=Belcher, Jonathan= (1711-1776). Second son of Governor Belcher of Massachusetts. Educated at Harvard University, Cambridge, and in England; called to the English bar. Appointed chief-justice of Nova Scotia, 1754. President of the Council of Nova Scotia and administrator of the government, 1760. Chiefly instrumental in securing for Nova Scotia a representative Assembly. =Bib.=: Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_. =Belcour, De.= =WM= Brings promise of supplies to Ramezay, 227. =Belette.= =Dr= Captain of armed boat, assists Carleton's escape at Sorel, 113. =Bell, Dr.= =W= Conducts Madras system of schools in New Brunswick, 86. =Bell, Alexander Graham= (1847- ). Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Educated at Edinburgh University and London University; came to Canada in 1870. Professor of physiology in Boston University, 1872. Patented his invention of the telephone, 1876; and has also invented the photophone, induction balance, telephone probe, and graphophone. In 1898 appointed regent of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1909-1910 engaged in aeroplane experiments. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Who's Who_, 1910; _Addresses before Canadian Club of Ottawa_, 1910. =Bell, Hugh.= =H= Member of Uniacke administration, Nova Scotia, 1848, 110. =Bell-Smith, Frederic Marlett= (1846- ). Born in London, England. Educated there, and came to Canada, 1866. Founder and first president of the Canadian Society of Artists, Montreal, 1867; director of Alma College 1881; member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1888; director of the Toronto Art School, 1889-1891. President of the Ontario Society of Artists. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_. =Belleau, Sir Narcisse= (1808-1894). Born in the city of Quebec and educated there. In 1852 a member of the Legislative Council, and in 1857-1862 Speaker. Mayor of Quebec, 1860, when King Edward VII, as Prince of Wales, visited Canada, and knighted on the occasion. In 1862 appointed minister of agriculture in the Cartier-Macdonald ministry; and in 1865 premier and receiver-general in a coalition government. Appointed lieutenant-governor of the province of Quebec, 1867; resigned in 1873. =Index=: =B= Succeeds Sir E. P. Taché as titular head of coalition government--proposed by J. A. Macdonald, and accepted by George Brown, 191; Macdonald the virtual leader of government, 191. =C= His connection with British North America Act, 102-103.. =Md= Nominal head of government, 1865, 123. =Bib.=: Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_. =Belleville=. Town of Ontario on the Bay of Quinte. Founded by Captain Myers in 1790. =Index=: =BL= Early municipal government of, 298; riot over Rebellion Losses Bill, 318. =Bellomont, Richard Coote, Earl of= (1636-1701). Member of Parliament, 1688-1695; and served in Ireland, 1689. In 1695 appointed governor of New York, and afterwards of Massachusetts. =Index=: =F= Corresponds with Frontenac, 355. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._