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William Campbell (judge)

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In the early autumn of 1822, a group of Masons met at Campbell House to plan the formation of the new Freemason's Lodge on which the United Grand Lodge of England had conferred the name and style of St. Andrew's Lodge #1 on the Register of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Upper Canada and #754 on the
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in 1799, but did not take his seat until 18 June 1801, and his seat was declared vacant 17 Jan. 1806, apparently due to the press of his other duties. Also in 1799, he was appointed attorney general, superintendent of coal mines and a member of the
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on Duke Street at the head of Frederick Street. This house was later acquired by the Advocates Society of Ontario and moved to the north-west corner of Queen Street and University Avenue on 31 March 1972.
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In 1811, Campbell was appointed to the Court of King's Bench in Upper Canada and arrived in York (now Toronto) later that year. In 1814, he assisted Chief Justice
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English Register with Campbell as its first Master. This Lodge was later renumbered #16 on the register of the new Grand Lodge of Canada.
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The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983: a biographical directory
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by presiding over several of a series of trials known as the "
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Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Nova Scotia
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William Campbell (disambiguation)

Chief Justice
Supreme Court
Upper Canada
York, Upper Canada
Nova Scotia
Caithness
Scotland
American Revolution
76th Regiment of Foot (MacDonald's Highlanders)
Yorktown, Virginia
Guysborough, Nova Scotia
Thomas Cutler
8th General Assembly
Sydney County
Executive Council
Cape Breton
Nicholas Nepean
London
Thomas Scott
Bloody Assize
Ancaster
War of 1812
William Dummer Powell
Executive Council
Legislative Council
Campbell House
Campbell House
Georgian architecture

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