- Robert Graham Dunlop
Robert Graham Dunlop (
October 1 1790 –February 28 1841 ) was a ship's captain and political figure inUpper Canada .He was born in
Keppoch ,Scotland in 1790 and joined theRoyal Navy at the age of 13. He became a lieutenant while serving during theNapoleonic Wars ; he later reached the rank of captain. He retired from the Navy in 1823 and came to Upper Canada in 1833 with his brotherWilliam Dunlop who was a general superintendent for theCanada Company . He was appointed a justice of the peace in the London District in the same year. In 1835, he was elected to the13th Parliament of Upper Canada for the new riding of Huron. He tended to support the province's administration, including Lieutenant Governor SirFrancis Bond Head and was reelected in 1836. In 1837, he joined the Orange Lodge and became a member of its provincial executive in 1838. He was named a colonel in the Huron militia during theUpper Canada Rebellion , but his unit was not called to serve. He supported the redistribution of theclergy reserves among theProtestant churches and promoting immigration to Upper Canada. He also supported the campaign againstslavery in the province.He died on the family estate near Goderich in 1841.
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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3363 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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