Peregrine Maitland Grover
- Peregrine Maitland Grover
Peregrine Maitland Grover (October 17 1818 – May 28 1885) was an Ontario farmer, businessman and political figure. He represented Peterborough East in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874.
He was born in Grafton, Upper Canada in 1818, the son of United Empire Loyalists, and educated at Upper Canada College. He moved to Peterborough, opened a general store there and, in partnership with James Foley, set up a lumber yard. He married Harriet Maria Keeler, the daughter of Joseph Abbott Keeler, who founded Colborne, Ontario. Soon after that, he moved to Norwood. He served as reeve of Asphodel Township and warden of Peterborough County. He died in Norwood in 1885.
External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=4362&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32944 "The Canadian parliamentary companion", HJ Morgan (1869)]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/f/toc.aspx?id=6036 "Norwood Then & Now"]
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