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Carleton, and landed at Plymouth, 10th January, 1784.
As a reward for his loyalty he was made Chief Justice of Lower Canada, 1st
September 1785, and came to Canada in the Frigate "Thistle" of 28 guns,
with Lord Dorchester, the Governor-General of Canada, landing at Quebec
23rd October 1786. Chief Justice Smith was the author of the "History of
the Province of New York, from the first settlement down to the year
1732." He married, 3rd November. 1752, Janet, daughter of James
Livingston, Esq., of New York, and died at Quebec, 6th December, 1793. His
Royal Highness Prince Edward fourth son of King George III, with a
numerous train of friends, followed the corpse to. the grave.
E. B. TEMPLE.
Quebec, 9th December, 1880.
J.
(see Page 50.)
LIEUT-COLONEL C. CAMPBELL.
(1792-1872.)
"Lt.-Colonel Campbell, late
of the old 99th Regment of Foot (Prince of Wales, Regt.), died at his
residence at Bampcell, in the Township of Halifax. Megantic, on Monday the
11th instant in the 80th year of his age. He was descended from the good
old U. E. L., stock, who abandoned everything for their loyalty to their
Sovereign. He served with distinction during the last war on the American
frontier, and was engaged in several actions on and about Lake Champlain,
and at Niagara, where he was taken prisoner by an overwhelming force of
Americans under the late General Winfield Scott. He always spoke in the
highest terms of the kindness he experienced from his captors while in
their hands. After retiring from the army, he resided for many years at
Quebec, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. Spending much of his time
at the coves, his wonderful expertness as a swimmer enabled him, at
various times, to save many valuable lives, the number whom he thus
-rescued exceeding fourteen, as we are
credibly informed. The latter years of his life were spent in retirement
on the borders of Lake William.—Chronicle, November, 1872.
K.
(See page 57.)
THE EARL OF SELKIRK.
"Thomas Douglas—fifth Earl
of Selkirk, Baron Daer and Shortcleugh,. Fellow of the Royal Society—was
born in June, 1771, and lived an eventful life of forty-nine years. The
family seat of St. Mary’s Isle, in Kirkcudbright— shire, Scotland, at the
mouth of the Dee, knew him but little in his adventurous |
