lawyers from Montreal Judges in Quebec Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Academic staff of McGill University Attorneys-General of the Province of Canada {{Canada-law-bio-stub