See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

BART See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• TUPPER, MARTIN FARQUHAR (1810--1889)
• BART SIR CHARLES TUPPER

TUPPER  . (1821– ), See also:

• BRITISH

British colonial statesman, son of the Rev . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• TUPPER, MARTIN FARQUHAR (1810--1889)
• TUPPER, SIR CHARLES, BART

Tupper, D.D., was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst, Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia, on the 2nd of See also:

• JULY

July 1821, and was educated at See also:

• HORTON, CHRISTIANA (c. 1696–c. 1756)
• HORTON, ROBERT FORMAN (18J5– )
• HORTON, SAMUEL DANA (1844–1895)

Horton See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy . He afterwards studied for the medical profession at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh University, where he received the diplomas of M.D. and L.R.C.S . In 1855 he was returned to the Nova Scotia See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly for See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county . In 1862 he was appointed, by See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

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

parliament, See also:

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

governor of See also:

• DALHOUSIE, FOX MAULE RAMSAY
• DALHOUSIE, JAMES ANDREW BROUN RAMSAY, 1ST MARQUESS

Dalhousie See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax; and from 1867 till 1870 he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian Medical Association . Mr Tupper was a member of the executive See also:

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

council and provincial secretary of Nova Scotia from 1857 to 186o, and from 1863 to 1867 . He became See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of Nova Scotia in 1864, and held that 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 until the See also:

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

Union Act came into force on the 1st of July 1867, when his 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 retired . He was a delegate to See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

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

Britain on public business from the Nova Scotia government in 1858 and 1865, and from the Dominion government in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1868 . Mr Tupper was See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the delegation from Nova Scotia to the Union See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference at See also:

• CHARLOTTETOWN

Charlottetown in 1864, and to that of See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec during the same See also:

• YEAR

year; and to the final colonial conference in See also:

• LONDON

London, which assembled to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the terms of union, in 1866-x867 . On that occasion he received a patent of See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank and See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence from See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria as an executive councillor of Nova Scotia . He was sworn a member of the privy council of See also:

• CANADA

Canada, See also:

• JUNE

June 1870, and was president of that See also:

• BODY

body from that date until the 1st of July 1872, when he was appointed minister of inland See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue .

This office he held until See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1873, when he became minister of customs under See also:

• SIR

Sir 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:

• 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, resigning with the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1893 . On Sir John's return to See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in 1878, Mr Tupper became minister of public See also:

• WORKS

works, and in the following year minister of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways and canals . At this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was made K.C.M.G . Mr Tupper was the author of the Public See also:

• SCHOOLS

Schools Act of Nova Scotia, and had been largely instrumental in moulding the Dominion See also:

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

Confederation See also:

• BILL

Bill and other important See also:

• MEASURES

measures . Sir Charles represented the county of Cumberland, Nova Scotia, for See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-two years in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession—first in the Nova Scotia Assembly, and subsequently in the Dominion parliament until 1884, when he resigned his seat on being appointed high See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner for Canada in London . Shortly before the Canadian Federal elections of February 1887, Sir Charles re-entered the Conservative See also:

• CABINET

cabinet as See also:

• FINANCE

finance minister . By his efforts the Canadian Pacific railway was enabled to See also:

• FLOAT (in O. Eng. floc and flota, in the verbal form f eotan; the Teutonic root is flut-, another form of flu-, seen in " flow," cf. " fleet "; the root is seen in Gr. a-M e, to sail, Lat. pluere, to rain; the Lat, fluere and fluctus, wave, is not connect

float a See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan of $30,000,000, on the strength of which the See also:

• LINE

line was finished several years before the expiration of the See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract time . He resigned the office of finance minister in May 1888, when he was reappointed high commissioner for the Dominion of Canada in London . Sir Charles was designated one of the British plenipotentiaries to the See also:

• FISHERIES

Fisheries See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention at See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington in 1887, the result of which conference was the See also:

• SIGNING

signing of a treaty in February 1888 (rejected by the U.S . 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) for the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of the matters in dispute between Canada and the See also:

• UNITED

United States in connexion with the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic fisheries . He was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1888 . When the Dominion cabinet, under Sir See also:

• MACKENZIE
• MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (1822-1892)
• MACKENZIE, HENRY (1745-1831)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER (c. 1755-1820)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1847— )
• MACKENZIE, SIR GEORGE (1636-1691)
• MACKENZIE, SIR MORELL (1837-1892)
• MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON (1795-1861)

Mackenzie See also:

• BOWEN, CHARLES SYNGE CHRISTOPHER BOWEN, BARON (1835—1894)
• BOWEN, FRANCIS (1811—1890)
• BOWEN, SIR GEORGE FERGUSON (1821—1849)

Bowen, was reconstituted in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1896 Sir Charles Tupper accepted office, and in the following See also:

• APRIL

April he succeeded Rowell in the premiership .

On both patriotic and commercial grounds he urged the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of a preferential 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 with Great Britain and the See also:

• SISTER

sister colonies . At the See also:

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

general See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election in the ensuing June the Conservatives were severely defeated, and Sir Charles Tupper and his colleagues resigned, Sir See also:

• WILFRID (c. 634-709)

Wilfrid See also:

• LAURIER, SIR WILFRID (1841– )

Laurier becoming premier . The Conservative party now gradually became more and more disorganized, and at the next general election, in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1900, they were again defeated . Sir Charles Tupper, who had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been the Conservative leader, sustained in his own See also:

• CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency of Cape See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton his first defeat in See also:

• FORTY

forty years .