161-164; his letter to his brother Isaac, 165.
=Brock, William.= =Bk= Grandfather of Sir Isaac Brock, 5.
=Brock's Battery.= =Bk= Name at first given to king's battery in Quebec
citadel, 94.
=Brockville.= Chief town of Leeds County, Ontario, on left bank of St.
Lawrence. Formerly known as Elizabethtown. Raided by a detachment of
troops from Ogdensburg in 1813. The town assumed its present name
shortly after the death of Brock. =Index=: =BL= Early municipal
government of, 298.
=Broglie, Achille Charles Leonce Victor, Duc de= (1785-1870). Foreign
secretary under Louis-Philippe, 1832-1834, and prime minister,
1835-1836. Lived in retirement after, 1851. =Index=: =Sy= Poulett
Thomson (Sydenham) meets in Paris, 20. =Bib.=: _Ecrits et Discours_;
_Souvenirs_.
=Brooke, Frances.= =Hd= Her novel of Canadian life, 222. =Bib.=:
_History of Emily Montague_, London, 1777.
=Brouage.= =Ch= In Saintonge, birthplace of Champlain, 1.
=Brougham, Henry Peter, Baron= (1778-1868). Born in Scotland. Educated
at Edinburgh University. Secretary to Lord Rosslyn and Lord St. Vincent
on a mission to Portugal. In 1810 entered Parliament; in 1830 received
the great seal and elevated to the peerage. In 1828 founded London
University, and in 1860 elected chancellor of Edinburgh University.
=Index=: =S= Secretary to the Portugal Commission, 220. =W= His
sarcastic reference to Glenelg, 42. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Broughton, William Robert= (1762-1821). Born in England. Entered the
navy, 1774, and served on the American station until 1778. In 1790
explored and surveyed the Columbia River; and in 1794 surveyed the
north-west coast of America. Served in Lord Gambier's expedition, 1809;
at Mauritius, 1810, and at Java, 1811. =Index=: =D= Sails a hundred
miles up the Columbia, 24; surveys coast northwards of Cape Mendocino,
34. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Brouillan, De.= Born in France. Governor of Placentia, Newfoundland,
1690. Made a chevalier of St. Louis, 1698. In 1701 commandant in Acadia,
and governor of that colony, 1702-1705. Died the latter year. =Index=:
=F= French governor of Placentia, Newfoundland, 346. =Bib.=: Charlevoix,
_History of New France_.
=Brouse, W. H.= =R= Graduate of Victoria College, 144.
=Brown, George= (1818-1880). =B= His place as a Maker of Canada, ix;
complains that Upper Canada is inadequately represented and dominated by
Lower Canada, ix; an ardent advocate of Confederation, x; relations with
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