James Sherrard Armstrong (27 April 1821 – 23 November 1888) was a
Canadian lawyer, jurist, and landowner from
Quebec. From 1871, he served as the Chief Justice for the colony of
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...
and in 1880, he was additionally appointed
Chief Justice of Tobago. Resigning from both offices in 1882, he returned to his home at
Sorel.
In 1886, he was given the chairmanship of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Capital and Labor in Canada. It was in a hearing of that commission that
Olivier-David Benoît Olivier-David Benoît (6 February 1837 – 19 February 1897) was a shoemaker by trade and attained importance in history as a trade union leader.
Benoît had his early trade union experience with an American-based group called the Knights of Labor. ...
was to make his case about the conditions faced by workers in the boot and shoe industry.
He was appointed a Companion of the
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III.
...
in the
1879 Birthday Honours
The 1879 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the Queen, and w ...
.
Notes
References
*
External links
Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''*
1821 births
1888 deaths
Lawyers in Quebec
British Windward Islands judges
Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Chief Justices of Tobago
{{Canada-law-bio-stub