- Robert Thorpe
Robert Thorpe ("c." 1764 –
May 11 1836 ) was a judge and political figure inUpper Canada .He was born in
Dublin ,Ireland around 1764. He graduated with a degree in law fromTrinity College, Dublin and was admitted to the bar in 1790.In 1801, he became chief justice for
Prince Edward Island . Because he was not getting paid on time, he sailed toEngland in 1804 but was captured by a French privateer. Thorpe later escaped and was named to Court of King's Bench in Upper Canada. On the death of his friend,William Weekes , in a duel, he was elected in a by-election to the4th Parliament of Upper Canada representing Dundas, Simcoe & 1st York. He advocated that the executive council should be responsible to the elected representatives. He was suspended from office by the lieutenant governorFrancis Gore in July 1807.In 1808, he was appointed the first chief justice in
Sierra Leone .He died in
London in 1836.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3696 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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