William Hume Blake

William Hume Blake

William Hume Blake (10 March 1809 – 5 November 1870) was a Canadian jurist and politician.

He was born in Kitegan, County Wicklow, Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1832 he emigrated to Canada and settled on a farm in Middlesex County. In a few years he removed to Toronto, studied law, and was called to the bar in 1838. He soon distinguished himself in the profession, but was strongly interested in the political issues which agitated the province. In 1848 he was elected to the Legislature for East York (now Ontario County) and in the same year was appointed SolicitorGeneral for Upper Canada in the LafontaineBaldwin ministry. In 1849 he prepared the act reforming the practice and organization of the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada and resigned from the ministry in order to become in 1849 the first chancellor of the court. In March, 1862, he resigned on account of failing health, and eight years later he died in Toronto.

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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4303 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]


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