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the colonists to leave the district, 174; brings a party of _bois-brules_ down from Qu'Appelle to drive out the settlers, 180; and the Seven Oaks affair, 180-182. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Manitoba_ and _Hudson's Bay Company_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_. =Grant, George Monro= (1835-1902). Born at Albion Mines, Nova Scotia. Educated at University of Glasgow. Entered Presbyterian ministry in Nova Scotia. Accompanied Sandford Fleming overland to British Columbia, 1872. Principal of Queen's University, 1877, and built it up to the first rank among Canadian universities. =Index=: =Md= Principal of Queen's University--on ignorance in Maritime Provinces as to the West, 155; opposes commercial union, 295; on character of Sir John A. Macdonald as man and statesman, 329-330; one of Macdonald's strongest and most ardent supporters, 340; but would not support him when he felt he was in the wrong, 341. =Bib.=: Works: _Ocean to Ocean_; _Advantages of Imperial Federation_; _Our National Objects and Aims_; _Religions of the World in Relation to Christianity_; _Picturesque Canada_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_; Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._; Dent, _Can. Por._; Grant and Hamilton, _Principal Grant_. =Grant, Sir William= (1752-1832). Commanded volunteers at siege of Quebec, 1775; attorney-general of Canada, 1776; chief-justice of Chester, 1798; solicitor-general, 1799-1801; master of the Rolls, 1801-1817. =Index=: =Dr= Removed from judgeship, returns to England and becomes Master of the Rolls, 184. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Grave, Jeanne.= =Ch= Daughter of Dupont-Grave, 47. =Grave, Robert.= =Ch= Son of Dupont-Grave, accompanies Champlain on voyage of discovery, 34. =Graves, Samuel= (1713-1787). British admiral. =Index=: =S= Godfather of Simcoe, 15; commands naval force at Boston, 19. =Dr= Refuses to send transports to Quebec, 92. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Gray, John Hamilton= (1814-1889). Born in Bermuda. Entered political life in New Brunswick in 1850, and became a leading member of the provincial government. Took part in the negotiations leading up to Confederation, and sat in the first Dominion Parliament as member for the city of St. John. In 1872 appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia. =Index=: =T= Elected for St. John County, 1850, 10; his character and appearance, 13; deserts the Liberals, 13; joins the government, 18, 23; his course condemned, 24; member for St. John County, 30; becomes attorney-ge
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