James Monk

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Portrait of Sir James Monk, courtesy of McCord Museum.
Portrait of Sir James Monk, courtesy of McCord Museum.

Sir James Monk (1745–1826) was Chief Justice of Lower Canada. He was born in Boston, Massachussetts and educated in Halifax, Nova Scotia where his father had settled in 1749.[1]


He was knighted in 1825. In 1826, he would die at his home in Cheltenham, England at the age of 41.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bélanger, Claude (2006). Sir James Monk. The Quebec History Encyclopedia. Marianopolis College. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.

[edit] Further reading

  • W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. IV, Toronto, University Associates of Canada , 1948, 400p., p. 320.
  • F. J. Audet, Sir James Monk (Les Annales, 1924)


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