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THE TOWNSHIPS
ineprtntod frot" tlie Hamilton Times, do ao many great oltliens lie within
April 12th to 21st, 1808.] so narrow a space. High over those
The following liemo, rolntlng to tho ll^Jf "blc Sra^'^^.towers the Htntcly
?!!?!"...'!'. *'.«'..".'^?-__?' ™"."'J- »"" i aboThU efftv.':;?a*5„Ti,/a"cun',^i"n^
had
land from tarl Selkirk, who got It girl, Mary SlmpMn, daughter of a tarlo, Ir 'ron* at tlie township, after
from V, .Jarvls. who got It from the great Canadian mercliant of the Brighton, the famous watering Tilaoe
indlami for a promise to pay i;5,775 (period. At the time of Neleon's visit In SosseT. Kneland, where OeoFge IV ,
I w„V\,?»V*' "^SfT"? "1 \^- , , f'o."-"'' .but 1« years old, marvellous- when Tr'nce of Wales, built the po
tnwr .ihlna In *im t_„,.i„„„ „» r.„* i„ 1^ — '.■-• """ '•••'•'• »■■>•>-■" "J' a vu.iiiuiK Wnlpoie, from Sir Kobort Walpole, of '-• ' >"••' ' —"— ■^- "-' -■• I- ... . ' . = j »
towijjhlps In the .'ro^lncc of Ontario, | hand, 6wm« still, with ongle fwe and Houghton, Earl of Orford. born 1070
were collooted by If. F. Cardlner, j outstretched arms, to bid Kneland bo Idled 1745, the great Whig statesman,
editor of the Hamilton Times, as notes'?' B°°'' eheer, and to hurl defTanoo at | who was for 20 years at the head of
for a lecture delivered by him In Ham- ! thL'^fn,Tl'i"„P? wl^r.^^i'''"'* '•"ared the British Government. A friendly with Mary Simpson. ...._ _....
ilton on Mareh "9th l\"8 7^1, « ^^, ff "'P'"' ' '''"> has dlsapi^ared critic says that Walpole was beyond , the St. Lawrence to board themau-
Mion, on Mar. 11 ^Jtn, IS.S. It has The time lias ronie when the rash ai,d j question the most eminent, tlie ablest of-war. The next morninff arrived
t>con suggested that It wi.nld be well 'ndiscrimlniit*' Judgmenta which his] and the most suecessJul staU-smau of and the Albemorle did not heoTe
to complete the rerjrd up to date, if |<'"i't<'mpornrl<'s paMjiil on his char- 1 his ('ay. Ills ambition only was oxces- anchor, and (not. Nelson was sean
possible, not o„ly for the ^^^'orn^aUon^f^J^^^^^^tiivriT^X^^t^ f^^ {^^^J^^^i ,^
of present-lay readers, but for refer- : Ing of vehement, high an.l daring nat-llaw. Lord Townshend. the most re- I 0^™ 'it tlm time em InThlT^^
ence In the future. Anj thing that will : ures, she notes his many errors, will si)tTtable statesman of that barren i osked him what had lin>>™.nBfl '?«!
throw light upon sneh pn^.K-s as An- y«i ''''»'■■•'; "1^ P™,"™"'.'' t''''t'''°'™B t*--'"'-. '^"■•'"8 his olllolal life he en- ! «>„ is , noted as having saw" "I find
' " joyeilshK cures which, with the salary u nhs<ih.t;iv lmiK>sslbl,T to leave this
was the burial place 6f the Hoatlngi
family.
, , , ...„ „„ , FRONTENAC COUNTY i
'i„^'""""' ■;!"? ".'"y;, On Oct. 14. Villon In 1784. Got Ito name from tbe French Gov
17S., IMra ^elson8 ship, thL Al- Seymour, aTt«r Lady EUz.abeth ernor who dlf.i In 1018, lust 200 yean
beinarle, was ready to sail, and he Seymour, daughter of the.Duke of Soni- ago, after being a power In Canadc
very sad and tender ixirtlng | crset, wife of the Duke of Northum- for twenty-five years. The Duke di
herland, who became nnronoss IVrcy St. Simon snld that Frontcnac foeni
after her husband's death. In 1780. It hard to Ijear the Imperlcis tempei
Alnwlek, from the county town of of his wife, audi he was given th€
Northumberlanil, I'.iigland, famous for government of Canathi In 1072 tc
Its castle, the resldei'ee of the Duke delher him from her, and afford him
of Northumberland, which w , pp. some meaius of living. He buill, Fort
|M'at<«|iy besieged by the Scots in an- Frontcnac at CataraiQul and fought
mnnent fokm.
In 17SS Lard Dorchester tasued a
proclamutiou, dated at the Castle of
•St. LouLs, Quebec, forming a certain
nnm(K..i* dl lunv dl-strleta in tlie I'ro-
\ince of t^uebec. Lpper Canada wn.s
formetl into 'our districts, viz.: Lunen-
burg, wiiieh exteniied from the bor-
derw of Lower Canada to ttio (ian-
anoque iUver ; Mecklenburgii, fiom
tile fJananoipie lo tin-* Trent ; Nu.ssau
from tlie Trent lUver to Loni? I'oint
on Lake Fjio ; Hesse, w liich ombraueil
the remaUiing part.s at Western Can-
atla, including liotroit. To each of
ttie.se Instrieia were appointed a
.ludge and a Sherifr.
In 17ul the I'itt .Act was jinKsed,
making Cpiier Canada and Lower
Canada trfjparate I'rovinces. .\b tliat
time there were di.stribuU^il alontr the
.St. Laurence, tiio Da.v ur t^iiint^'.
Niagara (rontlcr, .Vmher.stbiirg. witli
the French settlement on llie 1 lianics,
and tlie Indians at Graiiii Ulver, about
L'0,000 souls, nearly ail o, whom liud
found tlieir way into wliat is now
tiie I'rovince of Ontario since the
clo.se otf tlie .\inoriean V^'nr ot the
Hevojutlou in 178;j.
colonel .John Craves Slnicoe, the
liioneer doveriior of Ijijier Canada,
who was l.i^'iit<-'naiit-ifO\ernor under
Lord Ijorcliest^n", entered upon the
dutie.-i of ills office .luly «th, 17U:
but he 'lever s',.ooped to the arts by
whleli men form a political parf". His
real strength. Indeed, lay not iii j'nr-
llamcnt, but In the iieople at large.—
Green's History.
Zone— 0».lgl.'i unknown.
ELGIN COLNTV,
Calloil after the county of Llgiu on
tlio Moray Firth in .'•Scotland, wan at
first callod Suffolk, was next part of
JlulUlesex, and was finally separated ,,rt iifH re.il Inve w,ia inr tiio t,.i>u
aucl given iu> present name. Us town- ^^I^^mI turtle \ZL°.' 'lie rode '»"■•'""' '" ^"""""^
lt4
for-
|)ro-
t<>Btrd aga.istsuch a rash net and told
him that, " situated as you or ' at pres-
iiit. your uttir ruin will In, vitably fnl
low." "Then let It lollow," replied
\< Isoii: earnestly, "for I am rosolvjd
to do It. ' Uut ite.spltn ins intentions
his friend pro-
was fairly carried
hnek to the ship and forced to leave
"'i';:ih;>r™gh, from a town and wnt-l ^ J;-',;'' ^^^ 'l^^Crroik'"'''"'" "'" ""
erlng place In Suffolk, ling. Crabbe, ' " """ ' "' '"" ■^""""'
lug
in Greens History Waliwle Is de-
scilhed as a young ^orfoik landowner
of fair fortune, wllli the tastes and ;
air of the class from which he sprang.
His big, 8<piare fi^;ure, his vulgar, :
goud-iiuinored lace, were those of a \ ti,„ stroniter will of
common country siiiiire. And in Wal- wAi,,,, J Hi ,,.
(Kile the s.piire underlay the states- '""""' '"'" "'
man to the last.
wrlnl'iJ" ^',',7?r' i"''h"-'i """""K ""f ImaViyy.^arsbe'foro'he'gave'im'the liowi^'^^'' was appointed Adjutant-General
writing, and if lie had a taste for !„, |;,s.,os.slng lier, for Nel.son never r" ! "' *''« British fore.* In North America.
and Mary Slmi>aon "'"' ''■''"'' "' Lieut-Colonel. Com-
died ill splnsterhocnl.
(ient tloieii
rcrcy, fr. the old family name of
the Dukex of Northunilierland, taken
originally from thi> village of I'erey,
ill INotmniiily. Henry ije Percy li
tim reign of '-Mward I. ucMpiired" the
bnrcjiietcy of .\lnwlek.
South Monngliaii. after the County
of -Monaghiin, In Ireland.
HASTINGS COUNTY,
he three townships of Rnwdon,
the I!n«ll«h and Ihoir imiian aifk
at every opportunity; Golden says:
" De Frontenao stands conspicuous
among all his nation for deeds of
eruoltj. Nothing was more coramon
than for his Indian prisoners to be
Slven up to his Indian allies to be tor-
tured." It was in Frontenao's time
that slavc/y was legalized In Can-
ada. One haud'-ed years later It was
alwllshed by Governor Slmcoe's Par-
liament. McMullen seys I'rontenec
He was ignorant of J, ^i,i,„| the girl he loved, and It was l'^^''- fought at lliiiiker Hill 177."., in
the poet, wiu< born there in 1731.
Yariiioiitli, from a borough In Nor- 1
folk, England, which contains thei
Church ol St. Nicholas, founded in the
reign of William Kufus. It is the prlii-
eipal soat of the herring flsliery In
lingiand.
Danwlch, from a dt.cayed borough
of Suffolk, Kng., anciently an impor-
tant city and capital of liist .Viiglla,
but has bt«ii almost entirely destroy-
ed by Inroads of the sea.
."^uthwohl, from a Suffolk borough.
fox-hunter In
tile ' doggedneso" wlilch Jlarlbor-
oiigli notc^d as his chnracierlstic ; In
tlie bm-ly seif-confhiencn wliich de-
clared, " If I had not been I'rime Min-
ister I shorrid have been ,\rclihisliop
of Canterbury" ; in tlie stubborn
courage wiiicii cbmpiered the awk-
wardness of ills earli(;r efforts to
s|icak, or met siiigle-liaiidcd at tiie
last the hitter attacks of a host of
enemies, and, above all, in the genial
gottd hiiiiKir whiuii became witii tiini
new force In politics. No man was
Governor iJUncoe divided the
Maialiiiie. a w aterini^ place in Ire-
Ihiim, 'J miles froi,, I uhiin. handsomely
built and frequented by butlicrs. Malu-
jhiile, Irelaini, wa,s tliu birthiilaee of
__, j Colonel Thomas Talliot. The town
IVv 1"^ ^'- Thowj'is, .nn.t Taibot street, are
\lnce Into 10 counties, whicli he call- "'"" named aftei thi. Colonel, wlio
ed Glengarry, Stormont, iiiindas, Gren- "■"**,■ '" his youth, along witii Artliiir
ville, Lce.'s, Frontenai!, Ontario, Ad- ' ".''"'^''I'-'y "he iHike of Welliii^toii.r, an
dlngton, L<-nnox, I'riiice Kdward, i"''''-'"'*'"a!i to tlie M»ri|nis of Ihiek-
Hastings, Nortiiumberland, Uurhani, ingliam. Lord Lieutenant of Irelanil
York, Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kssex, "! ]7ai;-)>h. On the recomiiKiidatioi
Kent. .SUncoe's Ontario County m- "' ''"pernor .Siiuco..", .-,,Oili) acres of
eluded Wolfe, Howe, Amherst and tlic ' '»»'' «"" granted to Mr. Talliot In
other Islands, between Gaiianoque and f'"' township of Yarniontli, ami tliere
Prince Kdward. It was soon abol- i «-• huiit Castle Malahide. wnere he
Wied. and doJ-s not appear on the i""'!'' "^^ Iiaelitlor quartei-s and
]7!iS map. Suffolk was located where B''-"'t'»' w "'h' hind to immigr.-ii.ts,
Middlesex and Klgin are now. I "I' t« tl"' time of his death, Applicii-
The first I'ariiamcnt of liiper Canada l*™"*" ■"■■ •"'.'•')" acres wore eoinmiin
17'.ii;, cliangeil the names of tiie Dis- ! '" those da.vs, and not a few obtained
tricts to Lastern, Midluinl, Home and 1"^ whole township of land. Edward
Western ll-.rinntlnger wrlt«ii that Mr. Charles
In tiic session of 171*8 a ISill was l"g«'«-''Oll obtained a grant ol the
passed "to ascertain and establisii "'hole township of Oxford; a iier.sim
the bonndarv lines of the different S'lnmed Safer the towiiKliip of Town.s-
townslilns of" the Province," and an- [™d, and another person iiame.l liaton
other liill lorming >< districts, L':i ""■ townshlii of llnrford. on conditions
which hiui an import coal trade alid,':"''' '"""' ["•'^'^ely attacked by sis^ak
a horrUig flsliery.
i PLEL COUNTY,
Which was alwo originally a part uf
York, was called aft^T Sir lioliert
Pts'l, who succeeded lA>rd Multloiiriie
as I'remier In 1841 and carried
through Parlhnnent the liill to re-
peal the com laws in lt:40. The
ijiaH'ii at first disliked him. but
h.anied to regard him very liigliiy.
An iik'a of the ipia.iity of the man
ma.v be gathered from the following
spcHMjli, lii reply to a taunt that lie
would lie driven from office :
"1 shall surrender iiowx-r, severely
censured, I fear, b.v many honnr-
jiOle men who, from no Interested
motives, hav<? adheretl to the prin-
cipU's of protectiim, Ix-caiise they
looked upon tlnun as important to
tile interests and welfare of tlie
jroiiiitry. I shall hiave a name exe-
('r:it4Ml, I know, b.v every monopolist
! who would maintain protection for
I his owii individual hcnieru. Uut It
HuiitliiKtoi. ami Hnn(5>.rri.rd, and tile i 'Ued, as he had lived, ,ovod i,y some
IlUer Molrn. an" named after Francis jfof his courage and military virtui«,
Itnwdon Hastings, horn ]7."i4, died i hated by others for -his cruel tem|)er
1H20, who entered the army at the and proud nnd overhearing manners,
age of 17. Was s<.nt to .Vinerlea ill | hut res,iected and feared alike by
'rioud unl foe, and with the cre.'it of
having, with trifling aid from France,
supported and Increaseii the strength
of a colony which ho had found, on
his renpiwlntment, at the hrlnk of
ruin. He also died, im he had lived. In
l>ad o,lor witli the Jesuits, and was
shrived in his last lir>urs by a liecoliet '
Fatlier, and Imrleil In the Kecollet'
Church Inste/'d of Ui the cathedrnl.i
rhe „c«ultM letahated by abusing h'r:
In Ills grave.
Kingston, the first township su
veyeil in this locality for the Loyal-
ists, was so callod Jn honor of King
'•eorge 111., corresponding to (Jueen-
inanded a Drltlsh <-orp8 In South Cnro-
liiin at the Ilattle of Camden, 17,H0,
nnd defeated Greene at Iloiiklrk's Hill,
lieturnlng to ]-Uigtiind was eaiitured
by a l-'rem-h cruiser. On his n-lease
was ereati.d Itaroll ItaWilon by King
Gtsirge III, and in 17i»d suecc-eded lus
fntlier as I^arl of Mulra. In 17il4 he
c-oinmaniled 10,1) Kl nn-n m-nt to relieve
the Ihike of Ynrk isfin of Geo. HI.) in
Flaiiiiers. In IsiHl was appointed Mas-
tc.r General of the ordnanee in tlie , _„ ^
Grenville and Fox .Ministry, and aft<.r!ston at the otuer end irf Lake On-
s-ometliues rememtiercd with expres-
sions of good-w-ill in tile abodes of
those whose lot it is to lalHir and
to earn their dally bread by the
sweat of their brow, when they shall
counties and l,'i^ townships.
of Hettleinent,
wliifdi the.v were un-
\ mail of the I'ro.ime, on the scale "ble to fulfil. In the Arcliives there
of 20 miles to 1 inch, was prepared liv i-< a lett^T from Thomas Talbot to thi
I>. W, Sniitli, Acting i^urieyor General i Puke of (uniberland, askhig the Uui.
nf I'ins-r Canada, a copy of wnic' *" •''-'■■ ' •' ■ '■'--- '■
to ohtai'i fi-oni the King a township
of land, trfi' from fecH and olillgations
of IcK-atlon— the land to be snbse-
iiucntly traiisferi-.Ml by the Puke to
Talliot. Tld,s is nnmvered by a let-
ti'r from tlie Hiike of Kent m l.or I
HobllTt, il;l,U'd (ii-t. 11 til, 1^01, ill
wliicli tlie j;r.-inl of the township ;s
Is cnl!»d after the county of the same ; reeoinniended, hut Olie Puke dis-s not
name in Kiigiand, It contains the wish his na,nie to appear in tli tr.iiis-
townsliii>b ot inction. Mr. Kmiatiiigrr's " I,ife of
.Maiden, named after a borough In (-oionel Taihot." puiilislied in IH.-iH,
Kng.. on the cheimer Uiver, contains mneii v.-iimihle iiiformatii.n
bill
is taken from tlie Poiniiiion Ar-
ciiivps of ISUl. Tills niui) shows the
l^oiince of 'intarlo, as it was organ-
ized juBt lOU years ago.
I-:8S1-;X COUNTY.
Essex,
Bonielimes
Mersi'ii,
England,
NiTtl ■
slK'llc:! Maldoll.
.-i finely wiKjdud island of
ill i;s.-,i-'x, in a hay ol the
, iiillid llie ISIackwater,
connected wUii the inainl:uid !)y a Laig
causeway covered at high water.
Uochester, from a cit ■ of Kent, E^g-
l-iiid, U" miles from London; contains
a cathe.lrai grammar school, found-
ed bv lleiii.v Vlll. in 1.-J42. and the
■• Pixir Traveller's House," fonii'led by
Pi,.:..ir,I v.atts in the reign of EHin-
bi'tii.' The cathedral dales from U04,
rebuilt aliout HJ70.
Maidstoiir'. from a borough and
muket town In Kent, England, dj
miles from London, on tin' Itiver Mod-
way. Noted for pais-T manufactures
Colchester, from a dtv In Essex, Eng- | Its towiisiiLps are:
laVid ontlieuVverColne, .-,1 inilcsrrom!.,Lo,i,loii, aftca- the great city
London. Contains (-hurches
back to Edward II. and Henry
I -liied bv the llomam. Camiilodnnum.
• ' ,- vicinity Is rich In lUniinn coins,
-.r .,, urns, iiottery, rings and other
■ e.-in niitlMeities. ColcheKter
lelhain hi tlie third ; Walnfliwt, Croiv-
eoneernliig tiK' ...i-ttlenient of the Lo.i- '. land, IIuinlx>rstC)ne an i Il(?rtie in the
don and St. Thomas dtatrlcts. I fourth. Ily the InUm Act of IW-KJ the
Ilayham. from \iseount Itayliam, | old first and sf-ciond riiiliigs wer.- iiiiid.
Lord Camden. | into tlie North Uldlngaiid llie third and
Dorchester Is the eaiiital of Iiorsi.t- fonrtl. ridings into tho Soutti l;|.i-
j shire, in England, ll.'t mites from Lon- - —■
don. The Uoinans surrounded it with
a wall. .Vfter Moiiiiioiith's rehellion in
i 10M.->, .ludge .Jeffreys held the lilisjily
s and writers, but he brought in no
" gagging act" for tlie press, and
though the lives of most of his assail-
ants were in his hands through their
Intrigues with the Pretender he made
no use of ids power over them. Where
his country breeding showed Itself
most however, was In the shrewd,
narrow, honest chaiac r of iiis
mind. He saw very clearly, but ho , , *, * , ,. n ,
■oi.ld not see far, .-iiid he would i,„t I ""'J' '» *''"* ' «""" "•■"'"' " "«"»'
believe what he could not see. 1
" It was no mere chance «*r good {
luck which maintained Walpol." at
the head of affairs for more than 20 '
years." — Green. I
" The most pernicious clrcum- ;
stances In which this country can br? -
are those of war, as we must be lo.sers
while it lasts, and cannot he great
gainers when It ends."— Sir It. Wal-
pole.
" They may ring their ImIIb now,"
\'al|iolo said bitterly, as iie.iU nnd
I'fjiifires welcomed his reluctant coii-
w'lil to the declaration of w:ir iigiiinst
Si>aln In 17;i;i, "hut they will scsjn
be wringing their hands."
WELLANl) COUNTY
Was originally a part of Lliieoln and
(Um^ not niipea.r In -the e<.nsus as a
separat*? county until isrd. Liiieohi
also n clinksl wluit Is now S<nitii
We'itwortli and in the map of UpjH'r
Canada, made by .\etliig Surv4'vor-
General Smith In 171IS. it was dlvideil
Into four ridings, wlilch by the Inloii
.\<'t of IH-IO wer*. nnlueeil to li,'ii. nii
the old map lljirtoti, Aneaster, Glan-
ford, Dinhiiiok, .Saltflw.t, Griiiisli.v,
Clinton. Caistor and Gainsboro tnwii-
Hlii|w were in the first riding ot l.iii-
eoin : Louth, st.imford and Newark in
ttie ws-oiid ; TlKO-oht. Grantham and
r<.<rult their exhiiustcd st
witii abundant nnd untaxed
the sweeter liecause it Is no ,
leavened b.v a sense of injustlee.
Sir Itobert Peel brought In a
to .reform the coiKstabulary, hence
policemen ore to this day called
IVwlcrs.
The townships of P.s.l Connt.v are:
Chlngiiaeousy. of Imlian derivation.
Toronto and Toronto Gore, from
Tareiito. an Italian engineer, who
eoiistrui-t4Ml a fort at or iwar the
pn^weut site of Topontii city.
"Pletur*.sipi«. Canada " ''alls To-
roiiUJ nil Iroipiois word, a eorriip-
tlon of Te.iToyagtin. the iiaiiie ap-
plied to lyiike Slincoi.. then to the
site t>f Toronto, and for siiiiie time
ti> the sit<. of piirt lIo|).i; then back
to Toronto city in York and Toroii-
ti) township in l'is>l (Vniiity.
Albion, an ancient iinme of Eng
land.
Caledon, from a town
Ci.iinty of Tyrone, Ireland
.lames Alevander. Earl nf
Mil Irish g<nitleinan of the
lury.
YOnK COUNTY
in llu'
; or from
Cah.don.
last eeii-
tlie assassination nf .Mr. P^'rei'val In
1812 made an uiisueecs«fut attempt to
form a Cabinet. Was Governor-Gen-
er«il of India till 1S22, nnd during his
term he t4>rniinattKl tlie Nepaiii War.
.•^uhseiiuelitl.v Governor of Malta. In
IHIO was ere:il4'd \'lseonnt Loudoun,
I-^irl of hnwdon and Marquis of Hast-
ings. Gre*>n says; "Lord llastiiigs de-
Bi'rves credit for imviiig the way tor
till* ahoiitlon of the siitU'e."
Lord liavvdoii was the Duke of York's
s<s-ond In the duel wltli colonel Len-
nox, afterward nuke of liichmond.
"The old Indian names along the
Qiilnti- shores wen* nearly all trampled
uniler liHit In the sliainelesH tuft-hunt-
ing of onr I'ari.v Governors; one In-
stamx) will suffUw, At Il<dlevlllc, the
unelent Itiver Sagonaska was re-
nameil to flatter the i:<irl of Moi.a ;
and even his baroidi« were detailed in
the County of 'Hustings,' an.l tlie
Townships of 'Unwdon' and "Hungi^r-
ford.' "—Picturesque C'aiiada, p. O.'il.
Hastings County contains the town-
shl|>s of
("Idiiey, calli'u afti'r Lord Sidney,
w ho was Secretary for the Colonies In
1770.
Thiirlow, after the I,ord Chancellor
who was In office for many years dur-
ing the last halt of the 18th century,
unit w host! siM-e^di about "the accident
of an aechUnit," in i-epl,v to the Duke
of Grafton, is st.ll recited in the
Sl-lllHllS.
Tyendlnnga, tlw Indian iianu> of tile
.Mohawk eiiief Uraiit.
Uawdoii. friMU Frniiels Uawdoii Hast-
ings, first \ iseouiit Loudoun.
Ilniitiiigton, from the iiiotlier of the
first \ iHt'oiint Loudoun, w lio was a
giit4'r of the Ejirl of Hiii'tingtoi
tarlo. willed was called after Queen
Charlotte, wife of King George III.
Wolfe Island, after General .lame*
Wolfe, liorn In Kent In 1720. killed
at the capture of Quebec from the'
Ireneli. 17."iy. He wns with Amherst
at the sh.ge of Loulsberg in 1758, was
only In his !i4th year when he (ell,
and his remains were conveyed to
England and Interred at Greenwich.
Plttslmrg was called after William
Pitt, second boo of " the great Com-
moner," w|. vas Chancellor of the
Exolmiiuer nr-t iTrnjler at 25
and whose " bitterest enemies did not
ihire to accuse him of ' ng un-
lawful gain." His care, . »rom the
time he entered Parliament as a mere
youth to his death In IcJOO, aged 48
years, havhiB been twenty-five years
In Parliament, Is famlUax to all stu-
dents of English history. Ho was
the author of the Constitutional Act!
of 17U1, which made Upper Caiiadi, a
j separate province. '
Loughborough takes its name from i
tlu Lonl L<.i>,;l boroiigli who was
Att.irney General in 178 1, mentioned I
by thB N. li. I!|i)v!ew in this senteuco ;
"Lord Thurlow and Lord Loughbor-
ough WLft) probably men as devoid I
of principle as any In tlie prweding j
Seneration " Green .sa.vs that Lord
Loiigii borough, the Chancellor, trea-
cherously communicateil I'iifs Catlio- '
tic cmaneliiation pro>H;t to i
the Kuig. " 1 count any
man my personal eiie.ny, " George
broke out angrily, to Duudus,
' who Proposes any suoii measure.'
This drove ntt from office, 1801.
tirt-nviile followed him Into retire-
ment, ami .UhUngtoii Huecis'ded as
iin;s
,ui,g.'rfonl, from a tl.h' of tU. ii.st-l\i:^r:i noX>'-'''TZ'XJi^T
lireMiitatlve of the family, the Hob-
family, conferred ill 1 CIO. Ihiron
tings, of Ashliy de la /ouelie, was
mur.lered in tin Tower by order of ! -.f'.i ol 1 "., T, „ "
KUlianl, Duke of GloucesU'r. Ills s.,n L|„,i''\V' i',' ^i^nii^.^v*"""'*, '"''" ''^
F.*l»ard Hastings was summoned tci ! ^'"'L'', ,?l"''''"A',.o.,' "I""^.. '''"■ .*?.
ilatlng
assizcvs at i>or(dK-ster and w-ntenee
lost of the Insurgents to ik'atli.
The Can.'iilliin to'.vnshis of Dorelies-
ter \» called after the Governor-Gen-
eral, Sir Guy L'arleton, Lord Dorches-
ter.
MIDDLIOSEX COUNTY
In called after tlie Englhih Middlesex.
In
llstrlct In the
tings
Parliament In l-|s2 as ilaroii Hunger-
Is enlied nfti'r Yorkshire in Eng- t ford. Ids wife Islng a daugtiti'r ot sir |4
land. Of Its townslilps Etobh'Oke has I Thomas Hungi'rford. and their son "
all Indian name. | George was ereatid Ijirl of Hunting'
York. iKWBihly aft»'r York city on ; ton.
, the Uiver Giise, capital ot Yorkshire,; .Marmora conges from the Latin wurd
lug. ""'lie n.'une of Welland County is Knglniid, faiuons for its minster or ; for marble, wliU-li aliouiids In tlie tow n-
takeii from the Welhind Uiver in Idn- 1 c-atliedral, established in tlie si'ventli ;shlp.
wntury. Y(»rk wiw tlie seat -if ijov-| l-driwlr. tn>ni a family of Dutch ihrliit-
oriiinent wliili' tlie Itoiiians lield Ilri- - ors wlio live. I al Amstcnlain Is'lweeii
tain. Its citizens joined the Scots .-lUii: |.^8:i and lOsl. The Gn'ek New Testa-
Danes against William tlie Coaqueror, | meiit is ii'maig ttieir masterpieces. At
wit.- iirtiT tlieir defeat rate. 1 tlie city -. . -
to t he ground.
Governor Slmcis. called Toronto by
eolnshire. The name of
LINCOLN COUNTY
Ik taken fn>m the I'^igilsh County of
Lincoln,
WENTWOltTH COUNTY
Gets it-i name from LhMitenant-<iov-
it.i.t hy l.dwnrd tin
Elder,
was
and
England,
W(-«tiiii lister, after a
City ot Iiondon.
Ad'.lahk... after the wife of King
William IV.
Metcalfe, after Sir Charles Metcalfe,
who was Governor-Geie'rai ol Caniola
lii.
ernor .loliii Wcntwortli, of Nova
.«eotia, 1792-1808, to whom Mr. Duii-
das wrote un '<tii I'eli. 170.1:
"Sir, -1 In. re received the King's
coiiimaiid to i;ignify to you Ills .Mal-
esty's pleas ire that you do Lnstaiitly
take tlie iiec<'ssary steps for raising
and forming from ainongst tlie in-
habitants of N-jva Heotia a cor|is not
exueeihng OOO men. to Isi dividi'.l into
SIX companies nnd Ills .Majisty is
griicifiu.sly idi-ani'il to allow yon to
eoiill,i,-iiiil till
the name of \ork, in honor of Prince
I'ri'derlck, Diike of York, second son
of George 111,, who in 17h(» toiiKlit
a duel with plstoh< on Winilil
fsiiniiioii with Col. Lennox, afterward
Duke of lUi'limon.l. The tonnslilp
probably t^iok its name from llie town.
SearlMiniiigii, fr.iln a seapoi-t town
in the North riding of Vorkshli-e.
I-'.ngiiind. esU'i'ineii for Its nilneriil
waters and sea Isithilig.
Whitehureh. from a ninrket town
in rnivlaiid. ('i.iiiily of lliint^, or an-
.'I'ks were p.uhltshe'i by
leaKt 1 "*il
tho I-;' ,rH.
Mad^ from the W<.|sli prince, who
\h ttioi.^ it by some to Iiave salted
to America In 1170, Travellers i-laliii-
(«1 to havvi foiiiiii traces of Welsh wt-
tlenient In .Mexleo.
Lake, fnnii \'lsi^)uiit Gerard Lake,
horn 1714, liltsi 1H08. was i-oiiiinander-
Lii-^'liii-t In In'hiiiii .luring the iiisiirre,'-
tioil of 1708. eoiidui-ted the .Mahralta
war In Indl.-i and tisik iN.tlii In lwi;i.
and Lroiight the Mogul l-auperor into
vassalage to Gri-at Itritain. In Ids re
feri'iicf. to the rebellion in Ireland.
GriM'll h:i.vs: -'lew in f.-H-t li.-ld Joined
Who
. - len
years afWr attaining his majority,
and an estate. Now ho is earning
*10 a nveok at a small thi'atre. Would
It not have b<*n ImtUir had the StaU'
confiscated tlm' estate in death da-
ties',' tIm. young profligati,. had no
right to It whate.er. The only pre-
tension to a right was the mere ae-
eiiient of bij'tii. The estate was
taken from the State and held by tim
laws of tiie .><t<ite, ami to the State
it hhoiild liavo retnirned."
Poi'tlaiid, from Wu. Puke ,jf i'lirt-
tan. I, toloidal S<-cretnry In 1700, to
n tiom niiieli uf the eorr<'s|ioiiilence In
the Arehlvw was addressed. He
was iksiM'iiiled fi-iun the Dutch Wil-
liam i'lntinck, upon whom iioiiors
and .wtat<'s were conferriMl bv Kin«
William 111.
lu-ilhird, afU'r the Inijtisli i oiintv
in tlie link*', h.-ad of tlie i>re,-it hoiiw
of liussi'tt. of whom Lord .lolni Uus-
s<'ll. tiie I'rlnio Minister, was a iiot<id
iiiemls.r.
llineliliibrooke. froii: a title of the
Carl irf .><aiidw Icli. a ineiiibi r of tlie
iiiike of Grafton's Gov.-riiiiieiH, |i,
lo^^fflff^^Touse^TTuine^Hiy^Osnjnii^Tisurgc^^
laciMVutts in the reign of Ehia- | Tho Canadian townshln of Porches- 1 '''■"^'"1"-
Iroiu the l-jiiglisii
Ky of
D:iiies ng.'ihe»t William tlie Coaq'.ieror,
, - ..„v..-|,, . , , ■-, - Iihd tc» the state
|nient is aaKUig their masl<.rpleces. At I %, !!,"',__ j''''^" ""tiifned,"
IPS OF ONTARIO.
th
''as the bnrlal place Of the Haatlnga I • DUNDA8 COCNTY I Lord Hawkesbnry, who Bnoceeded
""""'• IB called after lleary DunJas. Vlscouut M'""! Oronvllle In tlin conduct of
FRONTENAC COUNTY i Ulelvlllo, born 1741, died 1»11, a MID- *''"*'«» Attnlra, notlilng wan known
dot lUi name from the French Qot- '*'*'■"'"''"' I'ooklugUam, SliBlburno and JO"'*'^"^ t''" ii"""" "/ Inuimons." Lord
enior who Mf.i luTaiS liit^OOveare ""■ »«"etary of Htate botli f .r the Ha^'kesbury was also Forelpi Sroro-
ago after bo:ng a powB?^ in Can"d" "»■"« '" .*-".'' Add ngton novernmnnt
Duke of Kent, sent to Canada In 1818 Emu, from a favorite squaw of To-
by the Duke of Ynrk oh second la cuinnoth.
command to Sir (Joorgo I'rovosi.. Hte Adjula, the name of a daughter of
wn« wounded at lundys Lane, and In |T«cuni»ieth.
thj fall of 1814 succeeded Jlrevost nil ! Tdwjrontio, from a Huron word
commander of the forces nnd admLn-l meiuilug "beautiful mountain."
for twenty-flve-vea™" The" Duke" del""™® ajipears freijueutly a^ the|"S01>- ."T*"* "^'l' "' ..i*"" nation , liitrator of the Government of the Innislll, from Innlsfall. u uoetlcal
8t. Simon b/. Id tlmtPront^n,u"fni.n,l "'■•''«'• ""'' receiver of letters relot-'""*'^ Addlnrton from offl™ nnd nv (anadas, a position he held until 1810. |nam<; for Ireland. It Is found In tlHi
It hard to l»ar the lmMrlS"s temwr '"8 *" La„ada In the Archives. Mac I o»"«d PUt to po-^r " (1804>. ; S'iT..""':''™'-...!"":™"'""'!'." 'laughter, | form JnnlHrall as a station on the Cal-
of of his wife, and he wa« Klven the »"|ay dcscrlUjs King Ueorge III. as
government of Canada In 1672 to
deliver him from her, and afford him
some meBius of living. He bulll, Fort
Frontonnc at CatarMul and fought
the Un«llBh and liioir Imiinii nnios
at every opportunity^ Colden says:
" De I'rontenoo stands conspicuous
among nil his nation for deeds of
crueltj. Nothing was more coramon
than for his Indian prisoners to be
ftlven up to his Indian allies to bo tor-
tured." It >vas In Krontenac's time
that slavery was legailjed In Can-
ada. One hiuid'Bd years later It was
nlwllshed by Governor Simeon's Par-
:i, llameiit. McIMuUon s!!y« IVontenpc
lei'Ueil, as be I: ad lived, ,ovod by some
Is' '"' "
d
telling liundas to i^ccp hlH IScotch
nietaiJhyhlcs to himself, when the
Minister tried to |icri.;ude the King
that it would be right to relieve the
Catholics of tbeli iiolitlnal disabili-
ties. He also Bays that Henry Dun-
das, the Irfird Advocate of Scotland,
was au able and verKaUlc iiolltician,
and In siwiiking of I'lti's niggardly
treatment of literary men, Macaulay
says: "' Kveii Dundn.s who made no
pretensions to literary taste, and
was content to be considered as a
hard-headed aud somewhat coarst;
man of biibine;>.s m.vdii Uob(?rt Uurnri
an exciseman, with seventy iioi'nd.; a j
and
RtlSSF.LL COUNTY
Was called after Hon. I'eter Ku»-
sell, who come to Caiioda with Him-
Sir Gordon
BlUa, married Henry Howard,"" Earl ] gory and Edmonton Knilway.
"', EffI igl'am. I Sunnldalo, from Sunny Dale, descrlh-
I'nkenbara. after General Sir Eil-ied by the author of Smith's Canada
warU Dukenhnm, killed at the battle , as the worst township in the county.
ments; Chief Secretary for Ire-
land In Lord Grey's Govemment ;
Colonial Secretary in 1888, when be
carried the measure for emancipat-
ing the Wout India slaves ; Colonial
Secretary a«aln In 1841-43, when
he went to the House of Lords. Pre-
mier In 1852 and 1858.
AKhfield, from the village of Ash-
fielil, in Suffolk, where Lord Chancel-
lor Tliurlow was born.
Turnberry— Sold to be the name
of part of the Bruce estate In Scot-
^'^i?v*^.^^Tr^riG;.-;i ^^:^.-Lt!t^^^'^^ HH5£B^^«
tlve and Executive Councils, tjpon
Slmcv,o'B depurtuto, Mr. Uussell, as
senior member of the ( ounctl, bronme
Acting Governor until the arrival of
General Hunter in 179U. His name
is freiiu'ently mentioned In the Cnn-
adlan Archives, and not always In a
complimentary manner. In fr.ct, he
appears to have Id'Cii a land gral
ber. though he wrote to the Duke ! the Honornblo Sir B. I'ackenlinm
— -.. _„ „„,ybar, and this was more than lltt,
for his courage and military virtues, i during his long term of oiriee,
hated by others for-hls cruel temperjthc encouraguniunt of letters." Dun
and proud nnd overbearing manners.idas probably little thought that the | f)"™ ,,L"j?5" "*, «^LT,\" "' ,^"'
but re(.„ected an,l feared alike by : name of Durns would be much better °"!^ '^f*!?' ?.' "'"''"» "'"
rlond an 1 f<«, and with the credit of i known than his own name, before lK>th '" "" '
having, with trifling aid from France, \ had been 100 years dead. Duiidits lie-
supported nnd Increased the strength ! tame Lord Jlelvillc and was ilLsiiils-sed i , . ,
of a colony which ho had founu, on j and Imiienclied for iweulatlon, "thoiiKh ! '"^"™ '," ■""'''I'K ^
his reapiK) ntment, at the brink of] few believed tl...t he himself proliti'.d i "'■''" ,™'7- •*»*,«"■
ruin, lie also .liei, a« he had lived. In by the scamlalous diahoae.sty wliicli " " "'
1 , "'°.'" y,'*''.' "'" •'<»i'lt«, and wasi prevailed In his otflii- " He was fond
shrived In his last hrnirs by a liecollet | of ai>|iolntiMg his rciatlon.s to sinecur.!
lather, and .burled In the liecollet: of (lies. Dr. Doraii, in his book on
,V "■■'' '"«'^''.'','*f'''tl''' (-atlicdral.i" Habits ami ilen," published in
rh),..«ult« retaliated by abusing bir 1H34, says: "We read now, with
K ,^i;';if,''®fi,^ fi .► . > .:jmetliiiig of wonder, of i:harles I'ox
vev. t'^tV ,'■ if ,"?' township su and tlie I'rince of Wales getting drunk
isu, w^lJ. n.Tri"*.' •"■ '!'« Loy'il-|t<,to-a-tete in St. .Tames 6tr.*t,*ai,d of
u^>'J! in ^'" ' '" .""'"'■ "f l-^l'iSli'ltt ami Duiidas riding houie In the
George 111.. com=s|.Midlu,5 to Queen- 1 same happy staf! from AddUroinb''.
bilking the turnpikes, and being fire
at for highwaymen." Tlie name ot
DuikLih ban been given to a town in
Wentwortli County .•iiid to many
louds ami streets in Oiit.irio, as well
UH to Dundas County.
The townsliips in Dundas are
Matilda, after the ITImess Itoynl.
ChurlotU Augusta MaldJa, lentil
cliiid anil first daughter of King
■' (irge 111., who married Frederick,
ston at the otuor end of Lake On-
tario, whicii was called after Queen
Charlotte, wife of King George HI.
Wolfe Island, after General .lames
Wolfe, Ijorn In Kent In 1720, killed
at the capture of Quebec from the
Ireiieh. 17.".'J. He wns with Amliei-st
at tlie siege of Loulsberg in 17,")8, was
only in his !i4th year when he fell,
and Ills remains were conveyed to
England and Interi-ed at Greenwich
I'ittsburg was called after William
I'ltt, second boo of " the great Com-
mouer," wh vaa Chancellor of the
l.xolmijuar nnl iTemier Bt 25
and whose " bitterest enemies did not
itare to accuse him of ' ag un-
lawful gain." Ills care. . .rom the
time he entered Parliament ns a mere
youth to his Oeatli in ld06, aged 40
years, having been twenty-five years
in I'urlinment. is familiar to all stu-
deuUi of English history. He was
King of Wurtcmbur^.
\MlllainKburg. aft«T Prince William
Henry, Duke of Clarence, nftcrnard
iHag \>'ldlaiii IV.
Mountain, called after Right Kev.
Jacob Mountain, first Pretestant
Ulshop of Quebec, torn 17.10, came to
Canada In 17I)!<. His son was also
Ulshop of Quebec.
Wiucl-ester, after the city in
llamp.shlre, l-'nglaud. which was the
the author of the Constitutional Act '"*""' ' "' '■"P'*«' of ^'"8 Alfred the
. .# IVii-l I- > .. I. .... %. .. •■v V iliiHi.i^ IKIi) III tukM.-i lln null Ii'ltiii- !'..•>
of 17U1, which nuvde Upper Conadi. a
separate province.
Ixjugliborough takes Its name frfiui
tilt Lonl l^c.Ujfl borongii who wai
Att.irney General In 178 1, mentioned
by the .\. li. linn lew in this senteace ;
'Lori! Tliurlow and Lord Loughbor-
ough \ycfK probably men as devoid
of pT.'nclple as any In the prweding
Seueration ' lireeii tn\\K that Lord
l.ougnborougfi, the Chanceiiur, trea-
cherously eomniunicatoil Pitt's Catho-
lic cnianelpatlon pro>H!t to
the King. •■ 1 count aiiv
man my ller^ollal ene.iiy, ' George
broke out nngrlly, to Imndas,
■' who liroposes any sucn measure.'
Tliw drove Pitt from office, 1801.
Iireiivllle followed him Into retint-
luent, and .Vdiliiigton suecM-iied as
Ireniier. lord l.ougliliiiroii|r|i b<'eaniu
Karl o( lioKslyn. of the iireseiit ro-
prewntatlve of the family, ilie Itob-
cnygeon Indeiwnileut says:
" Lonl liosslyn Is a young man who
blew In .iilOU.Ooo a year fur seven
years after attaining his ma>)rity,
ami an estate. .Now he is earning
■JIO a jveek at a small tliiatnv Would
It not have b<»ii Imtter had ilie State
eollfiseated tine estate In dentil dil-
I ties'.' The young iirofllgiite' had no
right to It whate.er. 'I'lie only pre-
tenslon to .-1 right was the mere ae
Ichlent of bij-tii. The estate was
taken from the state ami held by tiie
lan« of the .sitate, ami to the State
it hhould haio n'tnirned."
I'lii.-tlaiid. fr^iMj Wm, ihjke of I'nrt-
Innd, lolonlal si-cretary In 17fl(l, to
whom miieli of the eorrcHiiondcnee In
the Areldvcwi was addressed. lie
was ihsiM'iideil fnmi the Hutch Wil-
liam Piiitinck, upon whom honors
and eKtat«'H «erti c(uifern'd liv Klim
"illiani 111.
I:«ilfiird, afu-r the lni{llsli ( oiintv,
|« the laikr, li.Mid of the ijreat Ikiumi
iif Uussell, of w iKiui Lord .lohn llus-
s<'ll, tlie Prime .Minister, was a noted
meinlMT.
Illnehlabrooke, fron: a title of the
i:arl of Sandwich, a meiiibi r uf the
iiiiki> of (iraftiin's (ei\eriiniem, ij,
Great, luid where ho and King Ian
ute were burled. There he udmlnls-
'• te'ed his government and pursued
his studies. There he wrote his Uioks
and codified the laws which for ten
centuries have fwmed the basis of
the "common laAv" of all Engllsh-
spenklng lands. There be founded an
abliey. nnd tls'r! he died and was
\ burled. Wlncliestt>r Is entitled to lie
the centre of all the homage the
\> hole empire may pay to the mem-
ory of the first King of United Fng-
land, the real foundi^r of the present
world-v^hle empire. In such homage.
Indeed, nil branches of the .Vn}:;lo-
Saxon stock, however remote, may
proi>4'rI.v Join. One thousand years
'ago. King Alfred fr««ed l-:ngland from
fondgn domination and made It a
united klngilcm. He founded schools
and began the Intellivtual life of the
I I'.agllsii [leople. He Introduced into
England the system of accurate
measurement of time. He founded
the foreign commerce of i:ug-
liuid. He founded English lit-
erature, lie gave the Eiijt-
liKh-H]K.'aklng world Its common law.
He fought fifty-sis Isittles by gi>a
and laud. He n^lgned for thirty years
ns not onl5- tlut King of England,
but Its the "guhki. philosopher ami
of Portland, on Jul.- 18th. 17il9
" The ( ouncll anil inyseli are ox-
dl I tor "'**'""8'y '-aPPy that Your Grace ap-
lui lor I p^.m.j| ^y approve of the steps we
have taken to get rid of the pernle-
WJlStO
lands of the Crown bj- appropriating
large tracts to af-soclat^ul companl-.s
and our determination to [iroceed in
making trrants ti> Indlvl !-
•f^w In ilio latter
ease it has not lieen always In our
power to counteract the Mdiemes of
KiMM-uIntor.s ami laml jobliers, who
are const;intly practicing n thous-
tijid arts to evade our vigilance.'"
On the other band, tli>-re In;i let-
t<'r from Governor Hunter to Mr.
King, dated (V-telier ;i7th. 17UU, In
\\ lilch be says :
"The Councillors arc all g(K>il men ;
Uussell, had it li^'iiemled on him.
and being fired 11"\'|^ have granted laiids to the
— » ■ '■ ' iiovll and all Ids family (as good loy-
j alists), proviiled , they could have
paid the fees.*"
MeMullen Ray:^ that Knssell wns
accused of Illegally making grants of
land to Iilms4'lf and to Ids relatives
nnd particular friends. S^-arehes In
the i-eglstr.v offices have full.v con-
firmed these nceusations. He niaile
few personal enemli'S, but hl< avarii-c
njid the manner in which he per-
niltted land monopolies to arise, ser-
iously Interfered witli the settlement
of tlie Province, and laid the foun-
dattonuof maij.T evlls. itussell never
married lUid died ot norunto a rich
man, leaving a oortlon of his estate
to the linldwln family."
Tlu' t<>wnwhlpM of Uussell are:
Uuh-seil, after the Hon. Peter Bus-
sell.
Cambridge, after I'rlnce Adolphus.
Duke of Cumbrlilge, son of King
Geo-go 111.
Clarence, after Prince
Irew Jackson, commanded "tlii Am- j Vespra, probably from the Latin gi-a'ted to Sii'd^"^^ township emi-
iM^Vd- r^n»^h .,. I. 1 n .1 » ;vcs|K.r, evening, Greek, liesperos, the Stephen, from James Stephen, Jun.,
In lib <te«pnteh to Fjiri Bathurst, , west. . As-slgtant Secretary of State for
giving an account of the dl.s.i»ter at O-o-The Spanish word for gold the Colonies In 1828; gave evidence
New Orleans, .Major-Oeneral Lamtwrt | first npiilled to Ulo del Oro, n river b<.fore a cximmlttee of the House of
and sell lenient on the no.-thwcst ( ommi ns on the Government of Can-
coast of Africa, celelirated for Its nda, which caused Kir Francis Bond
traile in slaves and i old ; and as It Head to call Stephen a " ronk He-
was at first IntPiidCfl to set apart till) publican."
tewnshlp, or a portion of it as a col- Gre; , after I/ird I'rry the .>lmo
-ii..- fo.- liberated slaves, the African Minister, who carried the Reform
name of Oro was hcloetod. Hill Ui 18,'i2.
"Shanty Bay wa;< first settled by Howlck, after bis son and
«m. O Hrlcn, who came to sor, Vlseount Howlck.
Godcrlch township and tCTrn
wrote:
"It Is not neccssnjy for me to ci-l
patlato to you upon the loss thej
nay has sustaUied in MnJoi^Generol
CoiHiiiai-der-ln-el'lef of this fcrcc, nor
coukI I do so in adequate terms. His
Horvloes and merits are so well known
that I have only, 'n common with
the whole a.rrny, to express my sin-
cere regret, which may be nu|i|)oBed
Lleut.-Col
tliH dl^tilot some sixty ye.irM ago (thl
was written fviinty years ago) on n
sucoes-
at this moment to come jiaxticular- idiilanthropic misohin in connection
ly home to me. with a proiiosal, on this part of the
■ Tl e brave commander ot the forces, i BrltlKh Government, to found a col-
wlio never la his life could refrain j ored colony In tlie township of Oro.
from beliut at the poet of honor, and | The enthusiasm o7 the Wllberforee
sharing the <langei8 to which the ; perlol oying out, the project was never
troops were exiKweil, golloped on to ' Prosecuted beyond the stage of givint':
the front to animate them by his pre- t its African name to the township."-
sence ; It was there he recelvetl two I'lctuvi'sipin Canada, p. IJOI.
w-ouiKls, one 111 his kLee, and another, ! orillia-Diffen iit nccounts of thc-
which was almost Instantly fatal.
Ills body."
Darling, pof«lbly from Grnie Darl-
ing, the brave Bngllsh girl, who r<'»-
cued nine persons frtini a shipwreck
on tile coast of Northiinilwriaiul, or
from Mr. DarUng, surgeon to the In-
dians at Manitoulln, mentioned In
"Smith's Can.ada."
Lava lit, from the village of Levant
In England, mar Goodw<sKl Park, tli ■
si;at of the Duke of Rkhmoud.
PETERBOUQLGH COUNTY,
Formerly the Xosth Hiding of
Northumberland, was called after
the city of I'eterlioirough In North
anipUmshln!, England, in whose ea-
tbedral Catharine of Arragoa and
.Mary Queen of scots were buried.
Anotlier version Is that tin- town
of I'eterborough, and thereafter the
V onmik^, -«.»» ^■ i ,>m Iw linnniT of
I'eter Robbi»>n, who Inauguraited
the immigration of Irish settlers to
the l<x;allty In 182.1. Mjiny of them
dUid of fever and ague.
The townshijis of Peterborough
are :
Otonabee. an Indian word meaning
mouth water, socMilled from the
place where the OtoiMibee lllver
through a
omnes Icugo online cer.
Medontnque,
Henry, Duke of Clarence, afterword i 5™Pt'«*' 1"*« I"™ i«ke
King William IV. ; oe ta- ^ , ,„ ^^
CiimlM^rland. after Prince Enii^t Asphodel (Greek\ moaning a plant
Augustus, Duke of Cumlwrland, fifth | *>'. .*';« I'ly family, like the chiffodll
son of King George III., horn 1771
force., in America. In 178:1 he evacu-
nted New York ami wltlnUew the
Ilrltlsli ships from America. In 17S0
be was iiuiilli a iieer, with a iienslon
of £1.000 and siuit to Canada as Gcv-
ernor-Generai, wliieh po«t he held till
17iKl, He was a strict disciplinarian,
friend" of the English [leople. lohl- ' but kind of heart, and e-y (lopular
ing nil a great light In a dark age with the French Cantidlans. He mar-
and doing a gn'at work for elvlllza- ^ ried \au^ Maria, daughter of the
tion amid an Ignorant and liarbar- [ Karl of Effliiglia,^, and died in 1808,
died 18."»1. who Kueceeiled to the throne
of Ilnnover in 1H:!7. and whose - n,
George Frederick, was the last K..ig
of Hanover.
CAULETON COUNTY
Got Its name froi.i Sir Guy Carlcton.
afterward Ixjrii Dorcliester, who ac-
companied Wolfe's expedition to Can-
ada and took part in the battle of
the PlaiiiH of Abraham. In 1707. tJeu-
eral Murray going to Eiiglainl, the
government of the citlony devolve.! on
Carleton. In 1770 he went to Eng-
land, but returned to Canada in 1771,
and defended (iuels-e from the attack
of Mcntgomery and Arnohl. In 17S2:
Cnrleton succeeded Sir Henry Clinton i given him liecauso Wellington achlev
as co.niiiander-le-«'lilet of Ills Majesty's „,| the brilli:>.nt exploit of crossing
which probably abomids there.
Homer sometimes uses asphoiielos
as an adj^'ctlve. as In Odysse/ .\1. ,1.19
— "nsphoilelos Iclmon," the o- hodel
meadow, whicil the shades of neroes
haunted. Hence I'Icturesque Canada,
p. 642:
"With propriety, prolmbly uncon-
scious, a township on the lower edge
of UU:e Lakt\ has been named Aspho-
del, no unfit name for well-waterel
meadows, where the shades of In-
dian beroe" may still linger."
Dumiuer, after Chief Justice Wil-
liam Dummer Powell, a mcmLwr of
til*' Family Compact.
Douro. One of the titles of the
Duke of ^V'elllngton Is Baron Doun),
uis people, and he died leaving
private name and a public record iin-
sililleti 'illd liiistailied, but iuiuilious
with such glor.v aw few monaridis in
inj
land (ir ag»' have wnn
Tilt millenary of such
honoring which tis'
r;i(e
merit
iiian 1
human { Transferred
will do itsi'lf high honor.
STOK.Mi)NT COl'NTV
Takes its iiiiiuu from Visciiunt Stor-
nioiit, IreisUkMit uf the Council In the
I ortluiul ((siUtlon Government of
I7H.I a nxphew of William .Murray,
UunI .Mansfield, the great Jurist of
tlio IHtli eeiitiiry, who died in .179:1,
and wliosi* pntiMTty was ii«-stroy(,d In
tlie linr.li.il 1-luH 11
rliier ,hiH-
aged 8a
TliH townships of Carlcton county
aie .
osgoode, after William Osgisidc,
Chief .lustiee of Canada, from 17112 to
INiil . came out with Go\. Slincoe.
Ui QueN'C ill 17111. 0«-
giMi.te Hall In Toronto is nalned after
lilMi. " He died ill arflueiil circum-
stances, tlie result of laudable pru-
dence, without the sinallest taint ol
av.-irlee, or Illiberal pai-sinuiny"
Gloueester, after the l-'.llgllsli coun-
t.v, or the Diike of Glmieester, a son-
in-law of George 111., husband of
I'l-ineess Mary.
G.mer. after Cell Gower, member
.>f Pitt's G.iierninelit in 17H.'l.
the River Douro in the face of the
French army uj"ler Soiilt, and driv-
ing them with great loss from
Oporto, and beyond the limits of
Portugu i.
Ejiiiis.nore. cue ot the titles of the
Earl o( LWtowel. who vas rahred to
I the iH'i rage iw Baron Ennlsmore, of
the Couiity of Kerr;-, Ireland.
North .Monnghaii, from the County
of .Moiiaghiui, Ireland.
Smith, from Sir D. W. Sinii.., the
! Surve.Y'.'r Ueuera!. wh" mi'.de :i. n;M,«
I of Vjiis>r innaila in 17US, was a
; niemU'r of the first thriH' Cjinadlan
, Parliaments and Speaker In two of
: them, iK.rii 1704. died lH;t7 : or Ellas
i Smith, who built i mill at Smith's
Cns'k (l-ort Hope) Iti 17!i;i : or Wll-
I Ham Smith, the great English (.■ii'olo- i
I gist, a friend of Wolta.ston and
I I .-iviuiillsh, A-bo fe.inulat4-d a theory
i on fossils nnd wc called "Strata
Smith.
.MethUTO, from the Duke of Hlcb-
moiid, llaroii of Methuen In the
P«s'rag>' of Scotland.
Hiirleigli, frt,m a high officer of
origin of the name have lieeii gnen
1. The lesser shore (('oiielilclilng, a
Spanish diuiluutive of Ora). 2. Ame-
lia, or Aurlea, a flower.
Orllla (pronounced li-rlU-yeh) Is the
Spanish word for bonier, margin, bank
of river, shore of sea, and the town
of 0,-lllia overlooks Lak? Slmcoe. On
the latest map of the Railways and
Canals Departuicnt, the name of the
town is spelled Orllla.
Flos, Tiny and Tay— " Ii Is hard to
tell what spirit. If rot that of mis-
chief, suggested the ii:imes of Flos,
Tiny and Tuy, in Sinicts' county, since
these were the nami« of three jioodle
dogs Isdonglng to Governor Colhorne'n
wife."— George Jolinsiin, Dominion
Statistician. In J. CaHtell Hopkins'
Canadian EncyLlope.iia, p. 204.
Meiionte. from \ligll, AEiieid, Lib.
vl., ll,.e 483-
" QiKJS lUe
nans
Ingeiaiiit. Glaucunupie
TherslkHjliumiiUo,
Tres .Vntenoriuai, Cercrhiuc," etc.
.Vcdoii, a Greek sohiler, brother ol
thy lesser AJax, foug,.t against Troy,
and woji slulu by .^Eaeas.
.Mcdoii (Meoontosj, ,',ji, of Codrus, last
King of .vttica, li.msL-K Arihoa for life.
Mr. J. A. .MacLaren, of the Barrio
I':xaminer. has ;.,!idly ruiiiished irifor-
Illation oil Sliueoe County names.
BliANT COL.M'Y
Is called after the celebrated .Mo-
hawk Indian Chief, Joseph Brant,
who took tlie Britisli side in tlie revo-
lutiohi.ry war, and was rewarded by
a giant of land In the Grand River
Valley.
Ho was born in Ohio and died at
Wellingten Sipiare iBurllngtou), On-
tario.
In the Archives of 1892, Mr. Dou-
glas Brj inner wrlU-s; "The disputes
of the Six Nations on the Grand River
I respecting tlieir lauds were aggra-
vated by the occasional ebullitions of
loseph Brant, who, when under the
Influence ot Ihiuor, docs not apiicar to
have been guai ed lu the lone of his
langL-.;igc."
The tewiis: lp« of Brant county
are
liiantford, or Brant's ford, cross-
ing of the Grand River. Brant threw
a boom across the river at that iioint.
Tuscarora and Onondaga, names of
trils's of the S'l Nation.' Indians.
South Dumfries, from the county ol
Dumfries, lu S»otland. „, ,,, , ^, , , . .
"In 1811, Hon. William Dloksr.n pur- i °'.''„f^'P '"*'«' '^'','^1' ""y„ „i
clmse.1 the town.sliip. which he J """f," '"."'• '-""V' Cutlib..rt Colllng-
naim-d Dumfries, aft.-r lil.s native town ^X^' ' V ri^*^"^-',"""' „'!"" 'P'i?."*, ,''"■"
In Scotland. At Mr. Dl,-k«ui'., re.!mH,t ^V.lTtn L^ „t . i,^^ ^L"' i 1V^'"''';'^
the Post-office oT this new settle- "',*. '"*5 ?M''''- "^^ 'i-'-J^\i- '"'L"'
iiriv ' ••d"tp!V.-»-! .11*.,, Ji:tn-il rllt, Y^^-j. A--
played a consiiicuous part In Lord
Howe's victory, June 1st, 1794, and
In Jervls" victory off CniK> VIncimt In
171)7. He wns sivond In command at
Trafalgar. Ills ship, the Royal Sov-
naraed after Sir Fred. John Robin-
son, Viscount Goderlih, Earl of Rl-
pon, Colonial Minister In 18,'!0. who
died In 18B9. Ills son nnd successor
has been In ,il>out every Liberal Mln-
["try since lH"i9, nnd was Chalr-
ninn of the High Joint Commission,
which draft-.Hl the Treaty of Wash-
ington In iflX. He resigned the
Grand Ifawterahip of the English
Free Masoni) in 1R74, when he Jnin-
ed the Cuthohc Church. Mas LlBars,
in her book, quotetr the phrase,
" Goosey Godet Ich."
Colborne,froin Sir John Colborne,Lor(l
Seaton, who wrxed In the Peninsular
campaign ; at ( oruiina, under Sir John
Moore ; was Lieut. -Gov. of Isle Guern-
sey (the Roman name of which was
Sarnln) ; Lleut.-Gov. Canada (1829-
18 ,.",) ; commander of forces during re-
bellion and Governor-General after
Lord Durham. Was a siern adminis-
trator, exe<-uted 12 rebels at Mont-
real Lord .Seaton married a daughter
of James Yonge, of Pimlliieh, Devon,
Eng. The village of Colborne In North-
urols'rland count.v, main street In
Brantford city. Port Colborne, ter-
minus of Wellnnd ( annl, and Colborne
township In Huron county named after
Sir John Colborne. Di-nt mentions that
Sir J, Colboriie was exhibited in efflcr
In tlie streets of Hamilton, in 1829.
CplM,V?-Sn'i"dS'raeP'V'l%itSWfi5!«'-«>I
We have hdt lu tiie Western Penin-
sula three (Oiintlcs, tiie names of which
are singularly connecttMl.
'irey, after the Prune Minister of
England. 1832.
Lambton, after John George Lamb-
ton, flr.st Earl of Durham who married
Lady ElliaDcth Grey, daughter ot Eari
Grey, and
Bruce, after James Bruce, Earl of
Elgin, who raarrleii Emily lambton,
daughter of the Barl of Durham.
GREY COUNTY.
In the county of Grey we find the
township names of
Bentinck, after Lord William Ben-
tliick, who succeetled I,ord .Vmherst In
the Go.-ernor-Generalshlp of India
(1828-34), under whom Sir Charles
Meteolfe served, and of whom it is
written that "Lord William Bentinck,
a Liberal to the core, encouraged the
press, snapped his fingers at its ot-
tacki on hheself, nnd thought Its free-
dom an Immense giKHl." He was a son
of the Duke of Portland.
Glenelg, a name that si<>lls alike
backward nnd forward— after Lord
Glenelg, Colonial Secretary In 183."), a
name which was a houaehold word In
Canada at the time of the Lvon I.Iae-
keiitle rebellion. "lyord Glenelg, with
the best Intentions In the world, had &
poGltlvc genius for doing the wrong
tiling."— Miss LIzars.
Artemisia, a plant of the wormwood
or tansy varletj.
Osprey, a flali-hawk, also the name
inellt wa" uaiucd Gall, afu-r lll^ early
friend and schoolmate In Edinburgh."
— Pieturi snuo Canada, p. 4(1:1.
lliirford, IXhleli forini riy tsdonged
to Oxford County, Is the iiaiue ot a
plni'e ill Oxford, England, and Karl
of Harford Is (Mie ot the title.s of the
Duke of St Albans.
oaklard, a small township formerlv
callcl the Gore ot IlurtonI, probablv
got Its najne from the oak trtt-s.
WELLl.NGTON COUNTY'
Tisik its name from Artiiur Welleslev,
Duke of Welllngtoa, born at Dublin
ITtiii, men at Waliner CastU', Is.-,;.-,
•ndgii, was the first to attiu-K an 1
break the enemy's line, and upon the
death of Nelson, t\illliigwood finished
the \letory and continued In command
of the flrt't.
St Vincent, the gi-ent naval battle in
171)7.— sir John Jerils, of Mcaford,
was made Earl ot St \ iiu-ciit
.Syilenham, from I,ord Svdenhan-
Governor of Can ida In ]'i;lii-ll iMi
named Diimfi-les, after his nativ,- town
In Scotland. At .Mr Iiliii^,,,'^ ,.„,.,.u.t
wiHid, the Ai'ml
Nelson nt St.
mlrji!
Mlict'lit and 'Priifale .
laanvuuiaiuumifnmMVTnimni
U.I Walls in till
ri'lKii of Mliza-
ilules frum 0(U,
()[ mo hiHurirt'iitw U> tiriith.
Till" '■aimili.ui towii.slilp iif lion'licK-'
tcr in riiliiiil uTtcr tlic (iovpriii)r-(li'ii- 1
prnl, Sir Ouy CBrlcton, Lord Doroiiii*-
ter.
l.liiroln.
hrlh. Till,' ratllrilrul
ri.biillt iilKiut 11)70.
Miiiilstoiic, frum n lK)roiigli anil
inarkul town In Kent, I'.nglnml. .')2
iiiUes from Lonilon, on tlii- Itivor Moil-
wny. Noted tor pajwr nianui'ncturBii.
Colchcator, from ii olty in Esbcx, Eng-
land, on the Ulvcr I'olni!, 51 miles from
London. Tontnlns ilmrclieH dating
back to Edward II. nnd Henry I.
Called by tlic llomana Cnmulodunum.
The vicinity In rich In Konian coins,
vaw's, urnf), imtteiy, rings and other
llomnn nntliiultles. ColeheHtcr was
fortified bv Kdward the I'.liler. and
at the time of the T><inie*lay survey
wan a place of no small note.
Charles Ahhot, born 17ri7. died 1820,
f^lienker of the British House of Com-
mons 1801.>-l!S17, WHS raised to the
lieerage as Baroa Colcheator.
(Josdeld, from a park In JSHaex. Eng-
land, cast of Urndtleld.
Tilbury, from Tilbury Fort on the
Thames In Jiiscx, opposite Oravesend
In Kmit ; a large brick fortifloatlon
.rlgliially erectwl by Henry VIII.
Anderdon, an Indian rtserve cut off
from Maiden In 1791, when the Huron
Tract was mirr»ndered by the Indians
to the Crown. Origin of the name un-
known.
Sandwioh, from an English borough
nnd Cinque Tort In Kent I'ounty, with
thre<' nneleni: hospitals. About the bo-
f:inniiig of the Irtili century tlie fili-
ng up of the harbor with sand reduced
Its Importance as a port. [Sandwich
was frequently attacked by the Danes
[.I'd plundered by the French In the
wars.
.loini Montagu, fourth Earl of Sand-
wich, born 171S, illed 1792. was First
Lord of the Admlraltv 17l8-.^il, 17<5.<!-
ti."!, and 1771-82. His "Voyage Round
the Mediterranean" was publlsiiea
liosthumoivly In 1709, accompanied
wUh a memoir.
The township of Sandwich ■waB set-
tlevl In 17.0 hy the soldiers of ni dis-
banded French regiment, about the
worst class ot men. Smith says, to turn
loose In a new country. One of them
sold his hundred acres for a flitch of
bafou.
KENT COrXTY,
Called after tin English county of the
same name, contalibs the townships of i
Tdbnry East, same derivation as!
Tilliury In Fjsifx. j
Koiuney, from a de»uycd town and
( inque Cort la Kent, lingland. liom- ;
ney M.irsh, a iliM'P pasture of 2I,<H)0 : proncli Id it is Ecgfrlth
acres, l.s proticK'd from the sea by an NDj-thnnibrln. who fell In
imniensi> emlmnkm"nt. Honiney Marsh „-i(|i n,g I'lcts. A II 08.",
was a favorite place for smngglcrs to; ■
niwratf In the olii days <jf high cu.s- 1 OF.\OIvI) (OINTV,
toni.s duties, owins to its low, sandy jC„||„,i „ft,,r t,,^ Kmrlwh countv aud
fl.its, V here easy Innd'ngs could he ef-ieity^ contains,
fc -f d, and the 1.1 ly «"'! hrok. n ground; oxforu township, same derivation
at the back, which afforded cxcep- ; N,.,.^ j,.,,, from the capital c'ltv of
tlonal fa<dllties for the concealment ol the countv of Norfolk, liurlaiiil with
contraband goods. ilts cathedral, lounded in 1(11)1. Nor-
lieorge Itomiiey was an Engllshl wicli has been noted for itM W(K)llen
li.iinter. 17.!l-l.S()2, who obtained hcfabrics since the reiijn cjf Henry I.,
170:1 the second i/remlum of Til) Kuin;|wlien a colony rif FleniliiKK .settle I
I'or a picture of the Death o.'ithero and began tlie laaMufacture
|»ltii long wool Npuii ill the iiilj.i'.wiit
1,1 ; village of Worst.'ail. wlie:ice the iianii
MH>DLi:«EX COUNTY
b< c4i:iod after the Bngllnh Middlesex.
lt« townshl;M ajo:
Loiukjii, after the great city In
Knglainl.
WeBtiuLnater, after a illstrl-.t in '/lis
City of Loiukui.
Adehihlc, after the wife of King
William IV.
Metcalfe, after Sir Charles Metcalfe,
who was Ciovcrnor-lleneral of Canada
In 184.'J, who piirforincd eminent ser-
vh!eM In India, nnd w' 'jse epitaph,
written by Maoaulay, terms him "a
Htateflman, tried In many offices and
difficult coi'hii; tiiros, and found ciiual
to all." A ij.-. 1 man, kind, genero.ia
and affnbli', with a heart overflow-
ing with Clirl.stlan charity, and a hand
over remly to luwlst the needy. Sir
CharlBH Metivalfe removed every re-
striction and conferred npu'i British
India a totally unshncklod press.
Caru(k», after a dUrtrlct In VValeg,
mentioned by Sir Roderick Murchlson,
the geolqgijrt; or from the Ulght
Hon. John Hobart Curadoo, Lord How-
den, born 1799. As Colonel Carndoc
he wa« present at Nnvarlno and at
the siege of Antwerp. In 1850 waa
ambaHsaitor at the Court of Madrid.
He sat In rarll.-\ment as M. I>. for Dun-
dalk before the passing of the 'He-
form BUI.
Mwu, the Latin nnd Spanish name
of the iciver .Meuse. In Dclglo (inn..
It wati on the banks of the ItlvcT
MeiiHO that Blucher's" I>russlan army
wa.s drawn u!> a few days btfore the
battle of W.-iterloo.
I-obo. the Spnnhili wr ,1 for wolf.
I!elawnn>, from the Indians, who,
having- boeii converted by the Mor-
avians, werv driven from one point
to i.notlier In the Tnltcd States, some
of them finally settling on the Thames
Hlver In Fpiier Canada. The name
comex from Lord Ite la Warr, Gover-
nor of Virginia, in IMO. who.sc title
Is Ktill to be found in tijo British
peerage, borne by Snckvllle-West.
"Tan, many" was a Lelnvan? ( hlef
Biildnlph. from .Tohn liiddulph, one
of the original directors of the Can- '
ada Land Coniimny. I
Xrciilliivray, from Simon McGilll- :
vray. another dii'ector.
Williams. East nnd West, from Wll- ,
Ham Wiliiam.s, M. 1'., anotlier director. >
Ekfrlil. unknown. The neari.'st ap-
, a king of
the war
(ieneral Wolfe,
Dover, from a seaiiort town ...
Kent, Kngland, where Caesar first lO" the proluct
tried to land; famouH for Its castle, »P»Titcd.
witli wails enclosliiK .1.) acres and!..' tt^h'ini. from
luirracks for
M'Oil
have been fouade.i by the liomans
lialeigli.— There is a town i died
Kiileigh on the old maps of !■;«-
M'X, Englaud Tlie toweshlp may
tiKik the iume uf
, „„ _ a imijket town i
Uien, supposed to I Norfolk, Kngland, 1." miles from Nor-
WENTWOUTH COl'NTY
(lets Its namo from Lleutennnt-Oov-
eriior John Wentworth, of Nova
.>Jcotla, 179B-180H, to whom Mr. Dnn-
diiH wrote un Hth l-(di. 179il :
"Sir, -1 have received the King's
command to signify to you His .\l;ij-
estys pleaauro that you do li.stantly
take the ueoessiu-y steps for raising
and forming from amongst the in-
habitants of Nova Scotia a coriw not
exceeding etX) men, to bo illvlded Into
SIX comimnies and Ills Majesty Is
grncloiwly pleased to allow vou to
command this ccrps, witli the pro-
visional rank of colonel, hut without
any pay In coiiBe<iuencn thereof.'
Sir John Wentworth was botn at
rortsmouth. New Hamiwhlre. in 17:10.
and ilkd at Halifax in 1820. The
Maniuls of Uoukliigliam rpi)olnti>il
him Oovornorr of New Hamiwhlre In
1700. and .'*urveyop-Goneral of tlie
King's woods In North America, a i)Os-
Itiiiii In which he acquired great
wealth. Wh.m the Revolutionary
vVar broke out lie removed to Nova
:»cotla His only son died childless, and
left the property to his cousin. Catii-
arine Francis Gore, the novelist.
The niunes of the townships It'
the old county of Lincoln, clear up to
the Dcsjardliu) Canal, are taken from
I.lneolnshlre. They are
Statnforil, from a very old town in
Lincolnshire. Its name, an arly form
of which was Staeiiford, was ik'rlved
from a passage at the town across the
Wei, and Hlver by stone. The first bat-
tle of the ! lets a<id Scots against the
Britf ns and Saxons took place at
."tamtord In 449, and It siibsequentiv
l)«;ame one of tin five great Danlsli
boroughs.
Crowland, from Crowlaiid, or Croy-
hind, an ancient Lincoln town on the
Welland Hlver, he'fr cro»«d by a bridge
bnllt in the time of I->lward II., and
much admired By antiquarians.
Thorold, from a Lincolnshire village.
Waiiifle<t, from a town In Lincoln
I.'"' miles from Ikiston.
Humberstone, from Hunimerston, a
LliR'olMHiiire villn^.
; GninslHjrough, from a market town
and port In Lincolnshire, on tlie right
bank of the Trent. Vt»«elH of 2(M) tons
can come up to the town.
Grantham, from a town in Lincoln-
shire, situntcd on both sides of tlie
WItliam. Sir Isaac Newton wns edu-
cated at Its grammar school. Malting
Is tlie prlm-lpa, trade of Grantham.
Grimsby, from tile town In Lliicolii-
slilro where the Danes landed on their
first Invasion of Urltnlii.
Loutli. from a town In Lincolnshire,
In the fertile valley of tli:> Lud, fam-
ous for oi,anufaetures.
Cnistor, from « town In Lincoln,
England, 11 miles fnrni Grimsbv, the
church lieliig rebuilt by Heng'ist r>ii
as miicJi lanil as the hide of an ox,
cut into thoiii^. would over.
Hiiilirook, fi-Din u vilhih,^ In Lincoln-
shire.
Barton, from Bnrtoii-iipoii llumlier,
a LIncolnsliire town uf ci.iisiilerahje
antiquity, a jilace of iniiiori,-inc(
t'... time of tlie Norman comptest
The remains of the old rainpnrt am
fosse (.re still visible.
I'Mii tlif r,,iiii,ii-rnr.
feat razed t la' I'ltv
i» ihcs ai;aiii,^l W ill
wh I after tlnir ili-
to t he groiiiiil.
Ooveriior Slmcix cnlle<l Toronto by
the name of York. In honor of I'rlnce
Frederick. Duke of York, second son
of (li-orge III, who In 1789 fougiit
n duel with pistols on Wlmlili-ilon
ixmiiiion with Col. Lennox, afterward
Ihike of Hlcliiuond The township
probably took Its namo frcm the town.
ScarlHirougli. from u seaport town
In the North riding of Vorkshlre,
England, esteemed for 'ta mineral
waters and sea Ixitliing.
Wiiltchurch, friuu a mnrkpt town
In England, coimty of Hants, or an-
other Whltchnrch, sometimes called
Blancmlnstor, In the county of Helnp.
Mnrkham, from Most l!cv. William
Markham. I). I)., who was the fauiniis
Archbishop of York In tlie last cen-
tury, a supporter of I'Itt, called by
Macauluy " the preacher of lUvliic
right."
Gwllllmliury got Its name from Oov-
eriior Slmcoe's wife, who was a -Miss
Gnilllm.
King, from Mr. John King, who was
Under Secretary of state under the
Duke of rortlnnd, nnd witii whom
Benedict Arnol I coiresiionded dlioitly
(See Archives.)
Vaughan was called after Len)anilii
Vaughan. who witii Hlchnnl Oswal.;
waa sent hy lyord Sli.'liiuriie to iii-giv
tiate tlie Treaty of I'eace witli tlie
Lulled States in i7s;i. Tlio pair of
fools lot tiio Amerlcc'is get ail that
IMirt of Canada no\. Included In tin-
States of Ohio, Indiana. Illinois. .Mich
San and Wlsw)nsln, ami womd have
lowed Franklin ami Jay to wheedle
them out of the rest of lannila. if Sir
Henry Stracliey, I'niier Secretary for
Fon'lgn Affairs, lind not opportunely
appeared In I'arls. Frimi that day to
this the Inited States lias nhvnyg
got tiie lietter of -Great Britain In
treatiis and arldtrntloiis. See Thomas
Hodgins' article in March. 1898, "Can-
adlnn Magazine."
Georghia is called after a daughter
of King William IV-
ONTARIO COUNTY,
Called after the lake, was cut off
from York, and given that name,
luaiiy years ,i(tcr Governor Slmcoe's
cntarl'i county, which inclmleii Wolfe,
Amherst and other isian.is, had lieen
alKiMsiied. Its towiislii|>s are :
Wlilthy. from a si^ajiort town In
York county. England, on the River
Ksk. It lia« lately become u place uf
winter resort.
lai-Mt IS Miiiolii; llii'ir lliiisleridc-cH. At
leant 1,001) works were publuilivd by
tlio Eiievlrs.
•Miuloc, from the Welsh prince, who
Lm thought by some to have silled
to Amorlca In 1170. Truveilers i-!aliii-
»t to have fiiunii truces of Welsh set-
tlement In Mexico.
Lake, frrwii Visi'onnt Gerard Lake,
born 1744, dioil 1808, was commiiiider-
lii-chlet In Ireland during tlie Insiin-ec-
tlon of 1798, conduetod the Mahrattn
war In India and took Ix-llil In IHO.'l,
and brought tlio .Mmul l-Jiii|ieror Into
viiMsalnge to (ir<>nt Britain. In his re-
fereiHMi to the rolwlllon In Irehinil,
(Irocn says: 'l-ew In tact had joined
the liisurg.'iits In WexfonI wlien lyord
Lake apis'ared Isfore their camp npin
Vlniwar lliil with a strong fi«-(» of
l-:i.girsh trtKips ontheSlstof May. The
ci'Uij) was stornitxl, and with tla' dls-
lierslon of Its ik'feuiters the revolt
came suiklenly to an end."
Tuikur. fnmi tlio Royal family name
of Henry \II. and his successors to
Jamas I. (We ah).
Grlmsthoipe, a park In Llncolnsiilre.
H«ri.-.>hel, after the groat astronom-
er, Sir William, or his son, Sir l-'. W.
Herwhel.
Walhiston, from Dr. Win. Wnllaston,
1700-1828, celebrated chemist. Sec-
retary Royal S<Kdety. extended Dal-
toii's "atomic tliwiry. " As .'.'• eii.ct
analyst, Wallaston wns dWicrve lly
celelirnteil.
Farada.T. -'Following tlio foot>it»-ps
of l^lr Humphrey Davy. Faraday
(1791-18071 was most fortunate in ile-
veloplag the relations of electricity
to chemistry."
-ilcClure, from Sir K. J. McClure,
born at Wexford. Ireland, 18(17, who
served In the Lake fleet during .he
Canndlai Relieilioii of ISHB; '.ook
part in sir .lolin 1!(«8' Arctic exiiedl-
tlon In 184.8. nil commnnded tlie ex-
pwlitlon which discovered the North-
west Passage In 1850. For this ser- !
"i"^' he wv..» 'ivAsh*...! «.i«.i. «(MW<jdl
" reward of 15,000.
II, - '"te
■ •• nil. ..lid ii.i ,,. ii-f,iri,|.(| •'
l'<*-tland, «r the Uuke of I'ort-
land. Colonial H<.erotary In 1700. to
whom :iiiieli of the correspondence In
tlM' Arcliive« was addresNed. He
was <k-soeii()ed from the Duti-li Wll-
liiim I!i-ntlnck. upon whom In rs
",".',1, '*'''''''" "'«"'" conferred bv Khig
n illiain III.
ll<;ilforii, after the Kngllsh ( oiintv,
<n- the Ijiikt', head of the urcat Iioum,
of I, missel I, of whom Lord .loliii itas-
si'll, the Frlino Minister, was a noted
lueiuls'r,
Illnchlnbrofjke, from a title of the
l-ari of Sanii aqi, o member of the
!'-".,-7 ,„ Gi. ton's Government in
I'Of. riiore Is also HincliiiihroiH
.\uniiery i i Uuntiiigilonshlre. Kng
laiiil, and Lord .Nelson con-eu-uikHl the
'hip Ilinchlnbnike In 1781-.
t lan-iiilon. from Lord 'clarendon,
head of a noble family, and brother
<« tiai late Charles I'elham Vllllcrs,
tiK' fr.xi trader. Lord Clarendon
was a meaU^r of the Melb<«iriie (luv-
ernment and « colleague of Lord
I'almerstoM
< >so, from
' bear."
I'aimerston,
the SjianUih word for
after
_, , -, - . . Henry .Tohn
Temiilc, ],ord I'aimerston. ' Old I'm,, '
the Premier In ]8:,r, and 18r,i), Foruign
.'<<'cretary under Grey and .MelboiinVe.
a man who bullied Kurojie la the most
approved style. Born 17N|, died
INI..'. A pxoinlnont l.-ader of the Lib-
eral party until his death. Opposed
the Afhburtoii treaty, siipiiorted Cath-
olic emamlpatlon. ile<-i'ar<!d In favor
of tli/j absolute reiieal of the Corn
Law, In ISf,-), hel|Hsl to si-cure re-
cognition ot Napoleon HI. and the
coalition with F>fl.;ico against Rur-
shi. Iiidefatlsablo In business, fond
Of the pleiihures of society and of
great culture.
.Miller, from Hi^gh Miller, the Scotch
geologlit, author of " old Red Sand-
stone." "
Ciinonto-Aii niiM Indian says this
_ , Wdrt Wie name ca i ^Yeneimiuu, wno
Limerick, Cashcl, Dungannon, Mnvo. "*;?,'', *'*"' "'""J >'*'""'' «»«<'•
Moiintoagle, Carlow. Bangor and! <'''"'n-Uiikliowi>-
,,., ,, = ..uPgor ,
«lcklow, trrjui countlos In Ireland,
I'RINCE EDW.VHD UOUNTV
W.as called by the French l^en-
quisie ,k. (iiiiiitix Its ,,r..»fc.it numo
was given in hon'ir of I'rlnce Edward
Duke of Kent, son of George III.,aud
father of yueen Victoria, wlio wns i
stationed at (^iielioc with his regl- '
ini-iit when Hlmcoe was Governor. Iie-
pi..i„.ri,,r r-, „ . , .1 V ,, i"""'"K '" ^'e Upiier Canada, the I'rlnce
1 Ukerliig. from a town In the North i diove to Montreal In n calecl
wlcli
Blenheim, from tlin viliage in Ba-
varia. M here the great battle was
fought in 1701, in which the llakw
M'X, l^ngiauu 1 le lowi-suiii iiiaj ^ »ir,>,.lh,^B,...™i. ....» *i. t- i -
have lK.^11 named after Sir Walter *,,f'''^,°"''f* '." \,i , J-"T ' I"
Kalelgh, l.or.1 l.-.-,2, beheaded 1*11^.1 ,,",-„,„J7" ",'"'„ """'."*, ^^T"*""''''
:i favorW- of (iui-eu Elizabetii. whc^',,:'^'.''^'' '""'■>• „, rs'''""'' , T'''"
brought poiuto,.s and tobacco from ^j"^ .^ •;„,^; """"" "'"' l'"'*nted to
Virginia —" a man of imposing person
dauntless courage, extensive kiiowl
edge and varied accoiuplisiiiiients. lli^
siieecliMi sli!j\v a knowledge of the
jirlnciple of iiolitical economy far above
iiLS time."
-Macauiay sa.vs in his tssay on "Bur
ieigh and hi-, Tiiaus" :
" We hud Intciiiied ti> say somrthing
concerning liahigh the soldier, tin-
sailor, the seholar, the courtier, tin
orator, the jiis^t. tlie historinn. thi-
pilllowophcr, wlajia we picture to oar
seivcs. sometimes reviewing tlii-
ijueen's guard, sometimes giviU'; cliasi-
t4> a Spanish galleon, then ai.sivering-
the chiefs of tin- country parly in the
House of Commons, then again mur-
niuring one of his sweet loM'-songs too
iiiur the ears of Her Highue.ss' maidf
*A iioiior, and soo.i after poring over
the Talmud, or collutlng I'olybius with
Livy."
iirlord, from a t«»vn in Suffolk.
lOagluiid, with n large ancle:;'
church, and fine i-emalns of a .\'or-
iu,-iu ca.s-tle. Mr Uoliert Waipole wa.-
the first Earl of orford.
Howard, nfti'r ilie Eur', of Kffing
ham. \i iujwij lUiughur. Lady .Mary
Howard, vvaw marra.'d U^ Sir Gny
I ar.eloii. liovcniort-iUuK-ral of Can-
ada,, at tla.' tune the.-fl; townshipii
were surveyed and iiarjed.
I'aniil^'n i\V,>sti in Kent, and Cam-
ik-ii ti:asti ill Addington ( ouiity.
from I haritis i'ratt, I. an of t am-
'X-ii and \'i...coniit Uayhain of Hay-
liain .\lils-y, .^tis.-<!X. bora 1714, died
17u4, ( liief Justice*! of tile coininon
picas, Lord I haiw'+.'llor In ('liathain's
iinv«'mnieiit il700i. and rreKld.'iit ol
the Council iinili'r the .vounger I'll*
for nine years. He oppo-<-d the t.i-va-
lion i.f AnM-rica. .Mjicaulay says Ixird
1 amdin's "iiit^'grit.v. ahilit.v and
i-oiistitutional knowledge (-ummnnded i S(,i.'r,.t',[
rough
Biaiidford is a town In Iiorsetshlre,
formerly famed for lace manufactures.
One of the Duke of .Marlliorough's
titles wals Marquis of Blanilford.
Zorra. from the .jpnnisli word for
a female fox ; a strumpet ; a sly,
crojty iierson. Some jirefer to ilcrlve
tills nam,- from Zorah, the lilrtliplace
of SaniBon. mentioned in Juiges xiil.
2. But it )irolKi.bly got its name In
the same wa^v as Loho In .\liil,ilc«ex.
.N'i.ssouri, probably Indian, akin to
Missouri, which means mud river.
The F.mbro Courier is res|>onsible for
the following : ■ We venture to say
that there are few is'ople who know
how the towiuildp of Mssouri got its
luime, .Vn old man. wluwe people now
live in tile eastern part of Ontario
and wlio in the very early history
of .\lH.soiiri lived In tii" nortliern part
of that towiisliip, (rave the writer n
IllsUiry of how the township was
named, which seeme.i i-easoaalile, alio
is likely true, l/isig ago, when this
■jounty and otlier
were known as
BriH.-k
in:
Saltfleet. from a port town In Lin
coin. England, east of liliihrook.
Gl.inford. from Glantoni-Bilgg, oi
Briilge, a village In Lincolnshire oi
tiie liivei- Aneholme.
Ancaster, from .^ncaster Heatii
LIncolnsliire.
Bertie and Wlllouglihy
after i'ei-egriae Bertie, tllir.l Hake ofjil
.\neaster and nineteenth Haroii Wil-
lougiiliy. who was a member of tlie
Cliatliamil70«) and Graftot. (1707)
Governments.
It is not easy to tell whether An-
caster and the same ohservntlon
riding of Vorkshlre, Fngland, eigllteen
miles from Wliithy. I'IckerIng Foriwi
and I'ickerilig Conunoii are sliuwii on
the old maps of Yorkshire.
Uxbridge. frr.ni a town of Mhldlo-
s<'x county. England; fiom Henry
I'aget, Karl of Ixiprhlge, whose son,
Henry \Ullialii I'aget, Earl •>! I'x-
bridge, lost a leg at Waterloo, all, I
was created .Marquis of .Vnglescy.
There was a story that when Lord
1 xhriiign's leg wii.s broken l.y a shut
during the iKitth- of Waterloo lie was
carried to the rear, uji.i passed llic
at] Duke of Wclliagtoii to whom he said
in the lanj^uagc of the perio-i . ".'.imi
my leg. by G--:'- u, which the Duke
replletl : 'Have you. hy G :" lUl.l
storrlugton, saV' to be taken from
tisi plaw of tlia' name in i;ngland,
where ,sir Hei<ry, Smith's mother
lived. '
LEEDf* COUNTY
Was calli-i after Francis Godolphln Os-
borne, the Duke of I.«-.1h, who was
.M,«..etary of State fvr the Homo l)e-
pirtment, in the SJieiburno Govern-
ment lnl78a, nnd whoso wife, Lady i
Amelia DArcy,fclope<l "with mad Jack i
Byron, fathor of Lord Byron, the
poet. The present lioUk-r of the title i
was mentioned as a luBslble successor i
to Lord Aberdeen as Governor-General '
of Cnimda, but obJec,tlon wjs raised i
thatthi'S- were the only wonts wlih I.
passeii Is'tweea tlie two heroes ourliig
the IsittI-.
lieacli.— Aligns Bethiine Heaeh was
a British aiittior. horn in fin-erni'ss,
1821. Wrot<' - I,,ioiiard Lin., say. a
; Story of Buceaneeis," In 18."ii). There
towilshiiwj is not even presumptive evidence that
townsiilp was named after this
man, hut liis naiie is Inserted In uo-
tanit of s,.n,etliliig authentic.
Scott township may Is; named after
Col. Hereiiles Scott, who was killed
at Fort Eric In 1812. or after 'riiomas
-- -. — , drawn
by a Fi-eiicli pony, thence he tcsik
a hatK'au, or row- boat, to Kingston,
ind sclKKiaer to Niagara. He saw
the Falls and a Mohawk liuihin dance.
The tow.islil,« Of I'rlnce Edward Uy Z\.^'^iT^'o:L'n^ ZfyllZ
Am..,h.hurg, frou. I.rlnc..ss Amelia, i ililK'^^ SSZI'ISl.^",^' ^^jj
iH.ni 178.1. daughter of King ««'rB" j th;- Infant _ <lauKht.,r of Ids musTr
,, , ^, -- Scott, who was Attorney-General of!
applies to many other towiisliipsi Is: Upper Canaihi in i><.iO .iii.i (see irdi
ifter a plare or after a ninn. ■ l!5l)2. p. ;!,-ii who with others was
British custom of using hauled over the co.ils for getting'
" .Amelia
Thnckeray rememlH'rs hei-tlc
pretty little „,aideii prr'tilng and
smiling ill III,, anus of liic f„i,d (,|,|
Mng, lier fatlii-r-aih! then her ileatli
III tlie biiHii.i of woiiiaiihood, nnd the
shock to tin. father's reason."
•-'oplilasliurg, from l>rllicess Sophia,
born 1777.
.Marysliiirg. from I'rlncess Mnrv.
born I7V11. who married
Dnke of Gloucester.
Ililiier, after Major Hllller, Sir
jUengrine .Maitland's .siecretnry.
Athol. after ihe Duke w-|i,i owned
nnd sold the Isle of Man.
Ha Howell, after Benjamin Unllowell.
a Bost.Hi loyall-it, brother-in-law of
Chief .lllstii-e Klmsley. wlio got a
grant of a towiisliip of huni In Upi^'r
name. I
owing to till!
names of places as titles for iiien
There Is a place called Ancaster In
Lineol:islilre, and Sir I 'ereg; ine Bertie,
Di'ke of Ancjister, wa,s a .Minister of
tiie Crown at or alsait tile time .\n-
caster townslilp got its name.
By the si\th secliou of the Consti-
tutional Act ll7l,li provision was
m.ide for tlie ereatlo.i of a herealtary
nohiiity in Canada, with tlie liere.il-
tary nglii of Iwlag s.miniuaed i.o the
Legislative- Council. l'..|ipliy this au-
thoiity was not exercised ; otherwise,
as iiolH'rt Gourluy remarked, " we
should have s-.<ell, iierliaps. the Duke
of i-iltario loading ill .i cart of iiay,
my Lord Erie pitching, aiiii .sir I'eter
Superior making tile rick ; or perhaps
Ills Grace might now have
,, , Osborne subBe<<uentiv marrlc<t the
Everyone who nns read .Uiiighter, and later Ixamme Ixird
Mayor ami member of Parliament for
the city. The man who ma<k? the
wealth of the family was Sir Thomas
OslKjrne, who in the eourw of his life
nttalm«l the highest rank In the
l'e»'rage.
The townships are ,
L««ds. afU'r the Duke of Leeds
... i Lansikiwue, after the .Marquis of i
Irederick. Liiiisitowne, who. as 1-iirl Shelburne ''
wiw a '"stlngiilsheil man In the lost I '
e.;ntury aiiid I wmlejln 17K2. Si|«!nk!n< '
of Lord Grenvillo's Government (170)t(
Green sayg "its one man of ability
was Lord Shelburne. a y€>uiig Irish-
man, who had served with credit at
.Mliiden."
But Shelburiie <ll I not diow his
ability In cimclinling the Treaty of
I eace with America. "Mor«> Incompet-
ent r<'pr..sentatlves of &igllsli and
town was named hv He
M
ic.iulay after General Sir ' I'anndhin Interests than the two men
Grace might now have lieen
lolniiig counties i figuring as a pettyfot'g.llK lawyer, iiis
tlie •- lllhtrict of' L-a-ilship iiii a pe iar, ,-iii.l Sir Knight
jscotch wttiers named a si-c-: lu* a iioor ifursou, starving on ."ijOIJfl
tion (known now as West and East;acri-s of clergy re <*rves."
Zorra) after the liirtlijilace of Mamsoe.. ' We w-eri- simred tl. ■ spect.ieh' of such
Some Vnnkee'; Ketlled In tlie west, alisir. ditles. aim life ineiiihers of the
and in siie.-ij.iiig of the section of the! Legislathe ( ouncil wore tiie nuuri'st
county 111 which they lived, oescribed approach to u nobility vouchsafed
the pulilic res|S?ct,
Tlie following is cdipiiod from an
'..iwa pais!r:
lem- who met -Lord ( "mden
ifomrh 1'jii.ui'ln. last t
it a.s Iw'iliK " nigh Zorra." or near
Zorra. There are lett^-rs yet in the
pohsisBloii of .\is.souri people nddres,.,ed
" nigh Z(»rra," lint for near half a
century III., lowaship iias Is-eii known
as .Mssouri."
NOHFOLK COUNTV
Is
"f lis tow-nsjilps
Towiisend takes its name from Gen-
eral 'I'ownsliend, who. witli Aoininil
.■^'uiinilers, sigiie.. tlie articles ol ca|ilt,
ulalioji at l^iieliec in 17.".1(. He be-
came Ulght Hon. Thomas •rownshend,
l-y of state 1782-8'.). Lord ot
w. I iil«;re
■d In hearing iliat
to UN.
Niagitra is of Indian origin, mean-
ing "thundej* of water"; others say
It waH the niiiiie of a trite. (Hjvernor
SlllllXfo tlit'd tl* MlliinUl.tli! tiu* I'.llg-
llsh name .Nevva.rk for .Magara, but
the iK'ople preferred t le latter, and
, , , tlio name Niagara we i foim.'illy re-
iiiiined afU'r the English Norfolk.! i,uitato I by law In ]7!iS.
' '"" Clinton may have Ix en ealled after
Si.r Henry Clinton, Couiraantler of Ills
MaJ.'sty'i forces Irt. Amerii-a during the
War of tlie Revolution. But I'liliaiii
and Clinton are IKfth family names of
the Duke of NewJastI' , I-i,rl of Lin-
coln, of wlioiii th# following is taken
froai an artlido U tlie .North British
Ueview ; - ^
"From U12 to 1757 the Uelhams
wBTC hi power. Hmry lolhaiu was a
r ■ ., ,' — ' of iinild rii'l
tile Treasury 17lia-18ii(i. to whom
many of Governor Jlnldiniand's de-
|Spalclie« are adiireesod.
o„ I VMiiilhnin, from Right Hon. William
m- W'indltam, loionial i-«-ciinarv. w tio.,e
money that li.,<l not Isvii voted
tile .\.»iendily. I'l-onaiiiy tiie former
iK'c.iuse the adjacent towiwhiii of
Brock IS named aft<'r .Major-Gea-
eral sir Isaac liris-k. wlio fell In
tlie sniiie war at yueenston Heights,
sir Isaac Brock's "Life" has Isen
written by .Mr. 1). B. Head, of To-
ronto, and the story forms part of
every history ol Canada. The
.archives shovv that Sir Isaacs bro-
ther William promptly applied to
Lord Bathiirst, of the British (lov-
enimeiil, asking "tliat he would
griu'i some ot the wiiNte laads In
UpiM-r I -m.-ida to the family of th,.
lati! .Major-ilenerai llris-k. to keep
the name allt,. ||, Ihe I'm' lace," A
I pension of t2llil a ye.-ir was granted
to each ot Sir laaae's four brothers.
The iiaine o( Hi-ui-kvl I • wa.s given to
I i;iii-il«'tl.to\vn lor Siiarllagton, as
i some called iti iiii lioaor ot .--Ir Isaac
i Bro-k. ami a district whh-h Included
I the |i)rc*-nit County of (ixford hir
many years Isire tlie name of the
Brei-k District.
] Tliorali is a llidirew word, iiioaii-
i lag the I'eatateuch, the revealed
will of God.
Mara 'ltd Hama mean hitter.
".Villi when they <;amii to .Marah,
they coulil not drink of tlic waters
of .Miaraii, tor they were hitter;
I thendore the imiiie of it was called
.Marah."— l-'x(Mius .\v. 2;t.
"Til us sal til the I.<ird : A voice was
heard 111 Haiiiah, iaiiu'iitation, and
bitter weeping; Bahel weeping for
; her ehlldnai retnsi'l to lie comforted
' for her cliildren, U'cailsi' they were
: not."— Jerenilnll \xxi. I.'..
Itania is also the Spauilsh word for I
br;iiif!li of a tree.
s<iigog is ail Indian word, mean- 1
big submerged '..nil
Canada.
I'i, ton
William
Thomas ; i, tun. who fongiit li.
Peninsula and was killed at the
tU' of Waterl(M).
LENNOX COUNTY.
Takes its name from Charles I.<ui.
nox, Dnke of Kiclimoiid. a descendant
•>t King Charles II. and the l)iie|„,ss
of I'orUiiioath. who was a menits.r
of the shelhurne Government In 178"
111- must not be contoanded witli Ids
nephew, the Duke of Hlrliinoud, wlio
fought till duel with Prince Freder-
ck, and wlioB). wife gave the grand
hall at Brussels im the eve uf the hat-
tie of Waterloo, celehrated bv Bvroii
III Childe Harold :
"Thi're was a .-^juiiil of revelry by
iilglit, ''
And Beigiiia,-M (-apltal
there
Her Is'aiity
.sound of revelry
was gathered
ind her chivalry,"
.M'd whose tragic death from liydro-
phol.la, III l.sp.), when he wns Gover-
"oc-< i-al ol (aiiaila, will iw recall-
l-il. The other titles of tills familv.
Earl ot .Marcli ami B„roii Methueii,
are loiiinjeiiiorated in the mimes of
township- la Carleton and Petertioro
toniitles.
Rlchinomi township Is call.al after
the Uuke uf lil.-nmoud,
Frtik'rickslui'g, after Prince Tred-
erlck. Dake of Viul; |-oiiiniaiider-lii-
tldet of the Aiiiiy, s. ,„|i| sun o' King
(.eorge HI. '*
.\dol|,hustowii, from lYluce Adol-
phus. Duke of lamhrldge, seventh son
George III.
of
iiniiiioiis i-orrespoiuieni-
iii','i»V,t.v. '.'ovuv:
ADDINGTON COU.NTY
Was named from Henry Addlngtoii.
\is,'ount Shhuouth, wh, was
Speak."; of the ||„„„, of ( uminuris
from 17811 to iNiil, aaii affrwanls
|lhni.eelli,r ot the Uxeluquer and I'l-e-
iP.o . '"B'"'"' Macauliy m»vs that
j Addlngtoii was iiiilvi-rMillv adinilted
the to whom the negotiations wcreihlof-
hat- i ly entrust'sl (Messrs. Oswalil and Vau-
gliiiii) could bajdly have bo»Mi found
it Lonl .Shelburm had ;.-,-:rchcd the
country tlinmgli. Destitute of every
quality which the skUfnl diplomatist
must possess, outgeneralcl h.v their
opponents, and anxious npparently
iMily tosecure (S'ace atanv prh-e, they
graiitc<l concessions, which. In the
words of a riiireseiitative of the
French Goxernment. 'eii-i'islea niiy-
thliig we tielleved pusslble." Mr (nf-
terwar.l« Sir) Henry straehey ap-l'l
IH'artsI i>a the si'enn t<Ki late ti'i avert >'
dlsMsU'r His coiif-agi><ms efforts at the ' ■
last nioinennt proviyl virtuallv nseh'ss 1 1'
•Gol forbhl that I should ever luive A
n haiKl In such another p<'a('c.' he t
wrote. In one of the h'tters which •
iiro now iinbllshetl fin- the first time
Lor<l Shelburne and his cullengiies can "
of conrso, never lie freml from the I'ls-
ereiiit which attaches to such hai^ ci
giilnlng. With them tlie hiaine prim- g
iirliy Ihw for the generous endow- e^
iiieiit -M the Repnhlle with the gigan- R
tie boiiiiiUirlBH (in tin south, w. n
and north which so largely det. r- U
George Voiige. a memlior of the Shi I-
hiirne Ooviinimont. and
mlmsl Its fiitrti* ii.>iT»'r and infiucnrn."
Yonne township Is named after sir
I'jicott. nft«r Yonge'M residence Sir
Edward Lloyd (Baron Mostvni, wlm
was Secretary of War In 1778, m.ir-
rled Amelia, daughter of sir Wlia.im
Yonge. of Useott. levoa,
ElUnlH'tlitown, after I'rineess Eliz-
abeth, daiigiitcr of George III.
Crosby ]n the name of a place I,,
Ungland. Lieut. W. Croshy. HaiMiriii-
tendcnt of the arincil sloreship All-
iln-w, In 1778, is mentioneil in the Ar-
ichlvei-i. ,
I Elmsley takes Its name from Uhtef
.iiiHtli'i' Wlllinm I imsley, who rlleil In
llwi.-., a,i,.|| .|o jjjnving a largo fam-
t**.n I
I'l
,, ^, , , , -- Ntlltu
l'i*tl/in,l, Iron, tliu iMike of I'nrt-
liiiiil, Colonliil m.ppotar.v 111 170(1, to
ivIiDhi :minli of tlie corrcHiiondflme In
tlK' Archives »im adclrfSNml. He
lyiiN (k-iKx-nclocI from the l)iit(-li AVII-
lliiin I'Mitliii'k. iipiiii whom hoiiorH
"■".',,.'*''''''" "'*"' L'lmforreil by KtiiR
n lllliiiii III, - »
Il<;|lf(inl, iirtiT the Knii-llNh ( oiint.v,
'»■ the Ijiikt., Iieuil of tlio" urcat hniu*,
of Uamiell, of whr.u, Lonl .l„i,n |[,|h.
«■", the I'rlmo Mlul«tor, wiia a noted
nwniber.
Illnohlnbrofjke, from a title cjf the
Ijirl of Han, I i,-h, u uienibi<r of the
I'"..-? ,,. "' "">'" Uovernnient li>
l/tlf. riiore la also Ulnuliliihroict
.\unner.v 1 1 HiintlngilonKliire, Knu
inii'l. iiiid l.orU .Nclnon conM,uu,l<Hl the
'lil|> Hlnchlnbnike In 17Si..
, ' I'lreihl from Lord ' Cliin'ndon,
iKud of IV no1,le fiimll.v, and brother
<a the Iat4, CbarleH relhiim \ llllerN,
th<. fr.v trailer. Lord Clarendon
ivaH a nieMlxr of the Melbourne (luv-
eriinient anil a colleague of Lord
nlnierhtoM
< >Ko, from
bi'ar,"
I'alninrNton, after Henry John
lenijile, Lord I'alnierHton, • Old I'mn."
the Premier In J8:,r. and lH:,i), lonjinn
•^ei'rctary un.ler drey and Melbourne.
a man who bullied Kun;|H) la the nuwt
a|,|>rove,l »,tyle. Horn 17H|, d[^,|
\ prominent l.a.ler of the Lib-
eral party until hl« death. (ipnouHd
the SpanUih word for
,,I,H pi'lipll', MM' 11,' ,lll',l l,'a\l,i(r a
privaur na;ne an, I a jaibllc ri'or,! un-
miliied nnil iiiiNtalne,!, but lunilnouN
with mieh glory nri few r.ionarelm In
i\ui Ian, I or ajje have won or merlt-
I"' Tin millenary of mieli a man In
,„,,' in honoring wh'eli the human
ri,<<' will do lt.«lf high hoiinr.
STOlUtONT COUNTS
TukeH itH name from Vluoouat Btor-
m,>i,t, IrixUleiit of the Council In tlie
lorilaiul l.'oalLtlon Uoveruuielit of
l78.i. a nophew of William .Murray,
Lurxl Maijifi'thl, the gn'at Jurist of
tho IWth (^oiiniry, who died In .I70;i,
jiiMi who«o pn'iierty was tk-Htroyed in
tl,o lHii\tun riots. Jin wu« chief Juh-
tlo« till ITWM antl wiM bltU'rly at-
ta(;iia,l in tlM! letUtrH of Jui;lmf. A
graiKiNoii of tiiat Vli4uount Storn*ont
u* the "I'atlM^r of the, lUmm} of Lor.lw."
.Sir William IJjivH Murray, tlie l>rl
of Man.'^fieUI, who enteirel upon liix
nlni'ty-tliii>l ywvr on Feb, •^\, IHttH.
Lonl iMjiiiKflolil iH tlio Henlor member
of the L'piie,! UouMu of I'arlLnmeiit,
both by Hgi* an,! ^length of Men li:e.
The iiobi,) lop,l may ilaim. Indeed, now
that Mr, Vllllem haf luowed away,
to bo "Kntlier of the i>ntln} legl.sla^ j
tare.'" Ii„ wa« r»-ltiriUMi to the ll,,uiio
of CoDiniouM In tlio iiin'forme<i l-ar-
ILamont of 18;i(), aiKl oceupled a wat >
In that ehuiuber until hl,s auueeiMlon
MKinnii. a
»K,'il Hi),
Tl,i) town.slilp* i,f Carleton county
are :
iiHgooUe, after William OKgoode,
c;i,lef ,hi»tl,,' of Canada, from ITOa ti
IHiii ; eame out witli Uov. Hlnico€!.
TraiiHferre,! to Quelicc In ]7ut. ()h
goo.le Hall In Toronto In name,! after
liliii. " He ,lipd in affbieiit elrcum
Htaneen, the result of lauilable prii
donee, wlthinit tho Hmnlkwt tnliit of
avarice, or llillM>ral pamlmony
lilo,,, 'ester, after the Knglish coun-
ty, or the Duke of (lloucester, a son-
in-law of (Icorgu HI., husband of
r. Incest Mary.
li. liver, after Mail (lower, member
of I'ltt's (ioveriiinnnt In 178:1.
NepPan. after Sir !■;, Nepean, Heere-
tary f,)r Ireland. IHOl, wliose name
apiiearn fienui'ntly In the Archlvi'M.
(ioiiltiourn, from Henry (loiilliourn,
horn 1781. I n,ier Sei'retary of State
f,ir Hume JUpartment In IMO, fur the
Colonies la IHIJ ; Chaneeiior of the Kx-
clie,|uer ISL'S-.'IO ami 1841-f.-. ; ilieil In
18,'i(J. Henry (ioiiiliourn. as ruder Sec-
retary of Htnti, signiiil tlic treaty
of I'eaee lietween (ireat Ilritain and
the rnlteil Statew at Ghent in IHl I
.Marit'orongli, Irom .lohn Cliurei,lll,
Duke of Marll oriMigl,. burn lll.'ll, died
171!J, tlie great l-^iiglish general who
won tiie battli's of lilenhelm and Ham-
lltii,s. and to wliom lilenhelm CuNtic
to tlie iie.'ra({o in 1840, ho that lie has j was pn'eented bv the nation. Ho li-ft
been a memlx'r of one chamber or | i.a,.riii,i,is wealth, IiIn Income at the
tiio other fur an iininu>rrujite,l ]ier-
io.1 of Hlity-4'lgiit years. Scone I'al-
tie .\Miburton treaty, supiiorteiiCath- ace. "ortlishlre, the spieniHd iionio of
one emnm Illation, itar.'ared In favor i tho family, \h lilstorleal as b.l,ig the
I „,.., "^.'-*", '*''«'"' "' *''<> Corn place where the kUuw of .Scutlami
Lan. In lS4o, lieliK.,| to secure re- 1 we.-e croc n«l.
roc ii«i.
Tho first Ivarl of Maiisflehl, uncle of
Viscount lAturnii.nt, the seeoml l^jirl,
marrieil Lady Kllzalioth I'lncli, duiigli-
of tlio Kiit\ of WliichilH;a. Viscount
Stormont's son, William, tho tlilr»t
Eari, marrloii Frederic^i, daughter of
Most Kov. William Miirknam, D. 11.,
/•„,„.„»„ . ^ . t Archbishop of York, ami niother of tho
auonto— All a|M Ijdian says tills i present "Fatlier of the Ubuae cf
— " '■■"'■"■ WHO ! Loros.
i , The towiishlpii of Stormont are
cognition of Napoleon 111. and the
coalition with Franco against ItuR.
sU. Ittilefatlgablo In business, fond
Of the pleasures of sociotv and of
great culture.
.Miller from Hugh Miller, the Reotch
geologU-t, author of " old Ited .Sand-
stone.
wiirf Wif name cu i i'Tencinauu
liveil there many years ago.
Olilen-Unkuowi'.
.Storrlngton, safo to be tnkeii from
the place of tlia' name in Fnglanil,
where ,sir lIciTy. Smith's motlier
lived, (
LEEOif* COUNTY
time of Ills ilmth lieliig £70.000 a
year, exelasive of what he drew from
royal gifts The priwent lioMer of tlii!
title married .Miss Consuelo Van ierbllt,
daugiiter of a rich "New Yorker,
Huntley, after Oeorge, iltii .Mariiuls
of Huntiy, ."itli iCarl of Aboyne,
.March, from th'< Duke of Klchmond.
Karl of March (a title iterived froiif
tho March-is in South Wales.)
Torboltou. from Tarbolton, a Scofc"
tisli burgh In the county of ,\yr.
FUiroy, from the family inline o'
tlie Duke of Grafton, win. was l"*!*-
mier of Great BrltJiln in 1707.
Adov
Was callp.1 after Francla (imlolphln (is
■ borne, the Duke of Lc'Ih, who was
(I.Se-ietary of State for the Home lie-
■ ikirtment, In the SJU'iburno tiovern-
■ meiitlul78a, niKl whoso wife,
wn« a bishopric, having bei'ii founil-
was i.,! i,y iliarlemaKiie. Tlie last licreill-
tary bishop, Frederick, Duke of York,
ctMjeil Osiiabrtick to Hanover.
Amelia DAreT€.lon«i"^ui.".".;™'.i I ,' Cornwall, after the county In tho
i Byroit" fatliJj'lS'^oAi By 'o, •''i^.r T.*"t"'^^' "' '''*"'"*'• '"'"""" '"' ''"
IVoet. The pr.«cnt lioUi^r of tlil tftle i ""** T-Bl"«-nej..
was mentioned as a piBslbie 8ucces»or i "•^""' "'"'" Trolawney die?
i to Lord Aberdeen as (luvcrnor-Uenerar '^'•'' **'"'" Trelawney die'
of Caiuula, but objwtion n\ia raisi-d ' '"'"'" 'ort.v tliouHuiul lornislimen
Wlllium. Donr,.,,! Iliirnii Hnirot.
, brotiier of Sir (Charles Bagot, Gov
Fmoh. after the wife of -the first ;ernor of Canada, married Hou. Einilly
Lari Maiuiflcld, aunt of Vlacouiit ^ Fltiroy, daugiiter of Cliarlcs Plti-
Storinmit. Iroy, first Lord i^outharapton, Aho
OBiiabruok, after a town ami pro- was n brother of Augustus Henry
vlnoe !p Uanover, iK'loiiglng to the Fltaroy, ,Srd Duke of (Iratton, who
House of Brunswick, where (ieorge wa.s Secretary of State In 17(15 and
ist > IS bom. Until 1802 Osimbruck FIrSt Lord of tho Treasury in 1700.
' gill (lis-
iliTe faiii-
' because he iii prrprletur of a.
tlllery. The foiindor ol this iiol,., .„,„-
iiy wim I'iiward Osborne, tlie youne
apprentice to Sir William Hewlt, who
Jumped from l..<.ni!on Ilridge to Have
; the infant <|iiugiiU>r of his master.
i Osborne «ubBe<.uently marrksl the
(Uiiighter. ami later ln'came Uird
Mayor ami member of J>arllament for
tho city. The man who iiiiMto the
wealth of the family wiu) Sir Tliouias
OHiMirim, who In the courw of his life
uttMliiwl the blghest rank In the
I'c'rnge.
The towiiHliLps are ,
Leoils. iifK'r the Duke of Leeils
Laiimiowne, after the .Maniuis of!
I.aiiHikuvne. who. us liirl Mlielburne, '
WIM a I'stliigulslieil man In the last
i-'jiitury aiiMtlT»iml<vln ITKii. i^kinkinit
of Lord (ireiivlllo's Oovernment ,17i))ii
IShull know the i-eaHuai wh^'."
no man of aiilllty | '''**''*'I' .Mcl*onnell fouiul employment
^. a young Irixli- ^ '*^'' nfaiiy of lla-iu In tlie (ilasgow fac-
(iretMi says "ltd one
wii« Lord .Shelburiie, a young
mall, who lijiii nerve,] with eredit"a't I toi'h's. hut w'li,ii triule lM;caiiie dull
.Miinion." I and employment faili'd lie got the
But .Slielbiiriie <il'l not iliow his i King's iieniilisMion to raise a Catho-
ability In coiieliKllng the Treaty of'"'' regiment, wlili'h illd go<«l service
leace with .\nierica. "Mor«> Inconipet- i '" feiireHHing tiie Irish rebellion of
eiit representntivea of J-ingiish ami I '''''"''• ''"I"' dihbniiilliig of the regl-
I'aiiadian Interests than the two nion ""'"' ''"'''"K f' ' I'eaci'nf Amien.s 18UL',
to whom the negotiations were i hief- , "8"'" reiluceil tiic iil,'iiKarr.v men ti;
As settlement extended neiw coiiii-
tioN were formeil to tho north of tluiHo
bordering on the St. Lawrence Itlver
and Lake Ontario.
LANAKK COUNTY,
North of Ijce\s, took It« name from
I.4inarlu4lLire, In SeotI'Mid.
l^ev. Illchard Jones s,iys : " In tiie
.vear 1810 the town»ililps nortli of
tiie itldeau Lake, known as tlie I'orth
Itoxborough, after tlie County of '*'**'"ra™t, we.ni seittled iirUicipally by
Koibnrgho, Ui tile south of Scotlaiwl. , ''■^'"""K"'"' Koliiiirs. some of wluim
had been with .Mn'rcromblo In Fgvpl,
(ILE.vOAlUtY COINTY jwith Wellington and Sir .lohn Moore
Takes its iianio from tlie (ilen Uarry i in Spain, " itl, Cornwallls in .\meri-
iii Seotlaiid. famous in history. iea. but tlie grcati^r part bad seen
.Many Stoltisli lllghlaiiilern. who had serviw In IHii', ivliei, 'ana, la was
settled In the -Mohawk Valley, New the battii'fleiil. At a ver.v great es-
Vork, on liivitaiiiai of Sir WiilLi-.. ' ln'iiwe, the I'.ritlsh Oovernment trii'd
.lohiihon, left tiie rniteil .-^tates dur- 1 to niak»i thi-M' old si^l^icrs anil their
Ing tlie revolutionary war, figt. ling ! families as coiufiirtablo as possilile at
their way to Caii.iiia ami settling on the cloni' of the war. They eliose
the Niagara frontier, on tiie Biiy of tlii'lr liK'ations with,,, it exiwiiH , and
each ni.'Ui r<s'eivod, arconliag to ills
riiiik. friiiii one to five Inindreii acn's.
They Here uLso Kiipplleii with ail
iic-essary lm|ileinenf, of hu.^bandry,
and txKiis for bull, ling puriHiNt'.s ; ais,).
with
man..
of Moiiaglmii, iroiaiiU.
Siuilli. from SI.' f>. TV, , .. -til, the
Surveyor lieni'ral. who f .e a maj)
of Tji|)er Canrula In 17U8, was a
ineinlier of ti,,- flrirt three Canadian
I'nrliaments and Speaker in two of
them, Isini 17(14, died :8,S7 ; or Kllas
Sinltli, who built a mill at Smith's
Creek (I'ort Htipe) In 170.1; or Wil-
liam Smith, the great I':nKllsh geolo
gist, a friend of Wolljiston and
Cavendish, who tormulnt«Ml a theory
on fossils and waa called "Strata"
Smith.
.Methueii, from tho Duke of Rich-
mond, Baron of Methuen In the
I'ls'rag" of .''cotlunrt.
Burleigh, from a high officer of
State under Queen Elliabeth.
Chando.^, from Ix>rd lirenville, Duke
of Buekinghnm and Clmndos.
AnNtriitlier, a member of I'arllament
who took part In the debate which
(Unused the quarrel be(tw<!en I'ltt and
Fox.. The nniiif! is yet reiireseiited
in the House of Commons. Tlie Lon-
don Cnnadlau Gazette of a recent
date r:ontaltied the following iUun ;
"Sir Wliulham C. J. Cariiiicliael-
,\nHtruttier, ninth baroiK^t of Nova
Scotia, and fifth of Great Britain, of
Anstruther, Fifeshlre. died on Wed-
iit'Kila.v of last week, at his seat, Car-
nilchael House, Ttiankertoii, aged '74.
Ho was tlio only son of Sir Windham
l'armlcIia(M-.\iiKtrutlier, eighth baro-
net, ami was bora In 1821. He suc-
c+'t;iled to the Utle ,.iid faniil.v honors
in lS(i!i. He marrieil. 'n 187;!, .laii-
etta. t'le only iluughter of Mr. Itobt.
Darhour. of ISoleswortli castle, ■ liesii-
ire, and was left a. widower in 1801."
lie". I'r. Thomas Chniiuers wnsliorii
at itiintruther, in Elfe, Murcli I7tli,
1780.
t.'i>... 811- John Harvey, born
suppowcd t<; be a imturui son
named Diiiiif;,'l,.s, aft,.'r'li,s native 'town ' v T'"' *'!? j}'''"^''" '
In Seotlanil. At .Mr. Dickson',-, reoiiest ^'■'*"' "* '^t. Mneeiit an, I 'Ir-ifmi,;
tlie I'ost-ifflce Of this new settle- ,"'',',',' ^" •*» 'I.' """ "B" "' H- A,linlr,
iiient was named Gait, aft...r his eariv I """'KW'o™' <Iled .March 7th, IblO, II.'
friend ftad schoolmate In Kiiinhnro'h •■ 1 1',''^*. a ™"»l>lcuouj(i part In Lor,l
llowfl's victory, June Ist. 1704. nn.l
friend ftad schoolmate In Edinburgh."
— I'lctiirisiiuo Canada, p. 4«a.
in
Ictory, June Ist, 1794, .in,!
.Jervis' victory off Caiie Vincent In
I-a.e In Oxford, England, ami inrl :. ''^'"'*"- .
of Burford Is one of the tltlBs of t"ie "«!"' '^'"
Duke of St, Albans.
'Mkland, a small township formerlv
cnlle,! the Gore of Burford, probably
get Its nalfie from the oak trees.
nELLINGTON COUNTY
■Took its name from Arthur Wcllcsley,
Duke of Wellington, born at Dublin
17()0, died at Wuliuer Ci.8tle, ls.-,L',
who s(..rved in Holland (1704), In
'778,
tjulntti and on the hanks of the St
LuwreiK'e, where are now i.lie counties
of Glengarry and Suirniont. Ilt^tvveell
the years i7^^0 and IVliO. lonsolidu-
tioii of tlie siniill farms In the High- _. . .
lands of Scotl.ind I'au.seil great dis- 1 •'"ol'liig utensils and blanketK,
tresh to till-
llsiKi.ssi'Sneil tenants.
ly entriisfsl (Messrs. Oswald and Vau-
gliaii) eould hajdly have bf.vn found
1 If Lonl Shelliurm had ;.~,-:'>ched the
I'OUlitry thniugli. l>«(tltute of every
euallty which the skilful <llplomntl«t
must piwspss, outgeneraleil liy their
opjionents, and anxious niiparently
only toHi'cure p»'ace ntanv prUe, they
granto<l coiicesalons. which. In tlie
words of a miresentative of the
French Government, 'eii'eeilea niiy-
thbig we liellevnd possible." .Mr. (nf-
terwanls Sir) Henry straeliey ap-
peartsl on the wene tio late ti'i avert
cHsMSU'r His couf'ag<><ms efforts at the
last moniennt proviyl virtually usiU'ss i
•GikI forbid that I should ever luive
a haiKi In Kiu!h another p<>ai'e." he
wrote, bi one of the h'tters which
are now piilillHlitMi fin' the first tiin,.
l.onl Shelburne anil his collengues can
of course, never tie frenl from the iMs-
crisiit which
giiiiilng. With
iirlly Ih-w for the generinis eiidow-
iiieiit 1)1 the Uepuhlic with the gigan-
tic hoiiiiiiurloH mi tin south, wi it
nii.l north which so Inrgi'ly deti r-
lieorm' Vonge, a monilior of the slii I-
liiiriie Government, and
n-,!:iitl liji fiitiii* in^wr and infincnrr,"
\tmv township Is iiameil after sir
l'j«Mitt. after Yonge's rcsldeii,i> sir
IJlwnril Lloyil (Baron Mustviii, \v;i,i
was Secri'tary of War In 1778, iii'ir-
rleil Amelia, daughter of Sir Wlliiain
Voiige. of Fsi'iitt, li'Miii,
i;MzalM'tht,i\vii, after Princess
alK'th, ,la,igliter of George 111,
( r,isliy It, the name of a pla
Fnglaii'l. I,ie,it. W, Crosli.v. Nuisirlii
ten, lent of the «rme,l storeshlp All-
Iri'w, In 1778, Is mentloiicil In the Ar-
['hlles.
Elnisley
want, and the Bisliop applied for
land In Canada on wlili-li ttuiy might
settle. Tremler .\dilliigtoii. Lord .'<li(-
iiiouth, wanted to send them to Trliil-
oiH* year's provisions for each
woman and child."
The townsliips of Lanark County i
are ,
BiirgcKs called after liev. Tlioman i
Burgess, a fellow Ntudent at (ixforif
with I'rciiiier Ailillngtoii, wim ai'-
iiointed l,lm Bisliop of .'<jillsbnry.
BLshop Biirge.ss wa^: the autlior of j
about Kill puhlicatlons oy theology, '
slavery an, I other topii's. !
ShcrbriHike. from Sir John Coaiic i
of Lord I'aget. Eftfi o' Uxbridgo and
.ManiuiH of MigH^y ; served ii. the
.Mahratta war under Lord Lake,
whose daughter EjUabeth lie married ;
was appointed Upouty adjutant-gen-
eral to the nrniT "ui Canada iisia);
planned and t<iok i.ui t a: tnu tiafh,
i-.r Stonoy Crook (June otli, 181:1) ; was
Governor of Noir Briinswlck, .\ew-
I'oundlaiid and Novo Scotia. Died In
184(1.
Caveuillsli, from Henry Cavendish,
the eheiuUt, (171)1-1810) who mea-
'Ure,l the densiij/' of the finrtli. dls-
i-ovored the comtiosltlon of watei.
made experiments wltli hydrogen, etc,
Galway. from the county of that
name In Trelnnd.
Belmont, origin unknown.
VICTORIA COUNTY
Was called after Her Majesty Queen
Victoria, of GMiat Britain and Ire-
land, born .May 21th, ISl!), succoedi-d
her uncle. King William IV. June 20tli,
18;)7. 'The townships of Victoria
Cininty are
(•lis, Latin for Mcalth, riches.
Mariposa, Spauisli for butterfly,
also tiie name of a county in Cali-
fornia.
\erulam, from Earl Veriilain, the
title of the (irlmston (nniilv. once
worn liy Fraii'iUs lljicoii. but fre-
iliiently extinct.
I-'rneloii, from a brother of the
1>( ncli Archbishop. " In the aut-
umn of KiliS, two Sulpiclans, Messieurs
Fenelon an,l Trouve. e.stahlisl,e,l a
lalssion at a ViilHge of the i ayugas.
on the Bay oT Quiiite. This Mr. l-'eiie-
loii has often Ihs'u mistakc'i for ti'e
celebrated .\rclihlslioi) of Camlirny.
The Canadian missionary's Intiors in
(entral Ontario are commemorateil
by the recurrence of the, name F*'ii<»-f
Ion In the ( ounty of Victoria. (mr
Canadian .\bbe was not the .\blM>
Fenelon who wrote Teleniaipie and
Is'caiiu' Archbishop of Caiuhra.v ; the
missionary explorer of our lake shore
was the Archhisliop'N eliier brother.
They were both sons of Count Felie-
lon-Sallgnac, though by illtferent
mnrriagiHi.''
A bis- i'Vnelon s'lent parts of 10 110-70
Jliirfonl, ■Rhich formerly belonged ■ i7,,7 „„ „„. , , -
to ..xford (■ouiity,_ is the name «? '^ >J3JJL^'"n^l'l 'tr^^tfU!
-he first to attack and
reak tho enemy's line, and upon the
1 eutli of Nelson, ColUngwood finished
tno victory and continued In command
of tlie fleet.
St. \lncont, the great naval battle In
l'B7.— HIr John Jervls, of Meaford,
was made linrl of Ut. \ Iment
SyiJenham, from Lord Sydenbam,
Governor of Canada h, 38.'to-41 (Mr.
-- — , , f'oulett Thomson), "Literally wore out
did (1707), In I'ortugal (1808), and '"'» 'eoble life In the service of tho Can- "
defeated Napoleon at the great Bat- "•"an lieople,"— McMullen.
tie of Waterloo, Jnue istli, Isi.-J. |(e Derby, Enrl, I'remler In 1852 and in
biibseiinently hold Important pr li- IS.IS.
tioiis In the British Government, anil '• Sarawak township Is called after tlw
was lieinler In 1828. ' Inilois'ndent state Sarawak In the
Tlie townshiim In Wellington County '"'"'"' of Borneo, Inhablti'd by .Malaya
are and Dyuks. In 1841 the Sultan of Bor-
•usIliK-li, from tiie place where ,"™ •'•''•led a portion of the tt^rrltory,
(iovernor Colborne got his wife "Lord ''"'""""g the town of Sarawak, to Sir
S<'iitoii married In 1S14 tlio eldest ;""'<« Brooke, a friend of Captain (al-
daughter of James Yoiige, lOsn , of ter"'""' Aitmlral) Sir Henry Kep-
J'lisJimli, Devon."— Morgan's Cclcbrat- !*'• **" °' ^^^ ^^'^ "' Albermarle, and
ed Canadians. ; brother of Viscount Bury, who was
Erin is the iwetlcal name tor irc- I."'**''"'"'*""'''"' »f Jt'iHuii Affairs In
Innil. m an Imis^rlal statute, the ! ,,'^'"^^"•,,1''"' s**'/?, "' "The Expedl-
Inion Act of l»io. It Is sixlh-d UlT H' ^J'^i° "' 'I"'' -Ma esty's Ship
"Ering," ''"'"-"iDldo, for the 8uppr,:ssiou of IMraeyj
Guoliih is tho naiie of the Hoyal i.VjJJJj.^'Jf^Yo"-"''™ '^'"^ Journai'o^
House of Brunswick Jir. John Gilt,
'-ei-retary of the Canada Laiul (Juni-
piiny, wrote an account of the naming
of the city of (iiielph : "The name
was chosen In compliment to the
lioyul Family, both because I thought
It niisi'.UIous In Itself, and because I
could not recollect that It had ever
lieen before used In all the King's do-
minions,'
Niciioi, after tlie gallant Colonel
Nichol, who won a gohl medal for con-
duct at t*io capture of Detroit under
Brook, and wo was killed In 1821 by
.Irliing over a cliff near Queenston
u<i It niiuiaj.v iii-g.-li. tea „„., ,-,.,A.v<7|
a man <rf rare endowments, and. In
private life, as amiable us Ids public
career was brilliant."
I'ilklngton, from Oonernl I'ilklng-
tpii, who owned 20,000 acres of land
tlii^re. ^
Arthur, from Arthur Wellesley,
Ihike of Wellington.
Fjjii., of Sarawak, now
ler .Majesty's Commissioner and Con-
sul-Geiieral to the Sultan and Inde-
pendent Chiefs of Borneo," was pub-
lished by Captain the Hon. Henry
Keppcl, I!. .\., and the thlr,i edition
appeared In 16-17. Captain lioiiney
M,in,ly also puhllshed in two volumes
in 1818 a " Narrative of Events In
Borneo ami Celelies, down to the oo-
ciiiiation of Lnbun.i, from tho Jotip-
iiais of -famcfl Brooke, Esq., Rajali of
Sarawak and Governor of Labnan."
In the Hnme year iKMks by Frank 8.
Marryatt, Hugh Ix>w and Captain Sir
Edward Belcher, on the same subject.
Kepiiel. from the Captain Henry
Keppel just mentioned, who, after
assisting Brooke at Borneo, com-
mandod a <llvtolon of boata at tUe
destructlou of the Cliineso war fleet
in I8ri7 ; was naval comniander-lu-chlel
at the Cape of Good Hope hi 1800;
vice-admiral Bn,l commaiiiier-ln-chlet
of*M!nf;.'?"' '■^'■'i "'"^'*, l-l"';'- I'n-H Ion tl;e China ami JapanstatronVYseT^
.rnm^L. 1- »"""'^"'' "'"'" ','<■' >■'»• :"'"' attained the rank of full admiral
ernment Governor of Bengal, or his , in laou. He wrote " A Visit to the
son ,llbe-'„ First Ltjtd of the Ad- Indlac Archliwlago In H. M. S. Maean-
.niraity in Lord Aberdeen s Oovoru- iter." 2 vols., an.l wits made D 1..
"*'"■ , ! of Oxford m lS7i).
Luther, from Martin Luther, lead- ' Sullivan, from Uoliert Baldwin Snlll-
I'rotcstant Uoformatlon in van, of Toronto, a meinlier of the
er of the
Gormany.
l'e<il, from Sir Robert I'eel, Premier
of i:iiglaiul 1841-40. when lie was do-
feate,i |iy a coalition of protection-
ists anil Whigs.
Mnryboroagli, from William, Lor,l
Bahlwln-Liiloatalae ♦loiernment in
I8,"i(), and for many years a judge In
Upper Canofla.
Holland, from Samuel Hollond, flnt
Murveyoi^Geiieral of Upper Canada; or
Lord Holland, member of the Melbourne
Mnr.vbor,jiigli, lia/l of .Moiniagton, a I Government.
brother of tiie Duke of Wellington. Euphrasia, the name of a plant of
whose daughter, Lady Marv ( liar-
lotte Anao Wellesley. mnjTlj'd .-^ir
Claries Ba^;ot, Governor of Canada
In 1811.
which for tw-o
Sherbrooke, born 1701. (iovernor oflnt Pickering Harbor
Caiia,ia In IHio. Klngsford .says lie : c<'nturles bore the
proveil tj) U' one of tho wb*!st(iov- mails Bay.
dail, but finally the llislii.p got for '''■""™ of that isriml "But all that: Bexley, after NMcliolaa Vaimlttart.
I very one of the Glengarry ri'gimpnt •"''"''■'"'""''"' '"'' a,',i,nipllsli was i,ul- l-onl Bexley, Chancellor of the Ex-
a gritnt of 200 acres of land in ' in- ''"•"'' '•>' the ill-Jiidgi'd self-<i«.sertiiiii cheipicr.
I.ramosn, unknown, possibly ,Spnn-
Ish " llranios." ^
Gnrnfrnxa— A' correspondent of the
Guelph .Mercury says:
Gaiafrax.'i-Voii have asked for the
origin of Gnrafraxa, and we have
btH-n uiialile to get it. .Mr, ilihso!;,
of Gnra, info.'med one of ,,iir towns-
men that it was so calleil fr,i,u sa-i-
safrns, a small herb that wa.s vcrv
Iilentiful when the township w„s Ik-
ing Mirve.ve'l In 1821 by IJvckiii.'in. of
Haiiiiltnii, others say It is frnai an
Iiiillaii word. The iiwen .^oiiinl roa.l
Is callc.l Garafrax.'i r'oad up near
Owen Snuml, Ix>t It come fruni
what it, will. It is a fine toiviisl
filled with gixjd iK-ople,
I'lP
a, la. The Bisliop ralsi!,! the Glell-
of I
l-s Incoilijs-tent sui'ci'ssor. the lliiki
garrv Feiiclbles ri'glmont for the wari"' I'lchmonil," Tiie iiealth of Cov-
of 181'J, ami for tills and other ser- ' '"■'""■ •sberbrisike was so pisir that
vices Earl llathurst granted lum a I '"' "'oulil not remain long In Caiiada
snlarv of i.(iOO, and mnile liini the first i „""*'"""''t, from Henry, second Enrl
illoiesaii Catholic Bishop in the Brit- : ""thurst, son of Baron Ari- ey, born
isli ilouilnlons since the Reformation, '."'''-' ''I<'i' IS-ll, Was l.i:,-d Coniuils-
Iii 1H:1!I lllsliop McDonnell wi nt to i J'"'"','' oj the A.lmlralt.v, lommlasioner
r.iighiad will, his friend Dr. Uoli>li,of ["'■'"'"'*• Fon'iga .Secretary. Colon-
AncasUT. to arrange for the emiRra- i "V • ecn'tnry, Presl.lent of the Conn
tl',11 of nirire lllghlamlers to Cana<ia,
He 011,1 tl„rc in 181(1. agi-,1 70 years.
The townshliM of Glengarry County
are
. _ Ivancasler. from the F.ngUsh city,
nttaches to aueli liar- capital of Lancashire, tnnioiis for Its
tliem the hiaine prim- great in. leiluct ami the castle, fimtid-
eil at til*- coiniuesl on the site of a
Koilan station.
( liailoltenhurg, after a town In
Prus.'.ia, mar Itcrllii, or posvlhly after
ijueen (Uiarlottc, wife of King George
Ktn.i-oii, fioiii LIo,v,l, I.,oru Ki'iiymi,
born I7;i2, iheil 1H02, He was the
son i,( a Welsh sipiirc, called to the
liar 111 I7,",0, atlriu'tiil the attention
of l.,or,l Tliurlow, who ai)|Miiiiti',i him
Chief .lustire of Clieshire, In 1782 ho
« as niaile Attorncy-Geiirral. and two
years later Master of tl .' liolls. On
itlie ri'liri'iuoiit of Lor,l Mansfield. Pitt i ,.,,„,n,„„,i ,i,,, „.,.,„.„, >
mlnmili- Kenyoii Chh'f Justice of ',,:;r.';:^?,,.*!l^,::!!:!r,':,V:.'f '?.,',T'^ ''"'"'•'
the King's Bcmli, with the
j title of Lord Kenyon, Baron of
! (Ireillngton. He was di.slikeil by the
.•,.,. , „ , Ibnr for his overlieailiig disiiositloii
t,.-.i,., iviM, ''.^" ';"""' f/"'" 'lilef U,„. Insolent manners, but favored bv
till- „ '.'"r.l" ,''"?'"-»• who died III I ,„d,||c on account of the rigid 'iii-
iwi.i, anvil .12. Ifjav.ng a large fam- ' ,>„, !„i|t" of his derision: ■
icil and First l.,ir,l of tlM> Admlraltv.
He marrijMl n daiighti'r ,if the Ihike'"' Newcastle wl
|,ir lili-hmoml. The Achlves I'ontiiln ! I''-" ' Wlieii niilt.
iiiiich correspon, leace with Lor, I Hath- '
iirst. « lii«' naiiif' was given to a
I District in (ana, la, afterward aboi-
isheil by .Vet of Parliament.
Ramsay, from GeiiernI George Mam-
say, Earl of Dalhousie, born l'f7(), did
)a;i8.
Iialluuisle, from the Fjirl of Dnlhousie,
(Iovernor of Nova Scotia, founder of
Dalhousie CoMi'g... Halifax, who on tlie
deiith of tl-.*- Duke .'f Kii-iiniiaui was
appolnteil by I.oril Batlmrst Governor-
General of Cami'la, He could not leave
Nova Scotia Imnieillate'y. and Sir Peri'-
grille Maltland iwrfornu'd ilie ilullis
until Dnihousle's arrival in IM20, Mr.
(bristle, the historian, snvs "tliei'e w/is
Eilz-
'{a maiilli,,
call, lor ami inti-grity in
Dalton, after Dr, .Toliii Dnlton. of
Manchesti'r. who illeil In 1844, He
wiiK a note, I scientist, aihl discovered
(he atomic theory, that " matter con-
sist- of ultimate partlcli>s or atoms
llicnpnble of divlsluii." D,'ilti,.i Invi-s-
tlgatcl the expansion of gasi>s. evap-
oration and the elasticity of steam
Eldoii, from .lohn Scott, l.onl 1-:1 Ion,
the famous Lor«l clKini'ellor of Eng-
land. He w'rts the s.iii of John ,Scott,
he was horn in
-- ., oiitli he eloi>eil
with a.i,' married Bwisy Surtecs. and
for a long tiai" tl..- yniiiig couple were
very piMir lie ei, tired Parliament In
17S.';. and Iscani" a favorite of Lonli
Thiirlow. who nin,le l.iin Attorney-
General In 17o:i., In 17!i0. as Banui
Eld. Ml. he wwK mail. Chief Justice of I
tlic Coiiiiiioii PI, 'as. In 181,1 hi'lieeamc!
I."r,' chaiii'clhir. .'111,1 with the exec'i-
tlon of one .vear he hehl the sea'ls
fr,,,,, iHiii to 182'!. He v.-ai a gr^^nt'-
Tory ; opposed Cathollo Emancipation I
Parliamentary Ueform, the Aholithm l(
of Slavery. Free 'I'rade. pop ibir Eilu
ealioti ami tolernthin of nl! ,'.lnde Si
opposi'il was Kl'lon to cl.cn^" tli'.i
"(he ilisappearan 'c of ho ,|w from '.be
WATERLOO COUNTY,
Whicli formerly ext*'niled from llnl-
ton to tho Georgian Bay, and Included
name of 1 rench-, Wellington, Duffi rin and Grey, gets
its name from the battle that Wel-
lington and Napoleon fought la 1815.
Itti townships are
Welle.'-ley, after ."Nir Artimr Wclli'S-
ley, Duke of Wellington.
Woolwich, the niiiiie of the arsenal
town ill Kent, England, where Henry
VIII. established a dix^kynrd.
W'ilniot, from Mr. Wilniot. Private
iSfcretary to Lord Liverpool in 1810;
or from a Mr. Wllaiot, who was eia-
plojed as a surveyor by the Govern-
ment of Canada In 1810.
North Dumfries, from the County of
Humfries. In .Scotland.
Waterloo. aft<'r the battle
DUFFE
N COUNTY
Is namivl aft«'T .-^Ir Fn-ik-rlck Temple
Hamilton-Templc-BlacliwiMkl, Mar,ul«
of i)uff,>rin ami VlHcount clamleboye,
who was (liivernor-Geiieral of Caniula j
1872-78; \iiiiiaiis.i4lor to Russia, Tur-
key aiKi I-rance; Governor-Ucneral of
Imlia, etc.
The towiiKhips of Dufferln an-.
an astringent iiiiaiity, formerly in
it'pute for dtaenaes of the eves.
Proton, Greek. " the first"— neuter
ndjcetlve.
Normanby. from the Maripils of Nor-
ma nby, Home Secretary In 1835.
Egremoiit. from the Earl of Egre-
moat. a mcinlicr of the Oronville Oot-
ernmcnt.
LAMBTON COU.NTY
Takes !t« name from the Earl of Dnr-
hiiia, .lohn George Lambton. whose
family has hecu prominent In Durham
county. England, tor many ceiiturieB,
and to wliom the legend of the "Lamb-
ton Worm" nttacliee. He was Gov-
ernor-General of Canada 18;!8-40 ; a
Uadical in iiolltlcs ; uiaiie the famooa
report, sometimes credited to his
Sc-cretary Builer. which resulted In
the union of the two Canadas and the
establlshmont of the municipal system.
Among the townships of Lambton are:
Bosaimuet, callc.l nfter Charles
Bosauiiuet, M. P., first Chairman of
the Canada Company.
Sombra, .Spanish for shade.
.Moon', after Sir Joiiii Moore, under
whom Governor Colborne served at
Coriiniia. Sloore's ('ylng wish wa«
that CollKirno be promoted.— Mla«
LIzars.
" Not a drinu wan liear,l, nor a
funeral note."
Enniskilien, from tl,,- (own In Ire-
ami where the I'roUstants won a
battle In 1(180.
A son of the Earl of l-Uiiiisklilen
was a «)liiicr, who fought at Sula-
nianca and Vlttoria. aim was piob-
alilj a coniiadc la anus of Sir John
t ulhornc or Sir Pei-egriae Maltland.
\\iu'w.ck. f;-,,ai 111. Uiig.lsli ,'o'j:ity
o Warwick.
Bnsikc, fi-oiu Sir James B.-ooke, Ha-
jah of Svirawak.
Plymiitoii, an Enghsh town.
Sarnla, the Roman name of Isle
idiiernsi'y. where Sir John Colborne
was Governor. Is-fiire he came to
( anada. T'lp tra.iitioa Is that In 1835
Sir John CollKirae, then Governor
Uslted ■'
Mono, whU-h is tho Simnlsh" wor^liiU";-";!:,/;,""""',"'!"" ,""'?^,*''?.K'»P-
f'<r moaki-y. :(,,,.. '■-"
.Melnnetlion, the German relighnw 'I'liat
Lord Dalhimsle that eiiiild nut fall to I
ju,ll,'c,l mla,l nciiualiiU'il with Idai
Lor, I Dalhoiisli' \vas Governor of t
Are! '
i.»,nl
allt"
Ill
,.,,,,,, ..,..,. ,1 (,n .<,i,t-r,,i>r III I a,,-:- , , . '"'- '^'iiu
.1,111 niitl, lf-28, when he was n|i|,i- iiti'il I ,,'-'i ','" '""■''''^•r "' her Iiiiiik-o
Comuianilpr-ln-Chiif of the fon-cs in ! '^ """''"' '•"'"« '"'e.inn' her enemy.
liiilhi
A rc<X'nt numliiT of the Acaillan II
coriler aialirax) glv.'s the follnw li
**, .
{liiupso of old tinii's ;
draw iiig-r SHU tilli"! hlni with alarm
Wli'ii th" King Irfrlcnilol Queen
:lari>llnc. l';iiloii wns her trlen.l Uer
Iconflili'litlal ailvlsi'r- the depositary of
licr ,s,'cret sorrows .111,1 th,,, wi,rin do-
iconce,
. . the
line man was not only acccssiirv to
her prosecution, hut never neems to
have bail one spark of regret one
' •omiiiinctloug sorrow, 'that his
eformer, ".-^.-liwarz Bnk'."
laithor (Martin),
.Vniar.'iiitli. a flower of the cox-
comb variety, that iloea not fade or
wither ^viien phioktHl.
Miilmiir. unknown. j
I'ERTir COUNTY ;
Is naimyl 11-0111 li'rth-hire In Seotland.
Il« si'tllc'iient and that of the aii- !
J.iccnt i-oiint.v ,if Huron was con- j
trollivl by the Canada Land Cnnipany,
of whii'li .Mt'M,illi>|, says: "The sum-:
niiy |,>r 1.8241 wi.M «llsti,igiiisheii by |
the foniKitioii, .laih'r an Imperial
cha.rter, ,>f the Canail.'i l.ami Com-
eatahilMliIng a
for the protection of Canada.
he uaa feaiiteil right royally
liy the I'-arnia ceh'lirities of the ,lav
among wlmin we,-,' G,.,,. Diiriin,!, Caiit.
viilai. John Joiii'.s, Ciipt. Elliott, 8.
Proi'tor, ei»'. 'I'liat an e-vciirsi,in (the
fust on record 111 l.,amhtoii) wa«
planneii foi- ,1 trip up the rapils into
l..ake Huron : that Just as the boat
g|>u rightly into the lake a stiff
Oreeze Ironi the Maniti'iiliiis sprung
"P, la, hieing His Kxcelli-ncy to give
th< captain onlcrs tu " Imut ship"
nan g.-t into the Si, Clair again. The
story ginw that a (">ntcntlon was
raging alKxit this lim,' niuuigst the
Snrnians alsiiit
that
the village
> rniiiK JU-lli igh the Hultllur, tin
T, the Hi'linlur, tin* colirtlor, tltf
'i-iitur, tlH* iiut't, till' liiHturiaii, tin
jphiluNuphi!!', whiiiu wi- plL'tupt* tn (Mir
nclvcB, HuiiiPtiiiiHH rnvleniiiK tin
• ^iieeii'H guard, N{>in)-ttia<!ri giMii^ chum
u* a .SinuilNli ^alU'iia,
tiu' L'lilt'fn i>r till' cuuntry party ia tlu
UiMiHf (if CoiainoiiN, then again aiiir-
iiiuring (Hlo of liis Mwcct luvi'-rtoag.^ tnc
near tlio t'aps of Her lligliiit'SH' aialtl*
of honor, ainl wiioa afte** poring over
tlie Talrjuii, or collating I'olybiua wllli
Livy."
iirfnnl, from a tcwn in Suffolk.
]->nglanJ, with ;i large imeieat
cliuieli, nnil flia' ivmalnn of a -N'or-
luau citHtle. .sip lt(»lx;rt \\'alpole wu^■
the lirst lOurl of Orfoni. '
Howuril, lifter tile i;arl of K/fing
haul, >vluwe linught^'r, I^aily Mar.v
llov.-arii, «aN niarrleil to Sir Guy
cnpleton, (iovernori-Uoneral of Cun-
aiia., at the time tlie^e towiislilpfi
were H.urveyeil and • ^ .led.
I'amihyi i\Vc:it) In Kent, niul Cam-
ilcii (KaHti la Addliigt<jn I'ouaty,
from Iharles Pratt, i:art of Caui-
lieii and VU-xxiuiit Uayhaia of IJay-
liam .\1>1«'.V, Su*«x, born 1714, died
37114, t hiof JuHtlce of the roaiiuon
pleas. Lord I'Imiiwdlor in i'liathani'H
tinverainent il7fl(li, and rreHidiMit of
the I'oiuicil uiuler the youngt-r l*itt
tiir nine years. Ho opposed the taxa-
tion ot America. Macuulay uay.s Lord
ramdeir.s "iiitegrlt.v, ability and
eolla-
the pnbiie respect.'
Tlie following Is cllpi>cd from an
Ottawa paper :
■Those wlio met Lord C«mden on
\'. -i Vi'i.v tbrniifth i*>otuiiln. last sniu-
nier will lie iiit4ireNted in hearing. tl>at
\:m engain-ment lias Just been an-
nounced til .Mi»-i Joan NevlII, a daugh-
terof Lord Ileriry .Nevlll and grau I-
,liiught<'r of the .Mju-iiul.'j of -Mier-
g.iveiiny. Itut \vhat will apiieiil more
to ottawans K timt Sllss Nevlll la a
jiicce cl the two Ijiptaiii Stri'at-
fields. who were, each In hla time,
durtiuctly popular here."
I'liatliam, from t'hatiium, a Tarila-
niontary borough and mival ur>caal
of Kngland, on the right bank of the
Medway, near its confluenon witli
the Thnraes, :»> miles from London.
The dockyard i.s a mile long. In t(lii7
the Dutch imdcr De Ituyti^r sailed up
to l hatliam, destroyed tin
till
t,(
in .Mid, .lea
II i
till' Cl
MsHDiiri, probably Indian, akin to
MlHwourl, whleli meaiiN mud river
The Linbpo Cotirlcr In reNpoimlble fop
the following : " We venture to Hny
thi'ii aiiMwerlin-l "'"' Ihere are few people who kiuiw
liKW the towiiNhip of .NlNHiiuri got itH
luinie, .\n old mnn. whiMe people now
live in the fiiMlern part of Ontario
and who In ihe very early history
of .VlHKouri lived la tlin northern part
of that township, gave the writer n
history of how the towiiHliip was
nanu'd. which Neeuied reaKonable, mid
is liki'ly true. IjiMig ago, when thi..
county and othi • ailjulning
were known a» the '■ lilMtrict of
Brock," Scoteli settlePH named a sec-
tion (known now as Wiwt an I Fast
Zorra) after the blrtli|ilaee of >iauiaoii.
Home 'Yankees Nettled in the west,
and ill speaking of the section of the
county la which they liveil, iiescrlbcd
It as iK'liiK " nigh Zopri ," op neap
Zorra. There are letters et in the
posMcssloii of N'issoiirl people' addresm-d
" nigh Zorra," but for near half a
century the township lias lieun known
us Nlssourl."
NOUrOLK COUNTY
Is named after the English .Norfolk.! liwtati
of ius townships t'lliit'
!ll»l>lt til.
.\ll-
caster township got its name.
Ily the sixth section of tlie Coiisti-
tiitional .Vet n7bl i proiisioa vvai^
made for the cpeatlo.i of a liereilltary
iiutiility In Canada, with the liere.il-
tapy right of Isdng s, miiioaed i.o tliu
Legi'tlative I'oiinell. Happily ttiH iTu-
tliority was not exepclsed ; othepwlse,
as lioliept lioupiay pemarked, " we
should have seen, perliups, the Duke
of Ontario loadiitg in a cart of iia,v,
iiiy Lord lirie iiltchliig, and Sir I'eti-r
Superior making '.lie rick ; or iieriiaps
Ills Ornce might now liaie lieeii
countlifii figuring as a pettyfoitging lawyer, his
Lordsiiiii a« n pu .lac, and Sir Knight
tm ti iHKir imrsoii, starving on .'i.uoi)'
aeri?** of clergy reserves."
We were spared the spectack' of such
alisardlties, and life lueinticPK of the
Legislative CiMiiicll were the neurest
apprisich ti a nulilllty vouchsafed
t<j us.
Nlagitra Is of Inmaii origin, mean-
ing "thiiniler o' water "; others way
It wiiH the name of a tritie. (loveriior
rtimc<x> tried tii «uli«tit.it4' tiie Lug- j
llMlt name Newn.rk for .Mngarii, but !
the people preferred t.it.' latter, and
the name Niagara wii-i formally re- 1
I liy law lu 17!i1. (
ton may liaTB Isen called aft»T
Towiisend takos Its name from lien- j , sir Heaiy Cliuton, Couimamler of His
eriil Townshend, who, with Ai.niiral. Majesty's forces Irt. America during the
Saunders, sigiie.i the articles of eaiuvl \v„j. of the Kevolutlon. But rediani
ulatioii at yuelx.v in 17.j',). Ho be- 1 and Clinton are birth family naiiieH of
'XLnarknow'illlJ' commanded I v""^"'^ '^"'""i'"'* T"""-"""'. ! the buki of'NcwMWtle, liTiri" oV Llii- ^ '■>•■ ,',""• <'''l'l>
Hi' I2in?et'^ '''''"''■''■ "' '*^"-^" 17a--Si*. i.ord of i coin, of whom th# followliiB- In taken i ""t- -Jeremlii
IlliM-ii I.S named after .Major-iu'ii-
erai Sir Isaac li/ K'k, who fell in
:ll« same war at uienslon Heights.
Sir Isaac llrock's ■'Life" has ln'iui
wpltten liy .Mr. 1). ll. Read, of To-
ronto, and the story forms p.irt of
every history of Canada The
.\ndiives siiow that Sir Isaacs bro-
tllep William iironiptly apiilcd to
Lord Ihitliurst. of the Ilrltlsli (iov-
eniinent, a.skliig "tiiat he would
grant some of tlie wiwte lands in
Cpiicr I aiiada In the family of the
late iMiijor-deiicral IlriN-k, to keep
the name alive in the I'rovlnee." A
pension of tilllii a ye.ir was granti'd
to cucdi of Sir Isaac's four brothers.
The name ot llrock\l 1' wius given to
i'.Mzaliethtovvn (or SnarlingU'ii, as
some called Iti iiu honor of .'-Ir Isaac
Uroi'k, and a district which included
the itiresi'iiit C' .unty of <i>/cu.,| rop
many years ih.re the name of the
Urcx'k illstrict.
'riioraii Is a Ihdirt'w word, mean-
ing the I'entateucli, the revealed
will of (iod.
.Uara and Kama mean bitter.
".Vail wliea they eame to Marfth,
they could not drink of the waters
of .Mmrah, for they were bitter;
therefore tlii^ niiiiie of II was called
.■Vlaruli."— llxislus xv. 'J.'l.
"Thus saith the lj<ird : .\ voice was
heard in Kaiuali, lamentation, and
bitter weeiilng; Italrel wee|)ing for
her children refused to lie comforted
iK'caiise they were
.^ „ following IM taken '""t'-JPwiiihih xxxl. 1
the I'reasui-y 17M3-1SII0, to wliomi f,-oiii an article H tlie -North British i Hania Is also the Hpanilsh word fm
I many of Uovernop Haldlmaiid's de-l j{,.vlcw • - ' , br.'iiich of a tree.
jspiitches are adilreesed. ' "Froai 1742 to 1757 the I'elhamB ' S<;ugog is am Indian word, mean
j W uidhum, from Itlght Hon. William I ware la power. B»nry lelham wa« a i '"8 submerged land.
I w mdliam. Colonial Becrctary, wliose I r .-i ,.• ;- '. r^ tlrolil end'
I volumlJious eorrcspoaiteiice on Caiia- I j«evlsh temiier, biU of good Bense and
Idiuii affairs fills many pages of the | industrious business habits. His bni-
I Ai-cliiV(w. ,Macaulay eall.s W illlam | ther, the Duke of Neweairtle. was pro-
j Windham an aecompllshed and In- i bablv the greatoMt fool who ever licl.l
Ifenious orator to whom It was ' ' "
I privileg,' to list
Wals.iighaiii. from Sir William de
; Orey, IJaron iVjiisiiigiinm, who was
Attoriiey-tieneral in 17(i(l and after-
ward Lord ihief .lustico of th.i Coui-
luoii I'leas. There Is a market town
ill liurham, Kngland. culled W'al-
sibgham or VV'ol.slngiiaim.
Charlott<'Ville, after ijucen Char-
lotte, wife of King (liorge III.
Houghton, from the residence of
Sip Mjlx'pt Walpole In Kngland.
stupes. I Tliepe vyas a J>ieiit. llougliton, a
the ; bvout, who madtr foMpiciit rejiopts to
' tiov. Haldlniand duping the lievolu-
tioiiapy w.ir.
lid carried off a ship of war,
Riivai ( liarlcs
On Seiitember 2l)tli, 179;!, tiover-
nor Slmuco wrote to Secretary Dun- [ Mlddleton, from a town In Laii-
lua propcBLng_ London i-s^the scat of i j,m,i,||;^^ Kngland. In n lilcli there are
" " " ' silk and cotton manufactures. Also.
Oovernment for Upp(!r Canada, and
stating that ho hud marked out a i
[dace to be called Oxford (WoodBtiK'k),
likely to become -i town, and i.iiother
likely to bpcunie the capital of the
Lower District, called Ciiatham.
(Arehivf*! of ISal).
The Hituatious of these three point;
on the CaiiailLaa Thanics. correspond-
ing to Oxford, London, and Chatham
on the Thaeies la Kngland. suggests
.Siincoe'8 motiv"! In selecting those
iiameR.
William lltt was I'remler In 1791!,
and the fact that hn wiiM the son of
■William 1 itt, first Earl of Cliatl;ain,
may have had something to do with
the clio'ice of this name by .Slmcoe
for the ti/wii and township. The
story of William ritt, the great Com-
moner, born 1708, died 1778, from the
time he ent red I'arllament as a young
cornet of horsi! and replied to Sir
Kohert Walpole'M charge of youth and
lnei[)erlence In the Kpoecli begin-
ning with " The atrocious crime of
being a vonng man," until the t'me
when, as Karl of Ciintliaiu, be left
Ills sick bed to protest against the
employment of Indians in the war
against Aiuerlc.!, .saylnc; '■My Lords,
I am old and weak, and at present I
cannot sav more, but I 'Oiild not have
said less; if I wen- an American, as
I am an Kiiglisliuian, while a foreign
troop was lamird lu my country, 1
never wouhl lay down my arms, never,
neve-, never!" is famli'i^ir to every
student of rnglbli history, as Is
Mncaulays saying that " I'ltt wa.sno
rnilj debater like Waliwle, no speak-
et of set speeches like Clii>sterlield.
His set siieprhes were always his
rut's
a town ill Ireland. Also. Mlddleton
.MilK'y, Ilorsetshlrc. founded lll.m.
Wix)diiou.se, origin iinknowii. I'ossl-
biy a coppuiition of
family iiam*-' of the 1]
Wodidiotise. the
ipl of Kimb Ply.
IIALDI.MANI) COINTV
Was named aft<'P Sip Krederlek
llaldimajid, a native of Switzerland,
Maior-iJc'iieral in the British .\rmy,
who held Important eomniands at
I'hlladelphla and -Vlbaii.v l^fore the
Itevolutioa, and was iippoiiiti?d Cov-
criior-<;nicral of Canada in 1777,
succeeding Sir liny Car; 'ton. He
was the author uf what is known
a.s the Haldlniand Cnlle<'tion of Let-
ters iiiid l*ai)ers, relating to Cana-
dian affairs between 17."i."i and 171)11.
wliiidi forms [lart of tlie Canadian
.Vre'illvcs at Ottawa. He granted
lands on both sides of the Crraiul
Ulver to the Mohawk lro*niol.s. who
h;iil fought against the .\merlcaiis
In the war and <'irrang(?d for the
.settlement In I'pper Canada of the
U. Ij. J.,o.vaiists. .\ township In
Northumberland County is also
namcii after Sir Krederlek Haldi-
maiid. The townships of Haldlniand
are :
Ca^"Uga, Oneida and Seneca, after the townshi|is of
high office ill this country, yet by
perfidy, by Intrigue, by parliamentary
eorruiitloii he contrived to remain
Minister for nearly ;iO years, and
Knuiiier for nearly ten."
The townshiiJH of the present North
Wentworth have Yorkshire iianKS, the
county of York originally (<xtendlng
fi-oni Durham Count.' to what Is now
Brant and Waterlcs . The.v are:
Beverley, from a luirllameiitary
horougli in the Last Biding fif York-
shire, England, which has a minster
or Collegiat*' Church, foundiHl by .loliii
of Beverley, with the famous 1 en'y
Klirlne within tiie choir. The origin of
the town Is 'r;..ed to the Stli century.
Flanibopoiigh. '•last and W'lwt, fpoic.
Flamborough Head, a promontory on
the coast of Yorkpliiie, England, wlilch
rlH<« 43l> feet above tlie '"a. There fs
a lightlioii.sf\ and Flamih.rough vil-
lage staiiils near the c< litre of the
promontory.
From llurlliigtoM C(-acli to Btoblcoke
township, in the present County (,f
York, tlier*^ was an Indian ri • ve
of HO.fXKl acrrw, which was purci 'd
by the Crown in 1805 for tl.TOi n
the recoaimemlatioa of Ooveriior i e,
HO that n»a'l« eoitlil bo laid out : iii !
Tomato to Duiulas and Niagara, .k*!
coiintif^ of Halton and IVsd arc iii-
elmled 111 this tract of .Mlsslsauga land.
One of the tltle« of the Duke of De-
voiishlriv is Ear! of Burlington. ;
ii.\ltoncoi:nty
Is named after William Halton, who
was secretary to (ioveriior Tiore. As
laU- as 1S40, by the rnioii Act Hal-
ton was divide.! Into two rld.lng .. the
East niding (onslstlnc of the ^own-
'.shl|>!, of Trafalgar, Nelson. Es.iu sine,
Nassagaweya, I-^ist and West Flaiu-
• borough, " Ering" and Beverley, the
I west riding . imslstlui; of llaralraxn,
Nlchol, Woolwich, (iiielph, Waterloo,
; Wilraot, Dumfries, ruslliieli, F.rainusa,
'. each riding to elect one niemiier.
.\s now constituted Halton contains
WUMf.VM. '.■Oii.'.v'OV
Is called after the lingiish County,
froiu which the Earl of Durhnin tnkei
his title. Its townships are:
Darlington, from a Parliamentary
Takes Its n.iiiie fpoiu Clijirles Len-
nox, Hake' (if Kiclimoad. a descendant
ill King Charles II. and the Duciiess
of i'(u'lsni(Hitli, who was a menilK'r
of the Sheliuirm (!overniuent In 17si'
He must not, i„ ,,mfounde(l witli Ids
mpheiv, the Dike of Itlclimond, who
fought till dull with I'rinoe Freder-
ick, and whose wife gave the granu
ball at Brussels on the eve of the bat-
tle of Wiiterl(x), celebraUul by Bvron
in Cliilde Ilapold:
"Thepe was a sound of revelpy by
night.
And lU'lgiiiias capital was gathered
tliepe.
Her Is'aiity and hep chivalry,"
And whosi.' tragic death from liydpo-
lihobla, in IMii, wlieii he was (iovep-
nor-Oiuiei-al of Canada, will Im) recall-
ed- Till iithcp titles of this family,
l.arl of .Marcii and Baron Methueii,
titr coiamemorated In the names .if
towiishl|>s 111 Carleton and llterboro
loiiiitles.
I!i(liiiion,i townshiii is called after
tlH' Duke of llichmond.
Fredericksburg, after Prince Fred-
erick, Duke of York, Comiuander-ln-
llllef of *Jie .\iiiiy, S(!coiid .son of King
lleorge HI.
.VdolphiiHtown, from IVliice Adol-
phe.., Duke of lambridgc, seventh >on
of tieorge III.
ADDIXin'OX COUNTY
Was named fr. ai Henry A.ldlngtoa,
\i.sc(Hint Sldiuoiith, win was
.Speaker of the Hou.so of ( oiuiiions
from 17811 to 18(11, and afterwards
Chancellor of the Excu-'ipier and Ppe-
mter of Knelnud. Maeaulay i-ays that
Addlngton was unlvepsallv adiiltted
vu s»tt.\. •utit.n itii-i ii»-,s„ ,>,i.'aikti tmii
had Nate hi that chair since Ihe re-
tirement of Onslow. But nature had
not liestuwed on him very vigorous
faculties. He was a favorite with
till
borough of Durham, i:iiglaiid, coil- ! the King, w hom he resembled In nar-
talning a (lotlde (diiindi founded In
1100. The town i.s governed i>y a
bailiff .iiipointed b.v the Bishop of
Durham.
Clarke, after M'.Jor-!ienoral Alurcd
Clarke, who was Lieutenant-ilover-
nor 111 1 '■;, and who apiiears, from
the corn .^pondcnce in the .\rclilves
wltli Duiidas, Simcoo and others, to
have lie(^i a careful and capable
business man ;
Sir .-Vlured Clarke was iKirii about
\74'< : served In (icrmniiy under I or.'i
Oranby in 17.-,i> ; accompanied Howe
to New York; I/leuteniint^Hovernor
of .lamalcn 178L'-m) ; in 1711.-. sent
with r(diifore«"ments to India ; U--
caiae Conimander-lii-riilef in India
and died la 1^:1-', aK»'d S7.
IIo|)e. nft«'r Colonel Hop", n eiem-
luT (if the Legislative Council, wiio
acted as Oovernor In 17S0, while
aw-nltlng the arrival of I-ord Dor-
chester.
The WH-ond row of townships
rownps.1 of mind, and t<i whom he
was more olweipdous than I'ltt had
ever lieen. But Ad(lln,^,-ton took his
elevation (to the Premiershipl iinlu-
Nerl(mBly, attTllmted it to his own
merit, and considered lilm-sclf as one
of the great triumvirate of English
HtJttesmen, as worthy to make a
third with I'ltt and Fox.
vVmong its townships are :
Krnostown, ..Iter Prince Ernest
Augiistu,'. King of Hanover and Duke
of Cumberland, filth son of Ueorgo
III. *
Ainher.st Idand, from Jeffi ry, I.,ord
Amherst, Isini 1717. who eommand-
eil the Bri.ish troops, at Loulsburg
IT.'H, ca[ '.ured Montreal from the
French 17(H), U'canie field marshal
and died at Montrt-al In 1707.
Camden (Fust), after i;arl Camden,
dewcrltwd In connection with Kent
County.
Sheffield, from Lord Sheffield, who
in I In the debate on the Constitutional
li'"Htitutf.' of every
:uality whlc'h tlie Nkilful <ll|ilonia tist
must possess, (mtgeiieraksl by their
opponents, and aiiiiouH apparently
only tosMiure pence at any price, they
grante<l coiieeHHloes, whicli. In the
wordH of a representative of the
French (lovernment, 'exc-otod any-
thbig we believed possible." Mr. (nf-
terwanw »i-v flenry straidiey ap-
pennsi on the scene too late to avert
(IIhusUt His exmrngeoiiM efforts at tiie
last moiuennt pnwivl virtually usidess. ''
■U(y\ furhlil that I should ever have ''
a haiwl In Hi»h anothnr peace, lie 1 '
wrote. In one of the letters which •
are now publlsheii fin- the first time. !
Lord Hhelbunie and his collengues can, "
of ('(uirse, never lie frend from the dls-
crixllt which nttnchiH to such bar- i <"
gaining. With them the hlaiiio prim- , K
arily lies for the generous endow- •'
in.-nt of the Republic with the gigan- I'
tic lioiiiKlarles ™i tin south, west, I
and north wlilcli so largely deter- | '
lleorgt! Yonge, a meinber of the Sliel- ! <i
burne (lovernment, and \l
rained Its future [lower and liifluem^e."
YoiiQ^ township is named after Sir !b
ICsc'itt. after Yonge's residence. Sip si
Edward Lloyd (Haroii Mostvni, who i b
was SecH'tary of War In I77.S. map- jo
ried Amelia, dniightep of .sir William \c
Y'ongt\ of I'.scott. lev ^
Ellzal)etlitown, nf. . ■.-'.ess Eliz-
abeth, daughter of odi -^ .1.
Croiby Is the na> n'. - place In
England. Lieut, V • r-: "(iiiierln-
tendent of the ar o store ip An-
Irew, In 1778, Is mentioned Ui the Ar-
chives. ,
Elinsley takes Its name from Chief
lustieo William Ilmsley, who riled in
IHO.-i, nm-d 4a lijaving a large fam-
lU- nil... <^|,, „, „,T,l.j,|„ .,»,U^T^
tions froiv. .lo wi n, . , for „
grant of land r also, that tha Oc,...
ernment shall buy hhi resldenoes ■„
(Jnidiee, York aivl Niuyark for mill,
tary or other iiubllc purposes.
Kltley may f>e called from a chak.
acter called Kltely In Den Johnson'',
play, " Every Man In His Humor.*'
There Is also a Kltley township li,
Siimnier Count.v, Kansas.
Bastard, origin unknown. There
Is " Bnstad," a town In Sweden, on
the Catt<'gat, and " Bastar."
a state In India, peopled by
wild hill ninn, who pay tribute to
the British. Also called Riistar.
this country was settled by Irish ■ Act of 17i)l, moved, while Burke was
Immigrants, who brought the names I s-|«'akliig, that the pris'eiMllngs were
of I . , . -.
trdjes of Ihe Six Nations Indians.
I'unii. from Hon. Thomas Dunn, a
menili'T of the l-^xeculive Council of
Ciunida, who was Administrator cf the
(ioveriui .'lit after Sir Kotit-rt .siiore
Miliiex went hack to Eripl:ind li If-O:!
Kaltiimm, from a village in No.fi 'k,
Kngland, near Houghton
Esiiueslng, an Indian name,
Nassagaweya, Indian.
Trafalgar, from the great
lattle lu which Lord Nelson In
life.
.Nelson, Troin noratlo Nelson,
'ci.iiint .Nelson and Duke of Bioiit
Vis-
wiio
worst. But passionate as was ,„,ii,
eloipience, It was the eloipience of a jyj(j
statesman, not of a rhitorlclan."
"Chatham sli^'ps near the nnrtliern
he<n appropriated to statesmen, as
the other end of the same transept has
long been to pix-ts Jtnnsfleld rests
there, and the Sfs'ond William I'ltt,
and Fox. and fJrattnn, and Canning,
and Wllberforce In no other cemetery
Sherbrooke, ,rom Si- .John Coaiie was born la 17."S, won the b;ittli; of
Slierbrrjrike, who suci'eedcd Sir 'iordon ,ut. Vin.-:>ia, under Sir .Tohii ,li-vis, In
Driimmoiid us (ioverror of Canada In 17!)7; the liattlu of the Nile ii. 17iis ;
■ the liattle of ropenliagcn in ISOI ;
Canhorn, from Benjamin Canby, who fell in the battle of Trafalgar, Oct.
prcK'ured I'.i.OilO acres of I ind in the - "Ht. 1805. "England exiiects every
Do'kstader. on a promise to pay t.'i.O'iO
to maintain the Indian's c' Idren.
M'HiIton, the family seat of the ISoiil-
toiis, in Lincolnshire, England. Henry
.1. Boulton. Attorney-Oencrnl cf Upper
Canada, got .'?O,8U0 acres of Indian
Afanvers, after a county of Ireland
and
('avail, a county of IwHaiid.
Cartwrlght township was called
,ift<'r the Hon. lilchard Cart-
wright, menilsir of the l-;xecutlve
Council, grandfather of Sir lileliard '
Cartwrlght, the present .Minister of !
Trade and Commerce. In 17;i'l, Mr.
Cartwrlght estimate 1 that only one-
tvventietli of the iiopulalhin of Cn-
pe." Canaili ludonged to the chiiri'h
of Kngland. and though n devout
niemllor of that Ch "'b lilics"lf. he
't.'ongl.v protested ai::alnsv. glvlnu: It
the same exclusive privileges It en-
joyed In r.rltaln. He advicuted al-
lowing mlnls-ters of all eliiir-lies to
I'frform the niarriai» Cviemonv. but
that rii,'lit w.'is not crnnted till 1S:il.
NOItTHIMi'.r.KLAND COl'NTY,
Callcl after the T:nKll.sh I'ouiity of tic
Mime name, for a long time included
^ tiie pre.sent county of Pcterbor'iiigU.
i which was descrll^'d in the liiion
'.et oT 1810 as tliP Niirth Hiding of
Northiiinlierlan.l. Its towiisliliis ape .
Mupra.v, after sir .lames Murray.
Oovernor of ijiiebcc from 17d''l to
1707.
Cramahe, a Svyiss Secretary to
• lov. ^lurray, and Miii-elf admlulstra-
toT of tla? fiover iftcr Sip (liiy
Cnrlet(Mrs depnrl I'ngiand In
1770.
Ilnldimand. Covcriior 177S-17S."i,
a lid
Hamilton, l.leiit^'nant - Onvcrnor
il7H."ii between Haldimand aiul Lord
Iioichestei.
Bj-lghton, called on account of the
I not In onk'r. Mr. Anstruther also
ended Burke to order. Fox felt bound
to support Slie.''lelirs motion, which
Burke resented, ind the were never
again frlead.s Lord Sheffield's mo-
tion was withdrawn.
Keniieliec, from
In Maine.
count.v and river
man to do his duty."
There Is a preitty romance which
gives "Nelson's memor.v a sentimental
interest in Cana '". During his ser-
vice at (juehec in 17H2, when he was
hut t.'l years of age, he b,icamo In-
fatuated vVltli ri beautiful Canadian i longi bencii extending Into Lake On-
Kaladar, Irish.
Denbigh, from a county In Wales.
i:ffliighaui, from Lord Howard,
Earl of i:ffinghani. wlio.se daughter
married Sir liuy Carleton.
Ablnger. from Sir .Tames .«lcarlett„
Baron Ablii^ir, who was Attorney-
Oeiieral In the British Oovernment In
18'..'7,
BarrU', from Cnptnlii Bnrrie, who
burned two French storeshlps In
ISU. Captain Barrl" comnmnded the
St. lawrence, Albion and Dragon,
which chased Captain Barney up tli
llivep Patuxent iK-fore the
of Washington City in 1H14.
"Barrie takes Its name from Com-
moiliire Barrie, who eommaicled a
r.ritish naval Kquadrou at Klngstoc
during the wnr of 1S12-l."i." Th ■
name Is also applied to the village
of '(arriefiidd. near Kings-ton, an 1 to
the town of Barrie In Him.«e
( ounty.
Anglesey, f.rom th- Island and
county In North Wales, where
there are mines of copper and lead.
Henry Wllliain I'.'iget, Earl of Hx-
liridge. who lost his leg at tile bat-
tle of Waterloo, was the first Mar-
quis of Anglesey.
i.Vshby. from Ashby de la Zouolie,
a market town of lielcestershlre.
KnglMiid. which has a ruined casfe
In which Mar.v (imx'n of Scots w s
once confined, and a church which
(iUENVILLE COUNTY
Was ciiMe.l after Lord (Irenvllie,
whin* sister Hester married tlie older
Pitt, I remler in 170.'l, and who was
Inrgi.'ly res|io<islbIe for J,lie loss ot
America to tlie British Crown.
" (irenvllie lilmself was ploddingly
industrious and 4iot without finaii-
clal ability, but his mind was narrow
and iiedantlc in \\m tone. Orenvlllo
had no ralnd to change his plans. In
lebruary, 1705, the .'^tani|> Act was
pasHMl through both Houses with less
opposition than a turnpike hill. At
tills critical moment Pitt was absent
from the House of Commons, ill."
" It was wlttliy said, at a later
day, that Mr. Creiivllle lost .Vmerlca
because he read the A-'ierlcan de-
spatches, wliic'i none of his predeces-
sors ever did." — (ireon.
Or from (icorgo (.irenvllie, a cousin
of Wllliain I'ltt, Jan., Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland In 17S;.'-87, crtuited Mar-
i|uLs of Buckingham, a man of honor
and ablllt.v, whoso titles are found In
Buckingham town, lu Ottawa Coun-
ty, tiuebec, and Chandos townsld]),
in Peterborough ('ounty, Ontario.
Lord vJpenvllle once saiij in the Brit-
ish House of Lords, a body to whicli
tlie Caniidian Ijenati! has sometimes
iMS'ii comiiared, " M.v Lords, .vou pos-
Ne»i the power, a great power, for
gtxiil. But lliore U a powi-r whiicii
you do not jiossess— any moio than
t:ie House of t'oinnions, aii.v luoreli
that tile constitutional sovereigns of i
this country— you iiave not the '
ilitiire i I'owep to treat with cont^'iiiiit tiie:
Inatlonai will when it is iegitiniately ■
.-ind constitutionally exprcs.sed."
Augusta, callcjl after the Prlii(»«(i I
.Vugusta So|il a, daughter of Ooorgo
111. f
I'l^vardsburg, after his son, Prlniio .
I'dvvard, Duke ot ICont, father of i
(.iiiccii Victoria. j
Ixfft: I. after tlio English County, is 1
cdlleil o, ford (Ml the Itldeau to distin-
tliigiiisii It from Oxford oa the
Thames.
Soutli (lower, al -er Earl (tower, a
1 member of Pitt's (iovernment, 17811.
Wolford, from a property belonging
j to (ioveruor Slmcoe. He was burled
I at Ills domestic chajiel at " Wo<ilford."
I A mouunmnt to his nifmory, by Flax-
inan, was er,9Cted i'l ExeMr ■('atii(>-
Idrnl. Klngstord »|ir.j it with the
I double o.
lllli-
Trliil-
iiiiiiltly thniUKli I>"MlltiiU' (if i.vrrv
i:Miillt.v wlil.li the Nkllfiil (lliiloniatlHt
luuHt |i(«»cHM, i)iitg<Mii'nilc<l liy thiilr
opiMiiii'iitH, ami aiiiliiiiH nppnrpiitly
iHily ti>»cur»> p<'ni'c at any prlip, tliisy
Uniiitwl c()iic<M«lni'H, whieli. In the
wonlH of n ri-sm-sontfttlvn iif thn
Fri'noh (lovnrnmont, '«xr"iKl(>(l any-
thlim wo hfllovwl piwsllilc" Mr. inf-
tprwanta »i-' Jlpnry .strncliHy ap-
pf-nM-.! iMi tlm wi'nn tcK) late to avi'rt
<ll»iHt<T HI(ic<>iirnK»><»iiM cffortaat tlip
laHt laonipnnt pnmvl virtually uwIcnh.
•(iol furhlil tlint I Khiml-.l i-vcr liavn
a lunwl In wicli nnotlinr piaip, In-
wrotp. In <in«< of the IpltpfH wlilnli
MTU now pulillHliwi liir tlip first tlmn.
I.onI HhpllMiriip anil IHb rollpngiiPH <nn, "'"''
of courBP, never l)o freocl from tlie ills- LnnrasWr, from the i;nKllsli rlty,
orp<tlt whlrli nttnchiH to mifli hnr- 1 ■'"Plt'il of I./mcnHliIro, fnrnoux for ItK
KalnInK With them the hlaain prim- Ki''"' miiiPilmt and the cnHtlp, found-
arlly lli« for the generoiiK endow- '''' "'■ "'•• I'oiiipioHl on llie nHii of n
ni.mt of the Rppubllp with the K'Rin- lionlan station.
tlo hoiindjirlPN mi tlu south, weHt, Cliarlottenhurg, after n t(t%vn In
nn*l north whleh hci largrely (ieter- rruhhla, mar Ilrrll", or possibly after
untuil to wall tliiMii ti , ,, . , .
.la.l. liuv finally the llisliop K"" tor ; ''"■"r" "' Hi'it |irrin,|, •■ Hut all that
I very one of the (llengarry rittiment : '^''•■'■'"•.""'«:. "^' ,,"''. """'"■'''„ "'"< ""'"
II grant of L'dO aires of lunil in I 'an- I ",";''' ■?>■ "'" IH-Jn'lKeil H^ifwowrtion
aila. The IlUhop ralseil the Ok-n-
garry Fenclbles ri^^lment for t'lo war
of 18ia, iinil for this anil other «or-
vlres lCt;rl llathiirst granted tiini a
salary of UUIO, ami romlu hint the first
illoresuu Catholic Bishop In tlio flrlt-
Ish ilonilnlons since the Ileformatlui'.
In I8:»i Bishop Mi'n.mnell went to
KiiKlanil with Ills friend Dr. Kolph, of
Aiicfister, to nrrango for the emiarn^
tlon of more Illghlaiiilers to ('nnnda.
lie died tliire In 1H4(I, aged 7U years.
The townsliljM of lilengarry County
of his liipomjietent suee^'ssor, tin? Duke
of Ulolimoml." The lie<ilth of liov-
eriior ^tllorh^ooke wim so poor that
hr eould not riunnla long lit Canada
BathurMt. from Henry, seeoiid Karl
natliurst, Hon of Ilaron Apsley, boin
17«'.', died 18.il. Was Lord Coniniis-
Mioner of the .\dinlrnlty, ConimlKslouer
for Inillft. I'on'lgn ."^^'eretary, Colon-
ial Seeretary, President of the Coun-
ell and I'lrst I.nril of tlw .\dmlralty.
He mnrrli'd a daughter of the Ihike
of lilidiniond. The Ari-hlveH eoiitaln
niueli eorresponilenee wivh I.rf)ril llatli-
iirt, whfMe nanif! was given to ,\
Hl.strlet In ( niiada, nft<>iwurd anol-
iHlied by Aet of farilainen,'.
Unmsay, from (leiieral (leorge Unm-
say. Earl of Dnlliousie, horn 1770. iliid
1838.
lleorifo Vonge, a member of the Hliel
biirnc Government, and
mlne.1 lt« future iiower and Influenee."
Voime township In named after Sir
ICscntt. aft«r Vonge's resldeiiie. sir
Kilward Moyd (Ilaron MoKtvrn, who
was Secretary of War In 177.S, mar
i.Mieun Charlotte, wife of King (leorge
III.
Kinyon, from I/loyd, I-onl Kenyon,
iMirn 17.12, died 1802. He was the
son of a Welsh squire, ealiod to the
bar In 17."iri, attracted the attention
of Lord Thurlow, who apisilllteil iilm
rled Amelia, dniight<'r of Sir William I Chief .liistlre of Cheshire." In 1782 he
»™C'v "* '^'•eott. lev was nmile Attorney-Oeiiera!, and two
esfl KlU- ' years hiter Muster of the Itolls. On
the ntirenient of Lord Man.sfleld, I'ltt
r.llzalH'thtown. af
abetli, ilaiigliti>r of
Cro'by Im the na> plaeo In
I'liglaml. Meiit, V 'liiiierln-
tenileiit of the nr ■•.. store Ip Aii-
dr<?w. In 177S, Is mentioned In the Ar-
chives. ,
Klinsley takPs its name from Chief
.Tiistlcc William Ilinnley, who riled In
180.", ngi'd .(^>, luavlng a large fam-
tion.1 from na vi tr, . , Tor „
grant of land r also, that tha Oc,...
ernmiMit slmll buy his refildenoes ■„
(Jiii'liee, York ami Ncicark for mllj.
tary or otiicr (lubllc purposes.
KItiey may be called from a chat,
aeter inlled KItflly In Den Johnson'H
play, " Kvery Man In His Humor.'-
There Is also a Kltley township ii,
Siniinier Count.v, Kansas.
made IvHiiyon Chief Justice of
tlie King's Bench, with the
title of Lord Kenyon, Baron of
Grt'illngton. lie was disliked by the
bar for Ills overbearing dls))osltlon
and Insolent nmnnerK, but favored by
the public on account of the rigid \m-
partlallty of his iloclslons, anil Ills
•ynmff^'^'*^* '■*i™*„lt\rf»f*». .<f^ *U^ l««»r
accumulated by his prorR.s8loi:.aI
bors "V fortune of MOO.OOO.
IjOehlel, of Oulloden fame.
"Lochlel, IrfMjhli'l. Is'ware of the
When the I.onhind shall meet you In
battle array——
"Proud Cumlierland prances. Insulting
the alaln."
Eyewitnesses describe murtlers per-
Bastard, origin unknown. There i petrated by the direct command of the
Is " Bnstad," a town In Sweden, on
the Cntt<^Rat, and " Bastar."
a state In India, peopled by
wild hill nmn, who pny tribute to
the British. Also called Bustar.
(iUKNVILLi: COUNTY
Halhnnsle, from the liirl of rnlhuiisle.
llovernor of Nova Seotia, founder of
Iiaihoiisle Collrge, Ilulif.ix, who on the
death of the Duke of Itlehninml was
appointed by Lord Bathurst (lovernor-
Cieneral of Canada. He could not leave
.Nova Seotia Immeillati'ly. and Sir Tere-
grliie MnltlamI is'rformed the duties
until Dalhousle's arrival i . 1820. Mr,
C bristle, tlie historian, says "there was
II maiiliiie.HN, eaudor ir.iti inti'griiv In
Lord Dallio'ish' that (iiiilil not fail to
command the resjs'Ct of eiery niipre-
judlwd mind ncqualnteii with lilni."
Lord Dalhonsle was (lovernor of Can-
ada until l(-28, whoa lie was appoiuted
Comnianiler-ln-Clilef of the fonies In
India.
A re«x>nt nunilsr of the Acadian lir-
corder (Halifax) gives the following
a'ilLBll"P"o of old times;
■"57^ tc WK» lllilioum^. 'l.l tu» •icvvnf'^l'^ la
in the suninier of 1H20 that the Duke
of Man*'hest>»r, Sir Howard Douglas,
Oovernor of New Brunswick, Oovernor
Ready of I'. E. Island, and Sir T. Coch-
rane nronid be in Halifax at the same
time with the I-:arl of Dnlliousie, who
was cxpet-ted from Canada late In
.Inly, On the night of the lat August
the Inhabitants of Halifax gave a ball
In honor of lijo ( ountesB of Dalhousle.
lo-
ilny
field ordered to be shot — one
man hanged by his orders, without
even the ceremony of Investigation or
trial-— another 'ashed to the limit of
physical i.-ndurance— others hacked
,,.„„.., ,. . , ,, , with the broad sword to death. The
Was ealled after Lord •■renvilie. ; ..o„„t„ „„s 1„I,1 waste with fire and
vi„«e 8lst..r Hester married the older j^word. The castles of Lovat, CI- ngnrry
1 Itt. I remler In 170.), and who wiw m„d L„,.hlel were burnt. Hut« and liov-
Inrvti'iy respotislble for J,lie loss of
America to tlie British Crown.
" (irenvllie himself was jiloddingiy
Industrious and .not without flnnii-
clnl ability, but bis mind was narrow
and iiedantlc In lt<i tone. (irenvlllu
had no mind to change his plans. In
February, 170'), the Stamji Act was
liasHiMl tlimugh both Iluuses with less
opposition than a turnpike bill. At
this critical moment Pitt was absiuit
from the House of Commons, ill. "
" It v.as wittily said, at a later
day, that Mr. (Irenvllie lo.st .Vuierii'u
iM^eauNe he read the A-<ierlian de-
spatches, whlc'i none of l-ls predeces-
sors ever did."— (ireon.
Or from (leorge (irenvllie, a eousJn
of William Pitt, Jan., Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland In 1782-87, cr«'atcd .Mar-
nuls of Buckingham, a man of honor
and ability, whoso titles ar<' found in
Bnckingiiam town, l:i Ottawa Coun-
ty, tiuebee, and Chandos townslili>.
In l'et<'rborough C'ounty, Ontario.
Lord Orenvlll© onco said In the Brit-
ish House of Lords, a body to which
'the Caiitidlan Ijenatf? lias sometliiies
iMS'U compared, *' M.v Lords, you pos-
si'Hs the pi'wer, a great power, for
goofl. But tluore U a power wliiicii
you do not jiossess— any nioio than
tiie lIoiiNn of ('ommons. aii.v mure
that the constitutional Hineri'igiis of
tiiLs country— you have not tin-
po\v<'r Ui treat with contempt the
nntlon.'il will when it is legitimately Ire
.•iml coiiNtltutlollftlly expr'-s.M'il." , Cali'douia, from a name glvei; by the
Augusta, callcj^ after the IVlnceSd Honians to the nortlieru part of Seot-
Angustu SopI a, daughter of Ooorjio lid,
HI- r "O Caledonia, stern and wild!
I'lhvardsbiirg, lifter his son. Prince ; Meet nurs)' for a isjetle elilld."
Kilwnrd, Duke of Kent, father of i ilfred, from Crime Aifivd, m... "f
Duke of Cumberland— wounded on the 1* wn" brilliant In the extreme. The
company began to assemble at nine
o'eiock, and, half an hour later. Lord
and Lady Dalhousle arrived, and were
rew'lved at the entrance of the build-
ing by the couinillt"e of management,
tlie hands playing, "(itsl Save the
King." Her Xdidyshlp wiM led into the
room by the Hon. Michael AVallace,
and dam-lng soon after commenced-
Ijidy Dalhousle o|>eiilng the ball with
violated." — Forbes' Jacobite Memoirs.
"The virtues of Duncan l-'orbea and
of Colunol (iurdlncr shed a lustre on
the H«Mie tllflgraced by the Duke of
Cumberland and his myrmidons; the
generous tevntlon of Lochlel elevates
a party for whleh such a victim as
Ix)vat died.'- North British lieview.
PRIXCOTT COUNTY,
Was named aft<r (leneral liohert Pres-
cott, who took part In the American
War ; "as sent to Canada In 1700 to
relieve Lord Dorchester ; he 'arength-
• ncd tile forts of (juebee, and served as
iovernor of Canada, Nova Si'otla and
New Brunswli-k till 1799, when he was
ijcoeeiled by Lleut.-llovernor i:iiiies.
I'rescott wrote to Prince lilwnrd.
'I'uke of Kent, In August, 1707, sis ak-
lig of the extravagant price of pro-
visions In Upiier Canada and of tlii
"Is were destroyed; without (ilstlne- r --■■■■.■ •• , , ,, ,,^ .. . ,
tlon of age, or sex, or rank, without '■he Hon Jinlce Hallburton, and they
broof of guilt or the existence of siis- l"''"? followed by Lord Dalhousle nnd
fclclon, the miserable Inli.-ibltants were ' "' hid.v of tiie Master of the Kolls-
siiiit like wild beasts uixm their mnun-l*'" Hohle. At 12 oelock the Hupis-r
tains, or driven with their I'nttle to lie i™™ was thrown 0|ien. The Hon.
"Mitchered with them In the south, i'''"'Ko "••'"""•""i '■""''"Ctod Her Lndy-
wlille naked women were compelled tol?''lp to the head of the table, oii his
ride on horses, and were thereafter ''''■ "'"' wated the I^irl of Dalhousle,
and on the right of the Countj-ss, .sir
Jam*)S Kempt. The supper embraced
e\ery di llt'acy which could be procured,
and all apjieared to enjoy It. The
health of Lady Dalhousle was given
b.v Judge .-lallliurtoii, and nH'elved by
th» company with the most rapturous
applause. Lord Daiiiousie ri>si' and re-
turned thanks fur the tribute of re-
aiiect thiLS offereil to K.'r Ladyship,
and at one ocliick Lord and Lady Dal-
housle retired. The mark of nttentloii
thus paid to the Counters was as grat-
ifying to her feelings as it was hon-
orable to the community. No conipll-
ment could have be«'n paid which would
have expressed more full.v tiie grati-
tude of the public fur the honor of her
vlsi i— and. It was remarked, that
while the virtues which elevated tlic
female charact^'r were ctierlslied la
Nova Scotia. Her Ladyship's bright
irnnkenncss of the soldiers when thev '""^"n";'^' "',""';' ""' ,V<' forgotten.
U tliclr monthly, pay. and many ; ,, \r\T . I'-^.T",, '-'l,..i±ir- ..^-^h
Dtlier letters f'om his is;n are found
n the Archived.
The
(iiici'ii Vhtorla. '
■)xfo. I, after the Fngiish County, Is s
ri.lhil Oxford on the lUileau to dlstln-
. tlngnihh It from Oxford on the
Thames.
.s<Hitli (lower, al ..er Karl ('lower, a
I member of Plti's (iovernment. 17811.
AVoiford. from a property belonging ,
Ito (lovernor SImcoc. Ho was hurled ""> B^on ile Longueiili
|ut Ills domestic chajiel at " Woolford." : 'ho f
!a niouunipnt to his mrmory, by Flax- ! ""•'
man. was ef,«ctod I'l Kxet*r Cathi-- 1 Haw esbury, from Ltird llawkcs-
Idrnl. KIngsford sin-.j It with the 1 bury, a riomt>er of the Porthmd
I double o. |(oallt.)a trovcrnmeiit 1783). "Of
wltli. who took a promlnont |>art In
thi> war of 1812-14. ilavLllg charge
townsliips of rrescott County i ?f "■''" """"l* *'■,"■ '" l'"nnuda In lHi;i.
•" ! IIi.s reports to Lord liathurst appear
in till' .VrchlveH.
Montague, origin uncertain. .Vd-
inlr.il .Mo.itiigue, who had command
of the Jamaeui station. Is nientlimiNl
In connection wltii Couimolore Hou-
iiie'K promotion. .Montague Is the f:im-
iiv nnme of the Karl ..' .Sandwich
.■iikI of the Duke of Manchester, wiio
iii.'irrieil a sister of the Duchess of
Uichmon<l.
Then there waa the well known
Charliw .Montague, liirl of Halifax
(H;>'.1-1715). Chancellor of the Ex-
clii'ijuer. who <k'Vl«>d the plan to c»-
tablLsh tho Bank of England, carried
Act and put the tax
(Icu-gn 111,, bom 1780, died 1782.
I'lairagi'iiet, from a surname nf the
myal anilly of i:iii^!.iiul frniu Henry
11. to )h-haril liL inclusive. Tlie name
Is now borne tlirougli collateral des-
cent b> the Duke of Buckingham and
chumlM ((ircinlllc).
Longioaii, from the Bnlgnenr, Colonel
le Bn-on lie Longueiili, who sirvcd on, .i,„ i!,,p„]|,n„,,
tho_Buish side in the Itevolutionary on windows*
Driimmond. from tiuneral Sir (lor, ion
Drum-ioml, born at Quebec, 1771. was
with ..ir Ilalpli Abercromblo In l>ypt,
1801, was an Intimate friend oF the
Bexley, after Nicholas Vunslttart.
; f.ord Bexley, Chancellor of the Kx-
■clieqner. i
Dalton. after Dr. .lolin Dalton, of
.Manchester, who died In 1844. He
wiiM 11 noted HclentL-it, and discovered
the atomic theory, that " matter con-
slsm of ultimate particles or atoms
Incaimble of division." I>alt<in inves-
tigated the expansion of gases, evap-
oration and the elasticity of steam
Elilon. from John Scott, Lonl Kldon,
the famous Lonl Chancellor of Eng-
Iniid. He vfAM the s,>ii of John Scott
i>f Newcastle where he wns horn In
17."I. When quit,' n youth he eloped
with nnd married Beiisy Surtees, and
for a long time the young couple were
ier.\' jMior. He ei.ti red Parliament In
178.'!, mill iK'cnnie a favor. ic of Lord
Tlinrlow. who mltde Idiii Attorney
lleneral In 170.'(.. In I7!)!». ns Baron
Eldon. Ii(! w.iK maiU- Chief Justice rf
the Comiiion Picas. In 18(11 he became
Lonl Chnnccllor, aini with the exci'p-
tloii of one jenr he held the seals
from 1801 to 182(1. He was a great
Tory ; opposed (!atliollc Emancipation.
Parliamentary Reform, the Abolition
of Slavery, Free Trade. Popular Edu-
cutliMi and toleration of all klmls. So
opposed was ]':i<km tti change that
"f.ie disappearance of lio.iiis from the
drnwlng-r'Kim filled lilin with alarm."
When th" King U-'frlenile I Queen
Caroline. Eldon was li"r friend— her
confidential adviser— tiic depoBltary of
her secret sorrows, and the warm de-
fender and assertor of her Innocence.
WliHii the King I)ecame litr enemy, the
same man was not only accessory to
her prosecution, but never seems to
iiave had one spark of regret— one
pang of compunctious sorrow, that his
piwltion v<\a so cruelly changed. On
till epui .ry. 101 I a^ witii
patlen the n of cold and heart-
less le ty \r, Irh he speaks In
ills pri ate le- e.. of one who. whe-
ther gi Ity or nnoceiit, bed undoubt-
edly sufi'-reci gr-Mit wron , and had
once loo :ed up to iii'u us her pri»-
tector.
Emll.y, origin lokli'' n.
Ulgby, uncertriri. Admiral DIgby
and Bir Gii.v C't. eton, as comnilssion-
ers of peace, wrote Joint letters to
(lei.fral Wasiilnstoii from New York,
.\ugiist 25th, 1782. Captain (ieorge
Soiiiervllle DIgby, horn 18(15, son of
Baron DIgby, married Lady Emily
B'ltler-Danvers, iileco of Earl of Luniw-
liorough, County C'a7an.
Laxton. unknown
Carilen. iinknov fl.
S4>mervlllB, after the wife of Sir
Francis Bond Head, (iovernur, 1835-
1838.
Longford, an lylsh county.
SIMCOE COUNTY.
.North of York, was named after John
(iraves Slmcoe, the first Lleutenant-
(iovenior of the separate Province of
Upiier Canada, whose wife wo.'* Miss
iluiilim, from w ich name the town-
ship name of (iwullinbur} in York and
Slmcoe Is taken. Slmcoo c-itabllshed
the scut of (iovernment al Newark
(Niagara) in 179'J, moved it to York
(Toioiito), dlvliled Upper Canada Into
19 counties, and named many of the
towiifthiiiti. He laid out the iJo\-
eriior's Road (Diiudus street) from
London to Dumlas ; also a trunk ro.-ul
from Dundns to Toronto and King-
ston, and Yongo street from Toron-
to to Jjakc Slmcoe. He was eutliusi-
astic with regard to the future of
Canada. In one of his letters to
^ecretary of ftrta Dunilas, ho pro-
poses a nnvn' station at Long Point,
on I..ake l-:rle, London for the m ,■. ,
of (iovernment, tells how he Im j
marked out Oxford (Woodstock) and|
Cliathaiu for town sites; in another ^
letter to the Lo-Js of Trade (1704) ho
antleipuU» thai I'cneianguishcnu will
1m' the most coiisider.-ilile town in U|h j
|K'r Cauiida. as tho pa.-.snge to the
Nortluvest will bo established there,
and the chain of lakes from Bay
(jiiinte to Lak. Silnu'on will give a
route to the merchant ■ of Kingston,
lie also proiioscii the iistruction of
tlie Murray Canal, from Bay Quinte
to Lake Ontario.
Tlie towiislili»s of Slmcoj County
arc
.Maihedash, a name applied to that
section of count./ by tli.' Indian.'!. It
means muskeg, or marsliy land.
Nottawnsaga. from the Algomiuiii
wor-.ls \nliiloway, (the Iroiiuois) and
i-aga (outlet of river). Nottawa.sapa
Bay was calliut Iro.iiiols Bay until
the beginning ol this century.
Tecunisetli, fr«m the Shawniiee
chief, born ;n 1709 up' the banks
of tho Scioto Hl-cr In Onlo. killed at
the buttle of Mirnvinutown In 1811-.
Till iinlht, Tecunseli or T'ecuni.'ietli In
the Indian langlagB signifies 'a tiger I
couching for tis prey." I
iiiiVtoii nnii .Napoleon fought In I81~i.
Itii townships are
Wcllesley. afUir .sir Arthur Welies-
ioy, Duke of Wellington.
WiKilwloli, the name cf the arsenal
town in Kent. Knclaud. where Henry
Mil. established u dockyard.
Wilmot, from Mr. Wllmot. Private
.s«i'retary to Lord Liverpool In 1810 ;
irr from a Mr. WUnicit, who was em-
ployed HH a surveyor by the (iovern-
ment of Canada In 1816.
North Dumfries, from the t'ouuty of
liumfrles. In Scotland.
Waterloo, n/ter the battle.
DUFFERIN COUNTY
Is named after Sir Freilerick Temple
HamUton-rempli'-Bl.ickwixKl, .Mar luls
of Dufferln ami Vliwount clanilehoye,
who was (iovernor-tieneral of Caiut'la
1872-78, Ambiuisulor to Itussui. Tur-
key and France; (iovernoraeneral of
Iiulla. etc.
The townships of Dufferln are.
Mono, which in tho Spanish wor<I
for monkey.
Melnncthon. the (lermnn religious
Reformer, "i^ehwarz lirde."
Luth,-ir (Martin).
.Vniaj*antli. a flower of the cox-
cximh variety, that does not faih; or
wither when pluckeil.
Mulmur, unknown.
PERTH COUNTY
Is namnl from Iferth-bLre In Scotland.
Itii settlement and that of the ad-
Jiu^eut county of Huron was eon-
troilcl by the Canada Land Company,
of Avhicii .McMuilen says: "The sum-
mer (of 1824) wiiM distinguished by
the formation, uiuler an lia|ierlat
cha.rter, of the Caniula Land (.'om
ifti-
l.-lMl M.I
whom (ioveriii.r Colborne served at
Coruuuu. Moore's dying wish was
that Colborne bo promoted.— Miss
LUars.
"Not u dritm was heard, ncf a
funeral note."
Knnlhkllleii, from the town l!i Ire-
land where the i'rotcstunts won u
battle In lOint.
A fjii of the Karl of EimisklUon
was a (K>lulcr. who fought at Sala-
iminca nnd Vlttorla. ami wns jirob-
al<ly a comrade lu arms of Sir John
lolbornc or Sir I'eregrlne .Maltland.
NSarwick. f:-,.m tin. Krigllsh county
o Warwick.
Brooke, from Sir Junies Brooke, Ea-
J/iii of Sarawak.
Plympton, an English town.
Snrnia, the lioinaii name of Isle
Ouernsey, where .sir John Colliorne
was (iovernur, Is'foro he came to
Canada. The traultion Is that lu 18J5
Sir John CollKirne, then (lovernor,
visited Sumla (then culled the Kap-
lils) with a view of estahlishlng a
fort for the protection of Canada.
That he was feasted right royally
by tho Sarela celebrities of the day,
among wlium «ere Oeo. Durand, Cap'
\hlal, John .lones. Capt. Elliott, S.
I'roctor. et4-. I Imt un excursion (the
first on rt'cord lu LamhtouJ waa
piaiineil fur a trip up the raplls into
Lake llunsi ; that Just as the ) ^at
gob .rightly Into the lake
breeze Irom tin ""
pany, a car]>*^>ratlon
tlvB «'. ueiieiit, ■
lud formerly
(dark ,
„ jtlff
, , Manitoaliiis sprung
up, liiilucing His Kxcelluncy to give
till captain orders to " iMjut ship"
ami gut into tile St. Clair again. The
story gocN that .-i cnntentlon was
ragng alM>ut tliis time aiumgst the
Surnlans alxjut ii.imuii' the village-
. ,, . that tho matter was referred to ilta
x"L^±JutV ^J™""""?. ""J that he suieestid t m
of Iniury, to the Provln.;!. 11":."™' "Kome *"* """" '"^"'^ '"""""
menc.«l It* oporatlons by buying up Uawa. ' daybreak-Sombra
vant tr..cti. of tho clergy reserves anil before dawn »</ui"ra
Cr<>wii lamb at low jxrices. which III Kunheiula. '(.reek. " g«od language,
' ' ' was
ameron
has proved an Injury to this country i XiTlcSIir'l HnI;ro^'■"' tl^."""' "' ^""^
prectacly In proportion to its ox- 1 l^a^Si In P^r in Jei^, i^?'"'''*;'**''
tent. Thus, without. once asking the j J^iXJSn ^'""'""''■" ^'°"' <-<«-
couHont of the l.'piMjr CaiiaiUnii Par-
Uauiont, a vast quantity of our soil 1 BRUUE COUA'fPY
was wlthdrnwu from public purposes, I Is called after Jaaes Bruce elirhth
and pasBfxl Into the hands of private | I-:;arl of Elgin, twelfth Earlif 'Kln-
si>eculatorH of the Lou.lon .Stock Ei-| lardine." f?r some time \I P for
change. Southampton, Baron Bruce, of "Kin-
Hohl again In small lots at b. \aTio ^k-nie pr^i^'^Tho toS-'is dn'
a<»va.i<«. It was. In short a hug,, land I ,. I'^^'af^^r Mrs. wfplSa Ua,
A gianoe at the ll«t of the cu-lglnal
directors of the Canada Comixiny
shows the source of the names of sli
towiwhlps In l-ertli Cminty :
Rlchajsl "lllansliaril," John "Fuller-
ton," John "l^isthope,' !-Ulwnrd "EI-
lloe," M. 1., William "Hlbbort," Hart
"Logan."
I08.1, ■ (luveruor of Canada In 1846.
Lovernor Ueueral of India, 18H0.
ded there in 1863. It was Loru El-
gin who ivas stoned at Montreal la
1849. when the I'ariiament bullt^
lUgs were burned. He negotiated the
Reciprocity Treaty of 18.-,4.
D„-wnle t..-."« the name of the Com- i peopr hcnce^'fhe''{;';w'siifo oT^e^,
mtslore of the Lake fleet U. 1812, killed cur?lck Cu\^ gS^ k*^ ArS.i?
at the battle of Lake Champlain, l-^U. are found t,recno,.k, Arran
Thon' was a bitter controversy about AIbemarl> Vl-jconnt ii.ir.- >»., nr »h~
f.Ll"™r|!l'.-L"«V'? responsihUlty for Earr of Alb.m';;?rP?K"pI;Ii).^°;?»°J l^u!
perintendent tieneral for Indian Af-
Conuuodoro Downie's death.
Mornlngton. from the Earl of Morn-
ington, brother of the Duke o' Wel-
lington, nnd fathRT-ln-lnw of Sir
Clmrlrt) Bagot, »iho succeeikid Lord
.s,v.ienliam as Governor ol Canada In
1811.
Lima, unknown.
Wallace, possluly from Col. Hon J.
H. Wallace, who raLso<l a regiment
In 18,18 by omior of Lord Beaton. Suc-
coeikid to the name nnd estates of
Lord Wallaoo. Original name Hope.
HtjRON COUNTY
lUiH nn Imlijin name, applied to the
great Huron iiatiim. The orig-
inal mi.,-inlng of the wonl Is a fern't,
according to 0110 authority,
"PlcturcHiiue Cana«ln" says:
"Luke Huron, whom" moilcrn name ,4,
Is taken from the soubrl.iiiet of Imre f ™'V'''
or wild boar, given ov the French to
the Wyanootte InilLiiis on account of
the manner Lii which they dri*8ed ■;i»KKP''<t o» .v
their hair." KepTel family
i)f the towi'Milps of Huron, lour arc
e.ailivl after Canada Company Direc-
tors: Heiiiy "Usborne," "Martin
"Tucker Smith." John ■■Hulletf nud
James "McKlllop."
Hay. from a large shareholder in
tiic company, .ilr. (ieorg.' Johnson
s.'iys :Mr. liir,- w-nti an Uniler .'*oere-
tary of .State. Ther ' wai al'-'o' a
JiidRe llay in the early part of
century.
Wawanrv>;li. from the Chief of
I'liipiicwa Indians on the Snrnla
w-rve in 1840. The word mean>:
who ambles the water."
MorrU. from Hon. Wm. Morrl.'j,
P., for Lan.-irk. or his brotlie
James Morris. M. P. for Leed
ma.'.ter-tleucral In the forties
St;uiley, from I'dward (ieoffrey
Stanley. Earl of Derby. irii 170!)
Under Seeretary for the i ilonles lii
the Canning and Ooderlch c.orern-
falrs In ( unada. 18.")4-5ll. and mar-
ried Sophia Mary, daughter of Sir
Allan .MacNnlj. 01 Hamilton. I'rlme
Minister of Cannila.
Right Hon. William Coutts Kep-
IM'l, Viscount Bury, on of the Earl
of Aibt'marle, lorn 1812 ; private sec-
retary to Lord John Russell In 1850;
Civil Secretary and Supi'rlntendent-
(ier.eral of Indian Affairs for the
I'rovlnce of ( anada In 1855. .Author
of several iioUtloal and historical
paiiers; sat for Norwich as a Lib-
eral ; was sworn a Privy Councillor
In 1859.
"In lS,"i.-> Lord Bury, the private
'bu"t '*'<^''''tnry of the (io^e^nor-Ocne^aI,
was Hjiit to iHjgotinte a treaty that
would oiien the (Saugceni reserve for
Now the nnmes of
townships, town plot, road nrd al-
most evervthlng else In tli" i'uulnsula
Ills Ixjrdshin ami the
. instead of the old lords
of the 1,1511."— Pioturesi|UC Canada,
p 507. .
St. Edmund's, after Bury . i. Ed-
mund's In Suffolk, where St. Edmund,
KPig and ' art.vr. was crownci *r
8.-ifi. Tilrthplnce of Bishop na1-i..u
Vls.oimt Bury takes his title fro.u
Bury St. Kdmunds, Tho township,
was surveyed In IS."." bv Mr. F. H.
Lyiich-.Stauiitou. of this city, and Its
town site is calicil Burv.
l.lml^n.v, from '.illK'mavIe Bertie,
ninth Earl of Llr. !.-<ny. The Earl of
llnrdwlcko married Lady Elizabeth
Lindsay.
Anintiel, from Lady Amnlicl Grey.
dniiKliter of the Earl of Hardwloke.
Kastnnr. from a title of Karl Sora-
ers. a friend of Governor Sir Edmund
Fend.
the
the
'ie-
"he
M.
Hon.
Post-
l-'lderslle. unknown.
Brant. Snugo'n and Huron are In-
Uan natiHVi.
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