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Robert Sutherland 1832 -
1878. Born in Jamaica, probably first educated in Scotland and then in
Kingston (picked up a pile of awards in his last year in high school,
clearly having had a good education before he arrived in Ontario) and
attended Queen's University as an undergraduate, studied law at Osgoode and
then practiced in Berlin (later Kitchener) and Owen Sound. He left his
estate to Queen's University ($12,000) which saved it from bankruptcy and
being absorbed into U of T. His practice was terribly unrewarding
but he had a private income which enabled him to leave such a large estate
(the entire annual budget at the time was under $12,000). He was their
largest single donor in the 19th century. His father was a Scot and his
mother a black slave. He had good political and power connections among the
Scots. Thanks to Nola
Crewe for sending in this information. |
