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Barker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Septimus_Rennie" class="mw-redirect" title="George Septimus Rennie">George Septimus Rennie</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"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1863-12-04</span>)</span>December 4, 1863<br /><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton</a>, Canada West</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 11, 1956<span style="display:none">(1956-08-11)</span> (aged 92)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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href="/wiki/Royal_Hamilton_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Hamilton Light Infantry">Royal Hamilton Light Infantry</a> (13th Royal Regiment c. 1910)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data">Vimy</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sydney Chilton Mewburn</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span></span> (December 4, 1863 – August 11, 1956) was a Canadian lawyer, soldier, and politician. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mewburn_with_Borden_and_Kemp.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Mewburn_with_Borden_and_Kemp.png/220px-Mewburn_with_Borden_and_Kemp.png" 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Mewburn, Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Borden" title="Robert Borden">Robert Borden</a>, and Sir A.E. Kemp</figcaption></figure> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton, Canada West</a>, he was the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Militia_and_Defence" title="Minister of Militia and Defence">Minister of Militia and Defence</a> from October 12, 1917, to January 15, 1920, under <a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Borden" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Robert Borden">Sir Robert Borden</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Union_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Government">Union Government</a>. Mewburn was Commanding Officer (<a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonel</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hamilton_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Hamilton Light Infantry">Royal Hamilton Light Infantry</a> (13th Royal Regiment as of 1910)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, he was a <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> (and <a href="/wiki/Adjutant-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjutant-General">Adjutant-General</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a> before his appointment as Minister of Militia in October 1917. 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