- John Prince
John Prince (
March 12 1796 –November 30 1870 ) was a lawyer, gentleman farmer and political figure inUpper Canada andCanada West .He was born in
England in 1796 and studied inHereford . He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821. He entered practice inWesterham ,Kent and then Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.In 1833, he moved with his family to Sandwich (now Windsor) in Upper Canada. In 1835, he was named justice of the peace in the Western District. In the following year, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Essex. He served with the local militia during theUpper Canada Rebellion . He was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1838. In December 1838, Prince was in charge of the militia at Sandwich. When forces loyal toWilliam Lyon Mackenzie attempted to invade the town, he ordered all invaders who were captured to be shot. Despite some disapproval of his course of action, he was reelected in Essex in 1841, 1844, 1847 and 1851. In 1844, he was appointedQueen's Counsel . He was involved in the development of railways and mines in the southwest part of the province, being president or major stockholder in several companies.In 1857, he was elected to the
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in the Western division. In 1860, he resigned to accept an appointment as the first judge in the Algoma District and moved to Sault Ste. Marie. He died there in 1870.Prince Township on
Lake Superior near Sault Ste. Marie was named after John Prince.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4660 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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