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See also:SELKIRK, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:DOUGLAS, 5TH See also:EARL OF (1771–1820) , was See also:born at St See also:Mary's Isle, See also:Kirkcudbrightshire, on the loth of See also:June 1771. He succeeded his See also:father in 1799, his six See also:elder See also:brothers having predeceased him. At this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the See also:Highlands of See also:Scotland were being changed into grazing See also:land and See also:deer forests. Selkirk took deep See also:interest in the evicted peasants, and tried to organize See also:emigration to the See also:British colonies. In 1803–1804 he founded a large and prosperous See also:settlement in See also:Prince See also:Edward See also:Island, and at about the same time a smaller one at Baldoon in Upper See also:Canada. He later turned his See also:attention to the See also:Canadian See also:west, and gradually
acquired See also:control of the See also:Hudson's See also:Bay See also:Company. In May 1811 an immense See also:tract was granted to him in the Red See also:River valley, and he at once proceeded to send out settlers; but the hostility of the See also:North-West See also:Fur Company, with its headquarters at See also:Montreal, eventually ruined the See also:colony (see RED RIVER SETTLEMENT), and the See also:influence of his rivals led to the defeat of Selkirk in various legal proceedings. On the 8th of See also:April 182o he died broken-hearted at See also:Pau. One of the most generous and disinterested men in the See also:history of colonization, he See also:fell a victim to the predatory selfishness of his rivals.
Copies of his papers, most of which are unpublished, are in the Canadian Archives See also:Department at See also:Ottawa.
End of Article: SELKIRK, THOMAS DOUGLAS, 5TH EARL OF (1771–1820)
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