The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
History
The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=King's College (New Brunswick).= =W= Charter granted by George IV,
1828, 49; endowed by New Brunswick Legislature, 49; controlled by Church
of England, 49-50, 51; proposed amendments to charter, 51-56; amendment
bill finally passed, 56; becomes University of New Brunswick, 86;
originated in College of New Brunswick and chartered, 1800, 86. =T=
Proposal to convert into agricultural school, 20; cause of its
unpopularity, 21, 48; terms of the Act of 1859, 48-49. _See_ New
Brunswick, College of; New Brunswick, University of.
=King's College (Nova Scotia).= An academy opened at Windsor, Nova
Scotia, 1788. The following year an Act passed for "the permanent
establishment and effectual support of a college at Windsor," and £400
per annum granted towards its maintenance. Under this act, King's
College opened in 1790. Received royal charter, 1802. =Index=: =H=
Founded by Church of England, 81. =E= Directly under control of Church
of England, 93. =Bib.=: Partridge, _University of King's College_ in
_Canada: An Ency._, vol. 4; Akins, _Brief Account of the Origin of
King's College_; Hind, _University of King's College_.
=King's College (Upper Canada).= Granted royal charter, Mar. 15, 1827.
=Index=: =Md= Proposed government subsidy in connection with university
scheme, 29; college and its property secularized, becoming University of
Toronto, 30; replaced as Church of England College by University of
Trinity College, 30. =BL= Conceived by Simcoe, land grant made, royal
charter granted, Strachan president of, 191-192; opposition to terms of
charter, amendments, building erected, teaching begins, 1843, 192-193;
its land grant, 194; Baldwin proposes transfer of its property to
University of Toronto, 195, 293; Strachan opposes transfer, 195, 196.
=E= Its history and connection with the university question, 93-94. =R=
Strachan secures royal charter, 72; and becomes first president, 73;
terms of charter, 73-74; inauguration, 1843, 147; its financial
position, 147; council of, charged with control of grammar schools,
248-249. _See_ Toronto University. =Bib.=: Hopkins, _Canada: An Ency._,
vol. 4; Bethune, _Memoir of Bishop Strachan_; Robinson, _Sir John
Beverley Robinson_.
=King's Printer, Upper Canada.= =S= Louis Roy, first incumbent of
office, 172; Roy succeeded by G. Tiffany, 173.
=King's Royal Regiment of New York.= =Hd= Raised by Sir John Johnson,
156; Beverley Robinson colonel of, 201; disbanded and receive grants of
land, 255.
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