JOHN ROBERT GODLEY, 1814-61: much interested in colonisation: helped to found the Church of England Colony of Canterbury in New Zealand, 1850: later became Under Secretary at War. LORD ELGIN (James Bruce), 1811-63: Governor of Jamaica, 1842: Governor-General of Canada, 1847-54: carried out Lord Durham's plan of responsible government--he was Durham's son-in-law: envoy to China, 1857-8 and 1860-1: Viceroy of India, 1862-3. SIR GEORGE GREY (1799-1882), who was Colonial Secretary, 1854-5, and several times Home Secretary, was a nephew of the Earl Grey who carried the Reform Act. He must not be confused with the more famous Sir George Grey (1812-98), who was Governor of South Australia, of New Zealand, and of Cape Colony. SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, 1815-91: born at Kingston, Ontario: leader of his (Conservative) party, 1856-91: led the federation movement, and became the first Prime Minister of the Dominion: politically responsible for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway: Prime Minister, 1878-91. GEORGE BROWN, 1818-80: founder and editor of the Toronto _Globe_: leader of the radical party, but formed a coalition with Macdonald in order to carry Confederation, resigning as soon as success was assured. CHRISTOPHER DUNKIN, 1811-81: born in London, England: went to Canada, 1836: he was at first an opponent, but later a strong supporter, of Confederation: passed the Canada Temperance Act: became a Judge of the Supreme Court of Quebec. LORD STRATHCONA (Donald Smith), born in 1820 in Elginshire: entered the service of the Hudson Bay Co. in 1838: Governor of its territories, 1868: on the rebellion at the Red River in 1870, he succeeded in maintaining peace until the arrival of troops under Lord Wolseley: financially responsible for the making of the Canadian Pacific Railway: Governor of the Hudson Bay Co. in London, 1889: raised to the peerage, 1897. GARNET, LORD WOLSELEY, 1833-1913: Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1895-1900: served in the Crimea and in India and China: commanded in Ashanti and Egypt as well as in the Red River expedition. GEORGE MONRO GRANT, 1835-1902: Principal of Queen's University, Kingston, 1877: President of the Imperial Federation League, Ontario, 1889. MISS E. PAULINE JOHNSON, "Tekahionwake," the descendant of Indian chiefs, who were the loyal allies of the British, has published several volumes of Canadian poetry. SIR WILFRED LAURIER, born 1841, in Quebec: leader of the Liberal party, 1887: Prime Minister, 1896-1911. ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN, born 1854, in Nova Scotia: leader of the Conservative party, 1901: Prime Minister, 1911. CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS, Canadian poet, historian and novelist, born in New Brunswick, 1860: has been a Professor in Nova Scotia and an editor in New York.