- Thomas Ridout
Thomas Ridout (
March 17 1754 –February 8 1829 ) was a political figure inUpper Canada .He was born in
Sherborne ,England in 1754 and came toMaryland in 1774. In 1787, he was travelling toKentucky when his group was captured by a party ofShawnee s; he was held captive and later released inDetroit , then held by the British. He married the daughter of a loyalist and settled with his family at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake). He started work in 1793 as clerk for the surveyor general; in 1810, he was appointed to the post of surveyor general for Upper Canada. He had also been named registrar for York County in 1796 and justice of the peace in the Home District in 1806. In 1812, he was elected to theLegislative Assembly of Upper Canada representing East York and Simcoe. He served on the board set up to deal with claims for compensation for losses sustained during theWar of 1812 . In 1825, he was named to the Legislative Council. In 1827, he was appointed to the first board of King's College.He died in York (
Toronto ) in 1829.His sons, Samuel Smith, George and Thomas Gibbs, were also prominent members of Upper Canada society.
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List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3097 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
History of the Rideout/Ridout families in N. America: www.myrideout.com
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