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Born in Halifax, Fairbanks was educated at King's and studied law under Robie. Fairbanks was admitted to the bar in 1811. He was a member of the House of Assembly representing Halifax, 1823-34. In 1834, Fairbanks was appointed Judge of the Vice Admiralty and Master of the Rolls.

Falkland, Lucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount of ... (1803-1884):

With Campbell having been "promoted" to the governorship of Ceylon, on September 30th, 1840, Viscount Falkland was sworn in as Lieutenant-governor. "Lord Falkland was a Whig, a lord of the bedchamber, and married to one of the Fitzclarences -- a daughter of William IV and Mrs Jordon." (Bourinot.) Cambell was essentially recalled because of the serious poltical battles that were going on between the elected representatives of the people and the appointed royal counsels. "As a titled aristocrat, practised courtier, and political manipulator, Falkland was sent to calm these troubled waters ..." (DCB) At first Falkland achieved some progress at bringing the reformerss and the conservatives together, but it was not easy and trouble broke out again (the Crown and the Assembly). By 1836, Falkland was tired of it and petitioned to be relieved of his post. He left for England in August of 1846. Sir John Harvey then came to Nova Scotia as its Lieutenant-governor. In 1748 Falkland was appointed the governor of Bombay.

Field, Robert (c.1769-1819):

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Fox, Charles James (1749-1806):

During the troubles with the American colonies "Fox was the most formidable opponent of the coercive measures of government." He advocated his position with considerable skill; always on the side of the oppressed: the American, the Irishman, the Negro: he could not side with what he thought wrong against what he thought right. (More)

Francklin, Michael (1733-82):

One of the merchant elite of early Halifax, Francklin was, in 1766, to become the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. (More)

Franquet, Louis (1697-1768):

French army engineer, director of fortifications of Louisbourg, 1750-58. (More)

Freeman, Capt. Joseph

Freeman was the captain of a number of privateers working out of Liverpool, including the Charles Mary Wentworth. "He was respected by naval officers, and enjoyed an equality with them accorded to few privateersmen."[C. H. J. Snider's Under The Red Jack (Toronto: Musson, n.d.) at p 132.] After the war he was to become a member of the legislature. "He had commanded the Liverpool privateers Charles Mary Wentworth, Nymph, and Duke of Kent in the French wars, between 1798 and 1805. The War of 1812 found him prospering as a mariner and merchant, forty-four years of age, keen, seasoned, ripe in experience. He was a strict disciplinarian, and kept his privateer in the same state of efficiency as if she had flown the whiplash pendant of the Royal Navy. Every Sunday morning the hands were turned up and he read them the articles of war." [C. H. J. Snider's Under The Red Jack (Toronto: Musson, n.d.) at p 132.] [See, too, James F. More's History of Queens County (Halifax: N.S. Print, 1873) at pp. 138-44.]

Frontenac, Buade de ..., et de Palluau, Louis de (1622-1698):

"Frontenac is one of the "more turbulent and influential figures in the history of Canada." (DCB.) In the spring of 1672, Frontenac became the Governor of New France, ruling from Quebec. (More)

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Book 1 - The Lion & The Lily (1604-1763).

Book 2 - Settlement, Revolution & War (1760-1815).

Book 3 - The Road To Representative Government (1815-1867)

NOVA SCOTIAN BIOGRAPHIES (1600-1867) [index]

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