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
=Fanning, Edmund= (1737-1818). Held various offices in the American
colonies before the Revolution. Removed to Nova Scotia, and in 1786
governor of Prince Edward Island. Rose to the rank of general in the
army, 1808. =Index=: =Dr= Commands King's American Regiment, 202;
succeeds Patterson as governor of Prince Edward Island, 235. =Bib.=:
_Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Farnborough, Sir Thomas Erskine May, first Baron= (1815-1886). Born in
London. Assistant librarian of the House of Commons, 1831; examiner of
petitions for Parliament, 1847-1856; clerk of the House of Commons,
1871-1886; and president of the Statute Law Revision Committee,
1866-1884. Appointed privy councillor, 1885, and created Baron
Farnborough, 1886. =Index=: =Mc= On difficulties of granting responsible
government, 21; responsible government granted in Upper Canada in 1847,
25; principle of, adopted in other colonies about the same time, 25; on
effect of responsible government, 490. =Bib.=: _Constitutional History
of England since the Accession of George III._
=Farrer, Edward= (1850- ). Canadian journalist. =Index=: =Md= Chief
editorial writer of the _Globe_, 312; his pamphlet on annexation--its
terms, 312-313; assumes sole responsibility for, 314. =Bib.=: _Canadian
Who's Who_.
=Fay, Jonas= (1737-1818). =Hd= Vermont emissary, 209. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am.
Biog._
=Fénelon, François de Salignac.= =L= Sulpician, sent on mission to Lake
Ontario, 105; his reserve as to his own labours and sacrifices, 109;
school for young Indians established by, 125; attacks Frontenac from the
pulpit, 160; refuses to furnish copy of his sermon and is cited before
the Council, 162; his conduct not approved by his ecclesiastical
superiors, 162; nor by the king, 164. =F= Intermediary between Frontenac
and Perrot, 92; indignant at Perrot's arrest, 93; preaches sermon
against Frontenac, 93; circulates memorial in Perrot's favour, 96;
summoned to Quebec, 98; his conduct before the Council, 101; sent to
France, censured, and not allowed to return to Canada, 102, 103. _See
also_ Frontenac; Perrot. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Frontenac_; Garneau, _History
of Canada_.
=Fenety, George E.= =W= On Wilmot, 131.
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