|
See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
BROWN, See also:GEORGE (1818-188o) , See also:Canadian journalist and statesman, was See also:born in See also:Edinburgh on the 29th of See also:November 1818, and was educated in his native See also:city. With his See also:father, See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Brown (d. 1863), he emigrated to New See also:York in 1838; and in 1843 they removed to See also:Toronto, and began the publication of The Banner, a politico-religious See also:paper in support of the newly formed See also:Free See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:Scotland. In 1844 he began, independently of his father, the issue of the Toronto Globe. This paper, at first weekly, became in 1853 a daily, and through the ability and See also:energy of Brown, came to possess an almost tyrannical See also:influence over the See also:political See also:opinion of See also:Ontario. In 1851 he entered the Canadian See also:parliament as member for See also:Kent See also:county. Though giving at first a modified support to the Reform See also:government, he soon See also:broke with it and became See also:leader of the See also:Radical or " Clear Grit " party. His attacks upon the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church and on the supposed domination in parliament of the See also:French Canadian See also:section made him very unpopular in See also:Lower See also:Canada, but in Upper Canada his See also:power was See also:great. Largely owing to his attacks, the See also:Clergy Reserves were secularized in 1854. He championed the See also:complete laicization of the See also:schools in Ontario, but unsuccessfully, the Roman Catholic church maintaining its right to See also:separate schools. He also fought for the See also:representation by See also:population of the two provinces in parliament, the See also:Act of See also:Union (1841) having granted an equal number of representatives to each. This principle of "See also:Rep. by Pop." was conceded by the See also:British See also:North See also:America Act (1867). In 1858 Brown became premier of "The See also:Short See also:Administration," which was defeated and compelled to resign after an existence of two days.
He was one of the earliest See also:advocates of a federation of the British colonies in North America, and in 1864, to accomplish this end, entered into a See also:coalition with his See also:bitter See also:personal and political opponent, Mr (afterwards See also:Sir) See also:John A. See also:Macdonald.
Largely owing to Brown's efforts, Federation was carried through the See also:House, but on the 21st of See also:December 1865 he resigned from the Coalition government, though continuing to support its Federation policy, and in 1867 he was defeated in See also:South Ontario and never again sat in the House. In great measure owing to his energy, and in spite of much concealed opposition from the French-Canadians, the North-See also:West Territories were See also:purchased by the new Dominion. In December 1873 he was called to the Canadian See also:senate, and in 1874 was appointed by the imperial government See also:joint plenipotentiary with Sir See also:Edward See also:Thornton to negotiate a See also:reciprocity treat,- between Canada and the See also:United States. The negotiations were successful, but the draft treaty failed to pass the United States Senate. Soon afterwards Brown refused the See also:lieutenant-governorship of Ontario, and on two subsequent occasions the offer of See also:knighthood, devoting himself to the Globe and to a See also:model See also:farm at See also:Bow See also:Park near See also:Brantford. On the 25th of See also:March 188o he was shot by a discharged employe, and died on the gth of May.
His candour, See also:enthusiasm and open tolerance of the opinions of others made him many warm See also:friends and many fierce enemies. He was at his best in his generous protests against all privneges, social, political and religious, and in the self-sacrificing patriot-ism which enabled him to fling aside his personal prejudices, and so to make Federation possible.
See J. C. Dent, Canadian Portrait See also:Gallery (Toronto, Moo). The See also:official See also:Life, by the Hon. See also:Alexander See also:Mackenzie, is decidedly See also:partisan. A life by John See also:Lewis is included in the Makers of Canada See also:series (Toronto). (W. L.
End of Article: BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!