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
=Falconbridge, Sir Glenholme= (1846- ). Born at Drummondville, Ontario.
Educated at the University of Toronto, graduating 1866. Called to the
bar, 1871. Appointed judge of the Queen's Bench, Ontario, 1887;
chief-justice, 1900. Knighted, 1909. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_;
_Canadian Who's Who_.
=Falkland, Lucius Bentinck, Viscount.= Governor of Nova Scotia,
1840-1846. =Index=: =H= Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 69; his
character and policy, 69; invites Howe to join the Council, 69; his
administration, 71; calls upon Howe, Uniacke and MacNab to give reasons
for their resignation from Executive Council, 87; Howe upsets his
theories of government, 89-92; lampooned by Howe, 92-93; conflict for
supremacy, 94, 97; Howe makes insulting reference to, in Legislature,
100-101; returns to England, 1846, 102. =Bib.=: Campbell, _History of
Nova Scotia_; Saunders, _Three Premiers of Nova Scotia_.
=Family Compact.= A group of Tory leaders in Upper Canada, so nicknamed
by their political opponents because they held power as a distinct
group, allied by bonds of political, social, and religious sympathy.
Term also used in other provinces, in connection with somewhat similar
conditions. =Index=: =Mc= Their loyalty tested, 10; Durham's view of,
62, 65, 66; great influence of, 66; lasting and extensive monopoly of
power, 66; decides on Gourlay's destruction, 89; destroys _Colonial
Advocate_, 115; incensed at Lord Goderich's concessions, 230; secures
Head's sympathy, 302. =Md= Its character and aims fiercely debated, 13;
opposition to, of Macdonald, Draper, and Morris, 27. =Sy= Its beginning,
77; its foundations laid by Governor Simcoe, 78; attempt to identify
Reform party with Mackenzie's rebellious proceedings, 85; condemned by
Durham in his Report, 96; criticisms of Report, 97-104; Sir George
Arthur allies himself with, 110; opposed to union of provinces, 130;
Sydenham's opinion of, as given by _Colonial Gazette_, 138; its
controlling influence, 177; not a political party, 179; not specially
connected by family relationship, 180. =B= Rebellion in Upper Canada
attributed by Durham to ascendancy of, 11. =E= Fight against, 21;
attacked by Hume Blake, 69; Mackenzie ill-used by, 91; selfishness of
its members, 92; Bishop Strachan and, 150. =BL= Its character, 11-12;
denounced by W. L. Mackenzie, 13; opposed to union of the Canadas, 61;
its restoration hoped for, 113. =MS= Responsible for Rebellion of 1837,
242. _See also_ Strachan, John; Mackenzie, W. L.; MacNab, Sir Allan
Napier; Robinson, Sir John Beverley. =Bib.=: Kingsford, _History of
Canada_; Durham, _Report_; Mackenzie, _Sketches of Canada_; Bradshaw,
_Self-Government in Canada_; Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_; Robinson,
_Life of Sir John Beverley Robinson_.
=Famine Creek.= =L= La Barre's expedition halts at, 193.
=Fancamp, Baron de.= =L= Presents shrine to Bonsecours chapel, 177.
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