The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=Clark, Sir William Mortimer= (1836- ). Born in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; studied law at the University
of Edinburgh, and admitted a writer to the signet, 1859. Came to
Toronto, 1859; called to the bar of Ontario, 1869. Engaged largely in
financial affairs. Lieutenant-governor of Ontario, 1903-1908. =Bib.=:
Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.
=Clarke, Captain.= =F= Killed at Fort Loyal, two daughters taken to
Quebec, 303.
=Clarke, Sir Alured= (1745-1832). Lieutenant-governor of Lower Canada,
1790-1795. Had been governor of Jamaica before coming to Canada; and
after leaving the country, filled several high offices in India, finally
becoming governor-general. Returned to England, 1802, and made
field-marshal, 1830. =Index=: =Dr= Appointed lieutenant-governor, 249;
administers government in Carleton's absence, 269; gives names to
counties, 269. =S= Appointed lieutenant-governor of Lower Canada in
absence of Dorchester, 47; Simcoe's harmonious relations with, 130.
=Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._
=Clarke, Jonathan.= =S= Teaches school at Fredericksburg and Matilda,
167.
=Claus, Colonel.= =Bk= Command assigned to, on Niagara frontier, 206.
=Clay, Henry= (1777-1852). American statesman and orator. =Index=: =Bk=
His confident prediction of conquest of Canada, 215. =Bib.=: _Works_,
ed. by Colton, 1857; new ed., 1898; Schurz, _Life of Henry Clay_; _Cyc.
Am. Biog._
=Clayoquot Sound.= West coast of Vancouver Island. =Index=: =D= Natives
of, attack _Tonquin_, 1811, and massacre crew, 37.
=Clear Grits.= =B= Leaders of the party, 39; origin of name, 40;
denounced by the _Globe_, 40; platform, 41; significance of movement,
235. =C= Clamouring against institutions of Quebec, 25. =E= Leading
members of party, 110; its platform, 111; George Brown becomes
recognized leader, 112; influence of party--defection of Rolph and
Cameron, 112; attack government on account of Gavazzi riots, 125; unite
with Conservatives and Rouges to defeat Hincks government, 127; their
strength in 1854, 134; fight for the speakership, 135; obnoxious to
French-Canadians, 137; advocate secularization of Clergy Reserves, 161,
163. =BL= Beginnings of, 335; their programme, 341; Brown's connection
with, 342. =Md= Struggle against religious and racial influence, 46;
George Brown first opposes and later becomes leader of, 54. =Bib.=:
Dent, _Last Forty Years_; MacKenzie, _George Brown_.
=Clément, Pierre.= =Dr= On causes of failure of West India Company, 149;
on galley service, 215. =Bib.=: _Histoire de Colbert_; _Madame de
Montespan et Louis XIV_.
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