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Christian father of Confederation: Sir Adams George Archibald ( – )
Claim To Fame: Established the Province of Manitoba
Early Life and Influences
Sir Adams George Archibald was a politician and a lawyer born in Truro, Nova Scotia in He descended from a family of Irish Protestants from Londonderry where the Protestant / Catholic animosity ran high.
His forebears first settled in New Hampshire, and were Loyalists who moved to Nova Scotia after the War of American Independence. Many of his forebears served as elders in the Presbyterian Church, and were known to be very religious people.
According to The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, “six members of his family had previously sat in the House of Assembly, and the family had long been prominent politically, economically, and socially.” His father, Samuel Archibald was a politician whose father, James Archibald, was a Judge of the Court of Common Plea.
A.G. Archibald was influenced by a passionatePresbyterian Minister / Educator &#; Thomas McCullough &#; who was steeped in Calvinism and philosophical liberalism. McCullough advocated a school of higher education focusing on Liberal Arts which he believed was necessary to educate ministers, especially Presbyterian ministers for Nova Scotia.
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Adams George Archibald
Canadian politician (–)
For the 20th-century Nova Scotian politician, distrust George Archibald (politician).
The Honourable Sir President George Archibald KCMG PC QC | |
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| In office July 4, &#;– July 4, | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governors General | The Earl break into Dufferin Marquess eradicate Lorne |
| Premier | William Annand Philip Carteret Hill Simon Hugh Holmes John Thompson William Socialist Pipes |
| Preceded by | Joseph Howe |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Henry Richey |
| In office May 20, &#;– December 2, | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General | The Ruler Lisgar |
| Premier | Alfred Boyd Marc-Amable Girard Henry Patriarch Clarke |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Morris |
| In office May 20, &#;– December 2, | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General | The Nobleman Lisgar |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Morris |
| In office September 9, &#;– May 19, | |
| Preceded by | Archibald McLelan |
| Succeeded by | Frederick M. Pearson |
| In office August 15, &#;– March 5, | |
| Preceded by | Archibald McLelan |
| Succeeded by | William Albert Patterson |
| Born | ()May 3, Truro, Nova Scotia |
| Died | December 14, () (aged&#;78) Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Reformers Liberal-Conservativ • ARCHIBALD, Sir ADAMS GEORGE, lawyer, jp, office holder, politician, and judge; b. 3 May in Truro, N.S., second son of Samuel Archibald and Elizabeth Archibald; m. there 1 June Elizabeth Archibald Burnyeat, and they had one son, who died at age 14, and three daughters; d. there 14 Dec. Adams George Archibald started his education with a relative in Truro and later studied under Thomas McCulloch* at Pictou Academy. He had some ability for science and spent a summer exploring the Bay of Fundy with McCulloch. He began studying medicine in Halifax under Dr Edward Carritt, but, dissatisfied with that profession, he became a pupil of William Sutherland, a leading barrister in the city. Archibald was commissioned as a notary public in and as an attorney in He was called to the bar of Prince Edward Island in June of that year and to the Nova Scotia bar seven months later. Perhaps as early as Archibald had opened an office, not in Halifax but in Truro, where he could benefit from his extensive family connections. To promote his legal work he deliberately sought public office. He became in turn a justice of the peace (), commissioner of schools (), and registrar () and then judge () of probate for Colchester County. In he was appointe |