GEORGE WILLIAM ROSS (1841- )
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Originally appearing in Volume
V23,
Page 739
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:GEORGE See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:ROSS (1841- )
, See also:Canadian politician, was See also:born near See also:Nairn, See also:Middlesex See also:county, See also:Ontario, on the 18th of See also:September 1841, the son of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Ross and Ellen M'Kinnon, natives of Ross-See also:shire, See also:Scotland
.
From 1872-1883 he was a Liberal member of the Federal See also:House; from 1883-99 See also:minister of See also:education in the legislature of the See also:province of Ontario; and from 1899-1905 premier and treasurer of that province
.
In 1905 his See also:government was defeated, and in 1907 he retired to the Canadian See also:Senate
.
He was for many years an See also:advocate of See also:total See also:abstinence, and a well-known See also:speaker on imperial questions
.
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