Robert Easton Burns

Robert Easton Burns

Robert Easton Burns (26 December 1805 – 12 January 1863) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and Chancellor of the University of Toronto.

Born in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada, the son of the Reverend John and Jane Burns, Burns was educated at home and at the Niagara District Grammar School. A lawyer, he was also a puisne judge on the Court of Queen’s Bench from 1850 until his death in 1863. From 1857 to 1861, he was the Chancellor of the University of Toronto. From 1849 to 1850, he was the treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

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