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Christian father of Confederation: Sir Adams George Archibald ( – )
Claim To Fame: Established the Province of Manitoba
Early Life and Influences
Sir Adams George Archibald was a politician and a lawyer born in Truro, Nova Scotia in He descended from a family of Irish Protestants from Londonderry where the Protestant / Catholic animosity ran high.
His forebears first settled in New Hampshire, and were Loyalists who moved to Nova Scotia after the War of American Independence. Many of his forebears served as elders in the Presbyterian Church, and were known to be very religious people.
According to The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, “six members of his family had previously sat in the House of Assembly, and the family had long been prominent politically, economically, and socially.” His father, Samuel Archibald was a politician whose father, James Archibald, was a Judge of the Court of Common Plea.
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ARCHIBALD, Sir ADAMS GEORGE, lawyer, jp, office holder, politician, and judge; b. 3 May in Truro, N.S., second son of Samuel Archibald and Elizabeth Archibald; m. there 1 June Elizabeth Archibald Burnyeat, and they had one son, who died at age 14, and three daughters; d. there 14 Dec.
Adams George Archibald started his education with a relative in Truro and later studied under Thomas McCulloch* at Pictou Academy. He had some ability for science and spent a summer exploring the Bay of Fundy with McCulloch. He began studying medicine in Halifax under Dr Edward Carritt, but, dissatisfied with that profession, he became a pupil of William Sutherland, a leading barrister in the city. Archibald was commissioned as a notary public in and as an attorney in He was called to the bar of Prince Edward Island in June of that year and to the Nova Scotia bar seven months later. Perhaps as early as Archibald had opened an office, not in Halifax
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Adams George Archibald
Canadian politician (–)
For the 20th-century Nova Scotian politician, see George Archibald (politician).
The Honourable Sir Adams George Archibald KCMG PC QC | |
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| In office July 4, &#;– July 4, | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governors General | The Earl of Dufferin Marquess of Lorne |
| Premier | William Annand Philip Carteret Hill Simon Hugh Holmes John Thompson William Thomas Pipes |
| Preceded by | Joseph Howe |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Henry Richey |
| In office May 20, &#;– December 2, | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General | The Lord Lisgar |
| Premier | Alfred Boyd Marc-Amable Girard Henry Joseph Clarke |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Morris |
| In office May 20, &#;– December 2, | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General | The Lord Lisgar |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Morris |
| In office September 9, &#;– May 19, | |
| Preceded by | Archibald McLelan |
| Succeeded by | Frederick M. Pearson
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