d, Samuel= (1804-1867). Born at Reydon Hall, Suffolk; brother
of Agnes Strickland, Mrs. Traill, and Mrs. Moodie. Entered the army, and
reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Emigrated to Canada, 1826.
=Bib.=: _Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West_. For biog., _see_ Morgan,
_Cel. Can._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Strong, Sir Samuel Henry= (1825-1909). Born in Dorsetshire, England.
Came to Canada studied law, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1849.
Member of the commission for consolidating the statutes, 1856. Appointed
vice-chancellor of Ontario, 1869; transferred to the Court of Error and
Appeal, 1874; puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, 1875; and
chief-justice, 1892-1902. Knighted, 1893. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._;
Morgan, _Can. Men_.
=Stuart, Andrew.= =Sy= Member of Constitutional Association, 112. =P=
Declares the French Canadians to be "a race of gentlemen," 49; one of
Papineau's followers, 197.
=Stuart, Archdeacon.= =Sy= Conducts funeral service of Lord Sydenham,
344.
=Stuart, George Okill= (1807-1884). Born in York, Upper Canada. Grandson
of the Rev. John Stuart, _q.v._ Educated at Kingston and Quebec, and
called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1830. Mayor of Quebec, 1846-1850;
elected to represent Quebec in the Assembly, 1852; defeated at the
general election, but again returned, 1857. Appointed by the Imperial
government judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court of Quebec, 1873.
=Stuart, James.= =Ch= Erects fort in Cape Breton, 200.
=Stuart, Sir James= (1780-1853). Born at Fort Hunter, New York. Educated
at King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Appointed assistant secretary
to the government of Lower Canada in 1800; and solicitor-general, 1801.
Entered the House of Assembly, for Montreal, 1808; attorney-general for
Lower Canada, 1825; and in 1831 suspended from office by Lord Aylmer,
and suspension confirmed by colonial secretary; a few months later the
injustice of the decision admitted, and offered the chief-justiceship of
Newfoundland, but declined the position. Appointed chief-justice of
Lower Canada by Durham in 1838. Created a baronet, 1841. =Index=: =Sy=
Praised by _Colonial Gazette_, 140; consulted by Sydenham, 191;
accompanies him to Upper Canada, 195. =E= Chief-justice of the Court of
Appeal of Lower Canada, and succeeded in 1853, by Sir L. H. La Fontaine,
105. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Christie, _History
of Lower Canada_.
=Stuart, John.= =MS= Chief factor of Hudson's Bay
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