A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
=Denton, Frank, K.C., D.C.L.=, of English (Yorks) origin, son of the
late William Denton, J.P., and Mary D. (Lucas) his wife, born at
Richmond Hill, York County, Ont., 1858, educated Richmond Hill and
Orangeville High School, Collingwood Collegiate Institute, Toronto
Normal School, Trinity University, B.C.L. 1883, D.C.L. 1893, and Osgoode
Hall, Toronto. Taught two years as English Master in Cobourg Collegiate
Institute (when affiliated with Victoria University). Married 1884,
Elizabeth Clingan, daughter of the late Fleming Clingan, J.P., of
Orangeville. Has six children. Called to the Bar in 1886, he practised
his profession with distinction and specialized as a Corporation and
Commercial lawyer. Took silk in 1899, having for years been head of the
firm of Denton, Dunn & Boultbee (now Denton, Grover & Macdonald). He
acted for some time as City Solicitor of Toronto. He has always taken a
keen interest in public affairs, particularly in education, serving for
several years as President of the Board of Trustees of the Toronto
Collegiate Institutes. Has acted as delegate to the annual and general
conferences of the Methodist Church, of which he is a prominent
supporter. A fluent and eloquent public speaker, he has been a candidate
(Liberal) for the Federal Parliament. He is a member of the Masonic
Order (Past Master), and of the Canadian, National, Ontario and Rosedale
Golf Clubs. Recreations, golfing and curling. Address, 42 Admiral Road,
Toronto.
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