- Born: 17 DEC 1796 – Windsor, Nova Scotia
- Died: 27 AUG 1865 – Isleworth-on-Thames, Middlesex, England
- Achievements:
- Judge of the Supreme Courtof Canada in 1841
- Member of British Parliament in 1859
- Works:
- General Description of Nova Scotia (1823)
- Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia (1829)
- The Clockmaker (1837)
- The Bubbles of Canada (1839)
- The Letter-Bag of the Great Western (1840)
- The Old Judge (2 vol.) (1849)
- The English in America (2 vol.) (1851)
- Nature and Human Nature (2 vol.) (1855)
- The Season Ticket (1860)
- Died: 27 AUG 1865 – Isleworth-on-Thames, Middlesex, England
