- John Wellington Gwynne
John Wellington Gwynne (
March 30 ,1814 –January 7 ,1902 ) was a Canadian lawyer andPuisne Justice of theSupreme Court of Canada .Born in
Castleknock ,Republic of Ireland , the son of William Gwynne and Eliza Nelson, he emigrated to Canada in 1832.In 1874, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal. In 1879, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and he served until his death in 1902.
External links
* [http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/aboutcourt/judges/gwynne/index_e.asp Official Supreme Court Biography]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6757 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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