- William Bent Berczy
William Bent Berczy (
January 6 1791 –December 9 1873 ) was a farmer, painter and political figure inUpper Canada .He was born in
London England in 1791, the son ofWilliam Berczy , and came to York (Toronto ) with his family in 1794. He grew up in York,Montreal andQuebec City . He served in the Corps of Canadian Chasseurs during theWar of 1812 . From 1818 to 1832, he lived on property near Sandwich (Windsor), where he grewtobacco . From 1828 to 1834, he represented Kent in theLegislative Assembly of Upper Canada . In 1832, he settled on the property at Sainte-Mélanie-d'Ailleboust of his wife, Louise-Amélie Panet, who had inherited it from her father, seigneurPierre-Louis Panet . Berczy was lieutenant-colonel in theLower Canada militia, reaching the rank of colonel.He died in Sainte-Mélanie-d'Ailleboust in 1873.
Two paintings by Berczy hang in the
National Gallery of Canada , "Huron Indians leaving residence near Amherstburg" and "Blessing of the Fields".External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4827 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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