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
=Caron, Réné Édouard= (1800-1876). Born in the parish of Ste. Anne,
Lower Canada. Educated at the Seminary of Quebec and at St. Pierre
College; studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1826. Mayor
of Quebec, 1833-1837; sat in Assembly, 1834-1836; appointed a member of
the Legislative Council of Lower Canada by Lord Gosford, but did not
take his seat. Member of the Legislative Council of Canada, 1841;
Speaker, 1843-1847 and 1848-1853; member of the La Fontaine-Baldwin
government and of the Hincks-Morin government; judge of the Superior
Court of Quebec, 1853; afterwards judge of the Court of Queen's Bench
and judge of the Seigniorial Court. =Index=: =BL= Mayor of Quebec, and
member of Legislative Council, 1841, 83; a man of liberal views, 83;
member of La Fontaine's ministry, 83; Speaker of Legislative
Council--acts as go-between for Draper and La Fontaine, 259-263;
president of Legislative Council, 284. =E= Refuses to enter Draper
ministry, 43; becomes president of Council in first La Fontaine-Baldwin
Cabinet, 53; leading member of Liberal party in Lower Canada, 109;
president of Council in Hincks-Morin government, 113; raised to Bench,
126; judge of Seigniorial Court, 187. =Bib.=: Turcotte, _R. E. Caron_;
Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_ and
_Can. Por._
=Carondelet.= =S= Spanish governor of Louisiana, his proposition to
Simcoe to assist in repelling expected French invasion, 134-136.
=Carroll, Charles= (1737-1832). Represented Maryland in the Congress at
Philadelphia, 1776, and signed the Declaration of Independence.
Afterwards elected to the Senate of Maryland and the federal Senate.
=Index=: =Dr= Accompanies Franklin to Canada, 135. Bib.: _Cyc. Am.
Biog._
=Carter, Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington= (1819-1900). Born at St.
John's, Newfoundland. Studied law and called to the bar of Newfoundland,
1842; appointed Q. C., 1859. Member of the Legislative Assembly,
1855-1878; Speaker, 1861-1865; premier, 1865-1870 and 1874-1878;
knighted, 1878; chief-justice of Newfoundland, 1880. Represented
Newfoundland at the Quebec Conference, 1864. =Index=: =T= Speaker of
Newfoundland Assembly, delegate to Quebec Conference, 77. =Bib.=:
Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Morgan, _Can. Men_.
=Carter, Sir James= (1805-1878). Born in England. Educated at Cambridge;
called to the bar, 1832. In 1834 a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of
New Brunswick, and in 1851 chief-justice of the province, retiring on a
pension in 1865. In 1859 knighted. Spent the latter part of his life in
England. =Index=: =W= Appointed to New Brunswick Bench and afterwards
chief-justice, 74, 130; releases Doak and Hill, 75. =T= Appointed to New
Brunswick Bench, 17, 31; resigns as chief-justice, 1865, 93. =Bib.=:
Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_.
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