Samuel Henry Strong

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The Right Honourable Sir Samuel Henry Strong PC, QC

3rd Chief Justice of Canada
In office December 13, 1892 – November 18, 1902
Nominated by	John Thompson
Appointed by	Lord Stanley of Preston
Preceded by	William Johnstone Ritchie
Succeeded by	Henri Elzéar Taschereau
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office September 30, 1875 – December 13, 1892
Nominated by	Alexander Mackenzie
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Robert Sedgewick/George E. King
Personal details
Born	(1825-08-13)August 13, 1825 Poole, Dorset, England
Died	August 31, 1909(1909-08-31) (aged 84) Ottawa, Ontario
Resting place	Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Charlotte Cane

Sir Samuel Henry Strong, PC, QC (August 13, 1825 – August 31, 1909) was a jurist and the third Chief Justice of Canada.

Strong was born in Poole, England to Samuel Spratt Strong and Jane Elizabeth Goose. He emigrated to Upper Canada with his family in 1836 settling in Bytown (later known as Ottawa). He studied law in the office of local Ottawa lawyer Augustus Keefer. He was called to the bar in 1849 and established his practice in Toronto. He was elected a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1860 and was made a QC in 1863.

Following Confederation he advised Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald on the establishment of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was named to the new court when it was created in 1875. He became Chief Justice in 1892 serving until his retirement in 1902, by which time he was the last of the original justices remaining. He died in 1909 at the age of 84.

References

"Samuel Henry Strong". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005. Check date values in: |date= (help)
Official Supreme Court Biography

v t e Chief Justices of Canada

Richards Ritchie Strong H. E. Taschereau Fitzpatrick Davies Anglin Duff Rinfret Kerwin R. Taschereau Cartwright Fauteux Laskin Dickson Lamer McLachlin

v t e The Richards court (1875–1879)

1875–1878	W. Ritchie S. Strong J. Taschereau T. Fournier W. Henry

1878–1879	W. Ritchie S. Strong T. Fournier W. Henry H. Taschereau

v t e The Ritchie court (1879–1892)

1879–1888:	S. Strong T. Fournier W. Henry H. Taschereau J. Gwynne

1888–1892:	S. Strong T. Fournier H. Taschereau J. Gwynne C. Patterson

v t e The Strong court (1892–1902)

1892–1893:	T. Fournier H. Taschereau J. Gwynne C. Patterson

1893–1895:	T. Fournier H. Taschereau J. Gwynne R. Sedgewick G. King

1895–1901:	H. Taschereau J. Gwynne R. Sedgewick G. King D. Girouard

1901 - January 1902:	H. Taschereau J. Gwynne R. Sedgewick D. Girouard L. Davies

February 1902 - November 1902:	H. Taschereau R. Sedgewick D. Girouard L. Davies D. Mills

Persondata
Name	Strong, Samuel Henry
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian judge
Date of birth	August 13, 1825
Place of birth	Poole, Dorset, England
Date of death	August 31, 1909
Place of death	Ottawa, Ontario

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