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=Hamilton, Pierce Stevens= (1826-1893). Studied law, and called to the bar, 1851. Entered journalism, and edited _Acadian Recorder_, 1853-1861.
Appointed chief commissioner of mines for Nova Scotia. An early advocate of Confederation. =Index=: =B= Advocates Confederation, 129. =T= His views on union of the colonies, 65-66. =Bib.=: Works: _Union of the Colonies of British North America_; _Feast of Ste. Anne and other Poems_.
=Hamilton, Robert.= =S= Member of Legislative Council, 79; accused by Simcoe of ”republicanism,” 97; visits England and takes legal advice respecting land matters in Upper Canada, 103; his house at Queenston, 179; entertains Prince Edward, 184; appointed lieutenant of county of Lincoln, 198.
=Hammond, George= (1763-1853). =S= British minister at Philadelphia, consulted by Simcoe on the situation, 134, 144. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.
Biog._
=Hampton, Sir John Somerset Pakington, first Baron= (1799-1880). Sat for Droitwich in British Parliament, 1837-1874; secretary for war and colonies, 1852; first lord of Admiralty, 1858 and 1866; secretary for war, 1867-1868. =Index=: =E= Opposes the secularization of Clergy Reserves, 165, 166, 167. =B= And the Clergy Reserves, 59. =Bib.=: _Dict.
Nat. Biog._
=Hanc.o.c.k.= =Bk= Private of 41st, first man killed in War of 1812, 236.
=Hanc.o.c.k's House.= =S= Skirmish at, 24.
=Handy, Henry S.= =Mc= Commander of ”patriot” army, 427; quarrels with ”General” Sutherland, 427; occupies Sugar Island, 428; put to flight, 428; forms new plot to revolutionize Canada, 437; its extent, 438; failure of, 439. =Bib.=: Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_.
=Hanington, Daniel= (1804-1889). Sat for over half a century in one or other of the branches of the New Brunswick Legislature. Elected to a.s.sembly, 1834, for Westmoreland, which he represented up to 1862. A member of the Executive Council under Sir Edmund Head; Speaker of the a.s.sembly for several years; appointed to the Legislative Council, 1867, and president of that body, 1883-1886. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_.
=Hanington, Daniel Lionel= (1835-1909). Born at Shediac, New Brunswick.
Called to the bar, 1861; in 1870 entered the New Brunswick a.s.sembly, representing Westmoreland until 1874; and reelected, 1878; member of the Executive Council, 1878; premier of the province, 1882; resigned, 1883.
In 1892 appointed a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick.
=Index=: =T= Elected Speaker of New Brunswick a.s.sembly, 30. =Bib.=: Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_.
=Hanks, Captain.= =Bk= Surrenders Michilimackinac, 211; killed at Detroit, 255.
=Hanna, James.= =D= Voyage of 1785, 22; on enormous profits of sea-otter trade, 22.
=Hanna, Michael= (1821-1882). Born in Ireland. Came to Canada, 1839, and completed his studies at St. Mary's College. Ordained to the priesthood, 1845. Held various charges in Nova Scotia. Subsequently became vicar-general of the diocese of Halifax and archbishop, 1877. Died in Halifax.
=Harding, James A.= =T= Returned for St. John, 25, 30, 43.
=Hardy, Arthur Sturgis= (1837-1899). Born at Mount Pleasant, Ontario.
Studied law, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1865; practised his profession at Brantford; Q. C., 1876. Elected to the Ontario Legislature, 1873; provincial secretary, 1877; commissioner of crown lands, 1889; premier, 1896. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Biggar, _Sir Oliver Mowat_.
=Hargrave, James.= Chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. =Index=: =MS= In charge of York Factory, 226; correspondence with Rev. Wm.
Cochrane, 227; made chief trader, 1833, and chief factor, 1844, 227; Simpson's letters to, 261-262. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.
=Harlay, de.= =L= Archbishop of Rouen, desires ecclesiastical jurisdiction over Canada, 133; called to the see of Paris, 134; desires to bring diocese of Quebec under his jurisdiction, 184.
=Harmon, Daniel Williams.= Born in Vermont. Entered service of North West Company, 1800, at Montreal, and left immediately for the western fur country. Returned to the east in 1819, bringing with him his _Journals_, covering this period, which were edited by Daniel Haskel, of Burlington, Vt., and published at that place in 1820; reprinted in New York, with a brief introduction, 1903. Returned to the West, and remained there several years, finally settling with his native wife and family on the sh.o.r.es of Lake Champlain. One of his daughters conducted a private school in Ottawa for many years. =Index=: =D= Stuart's lieutenant in New Caledonia, 98. =Bib.=: _Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interior of North America_. For biog., _see_ Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_; Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_.
=Haro, Gonzalez Lopez de.= =D= Finds Russian establishments, 38. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _North-West Coast_.
=Harrison, Robert Alexander= (1833-1878). Studied law, and appointed to crown law department of Upper Canada, 1854. Retired, 1859, and practised in Toronto. Member for Toronto in first Dominion Parliament, 1867-1872.
Chief-justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, Ontario, 1875-1878. One of the arbitrators in Ontario boundary dispute, 1878. Author of many legal works; and edited _Poker_, a humorous paper, 1859-1860. =Index=: =B= His connection with the contempt of court suit against George Brown, 249-254. =Md= Chief-justice, serves on Ontario Boundary Commission, 255.
=Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Read, _Lives of the Judges_.
=Harrison, Samuel Bealey.= =Sy= Provincial secretary for Upper Canada, 283; his resolutions on responsible government, 310, 311. =BL= Provincial secretary for Upper Canada, 1841, 76; a moderate Liberal, 78; Baldwin's confidence in, 78; retains office under La Fontaine-Baldwin administration, 134; Const.i.tutional Society of Orillia recommends his dismissal, 167; member for Kingston--opposes transfer of capital to Montreal, and resigns as provincial secretary, 182; Gowan predicts his dismissal from office, 187. =Mc= Moves resolution for responsible government, which carries, 408. =Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_.
=Harrison, T. T. J.= =Mc= His account of the Haldimand election, 487.