is return to England
promoted to lieutenant-general, 1782. =Index=: =Hd= Governor of New
York, 89; his house burned, 91; returns to England, 91; Haldimand
refuses to send troops to aid of, 197. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; _Cyc.
Am. Biog._
=Trytorrens, Marie Madeleine.= =Hd= Mother of Haldimand, 2.
=Tucker, R. G.= =Sy= Appointed provincial registrar, 332.
=Tuffet, Jean.= =Ch= Director of Company of New France, 170.
=Tupper, Charles= (1794-1881). Born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. At the
age of twenty-one entered the ministry of the Baptist Church. Held
charges at various places in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Settled at Amherst, where he became principal of the Grammar School,
1834. Appointed principal of the Baptist Seminary at Fredericton, New
Brunswick, 1838. Returned to Amherst, 1840. Settled at Aylesford, 1851,
where he remained until his death. =Bib.=: Hill, _Forty Years with the
Baptist Ministers and Churches of the Maritime Provinces of Canada_.
=Tupper, Sir Charles, Bart.= (1821- ). Born at Amherst, Nova Scotia.
Educated at Acadia College, and at Edinburgh. In 1843 graduated M.D.,
and won the diploma of the Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons. For some
years practised medicine at Amherst, Nova Scotia. In 1855 began his
political career, being elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature for
Cumberland County. In 1856, when the Johnstone Cabinet was formed,
became provincial secretary, serving until 1860. From 1864 to 1867 prime
minister of Nova Scotia. In 1867 elected member for Cumberland to the
first Dominion Parliament; president of the Privy Council, 1870;
minister of inland revenue, 1872-1873; minister of customs, 1873;
minister of public works, 1878; minister of railways and canals,
1879-1884. Held the position of high commissioner for Canada in England,
1884-1887; and was member of the Fisheries Conference, 1887. Returning
to Canada, was appointed minister of finance, 1887. Created a baronet,
1888. Again became high commissioner, 1888, holding the position until
1896. Returned to Canada, 1896; leader of the House of Commons in the
Bowell administration; four months later on the retirement of Sir M.
Bowell, prime minister of Canada, but was not upheld at the polls on
June 23, 1896. From 1896 to 1900 leader of the Opposition in the House
of Commons, but being defeated in the election of 1906, retired from
active political life. =Index=: =E= Leads movement for Imperial
Zollverein, 59, 101. =B= Tou
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