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class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Nova_Scotia" title="List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia">Governor of Nova Scotia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1717–1749</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">George I</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1661</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">14 October 1750</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="Great Britain"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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England">William III</a> as a young man and for his service gained the rank of captain in the British army. He served at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne" title="Battle of the Boyne">Battle of the Boyne</a> in 1690 and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1712.<sup id="cite_ref-dcb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He raised the <a href="/wiki/40th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Regiment of Foot">40th Regiment of Foot</a> in August 1717.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1717 he was appointed <a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Nova_Scotia" title="List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia">Governor of Nova Scotia</a> by <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">George I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dcb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He arrived in <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_Royal,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia">Annapolis Royal</a> in 1720, created the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Council" title="Nova Scotia Council">Nova Scotia Council</a> and in 1722 returned to England. 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At that point <a href="/wiki/Edward_Cornwallis" title="Edward Cornwallis">Edward Cornwallis</a> was appointed Governor.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Philipps&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Governors_of_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Governors of Nova Scotia">Lieutenant-Governors of Nova Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Canada" title="Military history of Canada">Military history of Canada</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Philipps&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dcb_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dcb_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dcb_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSutherland1974" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Sutherland, Maxwell (1974). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/philipps_richard_3E.html">"Philipps, Richard"</a>. In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography" title="Dictionary of Canadian Biography">Dictionary of Canadian Biography</a></i>. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto_Press" title="University of Toronto Press">University of Toronto Press</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Philipps%2C+Richard&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+Canadian+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=University+of+Toronto+Press&rft.date=1974&rft.aulast=Sutherland&rft.aufirst=Maxwell&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biographi.ca%2Fen%2Fbio%2Fphilipps_richard_3E.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Philipps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSmythies1894" class="citation book cs1">Smythies, Captain Raymond R. H. 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(16 January 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rnshs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/RNSHS_ThreeLivesEdwardCornwallis_JohnGReid_2013.pdf">"The Three Lives of Edward Cornwallis"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. The Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 September</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Three+Lives+of+Edward+Cornwallis&rft.pub=The+Royal+Nova+Scotia+Historical+Society&rft.date=2013-01-16&rft.aulast=Reid&rft.aufirst=John+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rnshs.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F02%2FRNSHS_ThreeLivesEdwardCornwallis_JohnGReid_2013.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Philipps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Philipps&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/deportation/archives.asp?Number=ONEI&Page=17&Language=French">Government of Nova Scotia Archives</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #CF9C65;">Military offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Livesay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Livesay (page does not exist)">John Livesay</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Colonel of <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Regiment" title="Suffolk Regiment">12th (Suffolk) Regiment of Foot</a> </b><br />1712–1717 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Stanwix" title="Thomas Stanwix">Thomas Stanwix</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New regiment</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Colonel of <a href="/wiki/40th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Regiment of Foot">40th (Philipps') Regiment of Foot</a> </b><br />1717–1749 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cornwallis" title="Edward Cornwallis">Hon. Edward Cornwallis</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dalzell_(British_Army_officer,_born_1662)" title="Robert Dalzell (British Army officer, born 1662)">Robert Dalzell</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Colonel of <a href="/wiki/38th_(1st_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot">38th Regiment of Foot</a> </b><br />1750-October 1750 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Duroure" title="Alexander Duroure">Alexander Duroure</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Vetch" title="Samuel Vetch">Samuel 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title="Thomas Caulfeild">Caulfeild</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Vetch" title="Samuel Vetch">Vetch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Caulfeild" title="Thomas Caulfeild">Caulfeild</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Philipps</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Doucett" title="John Doucett">Doucett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Armstrong" title="Lawrence Armstrong">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Cosby" title="Alexander Cosby">Cosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mascarene" title="Paul Mascarene">Mascarene</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governors at Halifax (1749–1786)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cornwallis" title="Edward Cornwallis">Cornwallis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peregrine_Hopson" title="Peregrine Hopson">Hopson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lawrence_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Ellis_(governor)" title="Henry Ellis (governor)">Ellis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Belcher_(jurist)" title="Jonathan Belcher (jurist)">Belcher</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_Wilmot" title="Montague Wilmot">Wilmot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_William_Campbell" title="Lord William Campbell">W. Campbell</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Green_(merchant)" title="Benjamin Green (merchant)"><i>Green</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Francklin" title="Michael Francklin">Francklin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Legge" title="Francis Legge">Legge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Francklin" title="Michael Francklin">Francklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariot_Arbuthnot" title="Mariot Arbuthnot">Arbuthnot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Hughes,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Andrew_Hamond,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet">Hamond</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Parr_(colonial_governor)" title="John Parr (colonial governor)">Parr</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Fanning_(colonial_administrator)" title="Edmund Fanning (colonial administrator)">Fanning</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lieutenant-governors<br />of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Frederick_Wallet_DesBarres" title="Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres">Desbarres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Macarmick" title="William Macarmick">Macarmick</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/David_Mathews" title="David Mathews">Mathews</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Ogilvie_(colonial_administrator)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Ogilvie (colonial administrator) (page does not exist)">Ogilvie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_Murray_(colonial_administrator)" title="John Murray (colonial administrator)">Murray</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_Despard" title="John Despard">Despard</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Nepean" title="Nicholas Nepean">Nepean</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Swayne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hugh Swayne (page does not exist)">Swayne</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Robert_Ainslie" title="George Robert Ainslie">Ainslie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia before<br />responsible government (1786–1848)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Parr_(colonial_governor)" title="John Parr (colonial governor)">Parr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bulkeley_(civil_servant)" title="Richard Bulkeley (civil servant)"><i>Bulkeley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Wentworth,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet">Wentworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Pr%C3%A9vost" class="mw-redirect" title="George Prévost">Prévost</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alexander_Croke" title="Alexander Croke"><i>Croke</i></a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Coape_Sherbrooke" title="John Coape Sherbrooke">Sherbrooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Stracey_Smyth" title="George Stracey Smyth"><i>Smyth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Ramsay,_9th_Earl_of_Dalhousie" title="George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie">Dalhousie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Kempt" title="James Kempt">Kempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nickleson_Jeffery" title="Thomas Nickleson Jeffery"><i>Jeffrey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peregrine_Maitland" title="Peregrine Maitland">Maitland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nickleson_Jeffery" title="Thomas Nickleson Jeffery"><i>Jeffrey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Campbell_(British_Army_officer,_born_1776)" title="Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1776)">C. Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Cary,_10th_Viscount_Falkland" title="Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland">Falkland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Dickson" title="Jeremiah Dickson"><i>Dickson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Harvey_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Harvey (British Army officer)">Harvey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lieutenant-governors between responsible<br />government and Confederation (1848–1867)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Harvey_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Harvey (British Army officer)">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bazalgette" title="John Bazalgette"><i>Bazalgette</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Le_Marchant_(British_Army_officer,_born_1803)" title="John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1803)">Le Marchant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Phipps,_2nd_Marquess_of_Normanby" title="George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby">Phipps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hastings_Doyle" title="Charles Hastings Doyle"><i>Doyle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell" title="Richard Graves MacDonnell">MacDonnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hastings_Doyle" title="Charles Hastings Doyle"><i>Doyle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenwick_Williams" title="Fenwick Williams">Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-Confederation<br />(1867–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fenwick_Williams" title="Fenwick Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hastings_Doyle" title="Charles Hastings Doyle">Doyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Howe" title="Joseph Howe">Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_George_Archibald" title="Adams George Archibald">Archibald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Henry_Richey" title="Matthew Henry Richey">Richey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_McLelan" title="Archibald McLelan">McLelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malachy_Bowes_Daly" title="Malachy Bowes Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Gilpin_Jones" title="Alfred Gilpin Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Cameron_Fraser" title="Duncan Cameron Fraser">D. Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Drummond_McGregor" title="James Drummond McGregor">McGregor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_MacKeen" title="David MacKeen">MacKeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacCallum_Grant" title="MacCallum Grant">M. Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Robson_Douglas" title="James Robson Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cranswick_Tory" title="James Cranswick Tory">Tory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Stanfield" title="Frank Stanfield">Stanfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Harold_Covert" title="Walter Harold Covert">Covert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Irwin_(Canadian_politician)" title="Robert Irwin (Canadian politician)">Irwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Francis_Mathers" title="Frederick Francis Mathers">Mathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Ernest_Kendall" title="Henry Ernest Kendall">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Alexander_Douglas_McCurdy" title="John Alexander Douglas McCurdy">McCurdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Fraser" title="Alistair Fraser">A. Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Chester_Plow" title="Edward Chester Plow">Plow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Poole_MacKeen" title="Henry Poole MacKeen">MacKeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_de_Bedia_Oland" title="Victor de Bedia Oland">Oland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Gosse" title="Clarence Gosse">Gosse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elvin_Shaffner" title="John Elvin Shaffner">Shaffner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Abraham" title="Alan Abraham">Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Crouse" title="Lloyd Crouse">Crouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Kinley" title="James Kinley">Kinley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myra_Freeman" title="Myra Freeman">Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayann_Francis" title="Mayann Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_James_Grant" title="John James Grant">J. 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