See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

OLIVER See also:

• SIR OLIVER MOWAT (1820-1903)

MOWAT (1820-1903)  , See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge and statesman (Q.C . 1856, LL.D . 1872, K.C.M.G . 1892, G.C.M.G . 1897), was the son of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MOWAT, SIR OLIVER (1820-1903)

Mowat, who fought in the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War under See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

Wellesley (afterwards See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington) . See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

Born at See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston, See also:

• ONTARIO
• ONTARIO, LAKE

Ontario, on the 22nd of See also:

• JULY

July, 182o, he was educated by private tuition and in 1836 began the study of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law under Mr.(afterwards the Rt Hon . Sir) John A . See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald . Called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1841, he soon became a leading See also:

• CHANCERY

Chancery counsel and in 1856 " took See also:

• SILK

silk." He entered See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1858 as a Liberal and in 1863 became postmaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . He took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the proceedings of the See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference of 1864, which settled the terms of the See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation of the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American provinces, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year was appointed See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of Upper See also:

• CANADA

Canada . Eight years afterwards (1872) the Hon . See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• BLAKE, EDWARD (1833– )
• BLAKE, ROBERT (1599-1657)
• BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827)

Blake resigned the premier-See also:

• SHIP

ship of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Ontario, and Mowat was called to fill the vacant See also:

• POST

post .

He continued to be premier of Ontario until the 13th of July 1896 . Assisted by able colleagues and holding always a strong See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, he gave to Ontario a * The See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn may be so played, by forcing the breath in a certain manner, that its timbre approximates to that of the See also:

• TRUMPET (Fr. trompette, clairon; Ger. ,Trompete, Klarino, Trummet; Ital. tromba, trombetta, clarino)
• TRUMPET, SPEAKING AND HEARING

trumpet . Rudall, See also:

• CARTE, THOMAS (1686-1754)

Carte & Co . See also:

• MOUTHPIECE (Fr. embouchure; Ger. Mundstuck; Ital. bocchino)

Mouthpiece . a, The mouthpiece, , the position of the See also:

• BORE

bore inside being indicated by dot- ted lines . b, The single- or beating-See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed . See also:

• BODY

body of See also:

• LAWS

laws many of which have been copied by other provinces of the dominion and by several states of the American See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union . In eight important cases which he argued before the Judicial See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee of H.M . Privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council, he established, as against the contention of Sir John A . Macdonald, the proposition that the provincial legislatures were co-See also:

• ORDINATE

ordinate with and not subordinate to the parliament of Canada . To weaken his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence the Conservatives at See also:

• OTTAWA

Ottawa attempted to extend the boundaries of See also:

• MANITOBA

Manitoba, thereby reducing the See also:

• AREA

area of Ontario; but Mr Mowat again appealed to the Judicial Committee and was again successful . According to Sir John A .

Macdonald, Ontario See also:

• CON

con- tained under the " Quebec See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act " only 116,782 sq. m.; but Mr Mowat gave it an area of 260,862 sq. m . When he returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home after this See also:

• GREAT

great victory he received an See also:

• OVATION (Lat. ovatio)

ovation unparalleled in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of any Canadian statesman . One of his prominent characteristics was his See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . Between 1886 and 1896 Canadian See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade was depressed, and men were leaving the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in thousands for the See also:

• UNITED

United States . Dr Goldwin See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith and other prominent men advocated commercial union with the United States, viz. that the two countries should maintain a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff against the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• WORLD

world, with See also:

• FREE

free trade as between themselves . Sir See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

Oliver Mowat saw in this " veiled See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation," and by letters, speeches and See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets he crushed the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement so completely as to make his party more imperialist than the Conservatives had ever been . In July 1896 he was called to the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate of Canada and made See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice . In See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1897 he was appointed See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of his native province, and this See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he held until he died at See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government House, See also:

• TORONTO

Toronto, on the 19th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1903 . See C . R . W . See also:

• BIGGAR

Biggar, Sir Oliver Mowat, a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

Biographical See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch (Toronto, 1905) .

(C . R . W .