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=Westminster Conference, 1866.= To settle finally the plan on which the Confederation of the provinces was to be carried out, the delegates from Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia met in the Westminster Palace Hotel, London. The Conference lasted from the 4th to the 24th of December, and pa.s.sed a series of sixty-nine resolutions based on those of the Quebec Conference. The Conference resumed again in January, 1867, with the result that the British North America Act was framed, and pa.s.sed by the Imperial Parliament. =Index=: =Mc= Conference meets in London, 125-127. =Bib.=: _See also_ British North America Act; Confederation.

=Wetherall, Sir George Augustus= (1788-1868). Born in Hamps.h.i.+re, England. Educated at Winchester and the Military College, Farnham. In 1803 joined the regiment of Nova Scotia Fencibles formed by his father, General Sir Fred A. Wetherall. During the Rebellion of 1837-1838 in Canada in command of the troops at Montreal, defeating the rebels at St.

Charles and Point Oliver. In 1838 promoted brevet-colonel; from 1843 to 1850 deputy-adjutant-general in Canada; adjutant-general, 1854; lieutenant-general, 1857, and in 1860 commanded the northern district in Great Britain. In 1865 appointed governor of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. =Index=: =C= At St. Charles, 7. =P= Attacks rebels at St.

Charles, 129. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Wetmore, A. B.= =T= Anti-Confederate candidate in St. John, New Brunswick, 84; his character, 84-85; breaks away from government, 101; elected as Confederate candidate in St. John, 109.

=Wheat.= =B= Lord Stanley introduces measure giving preference to Canadian wheat, 1843, 15; preference wiped out by the corn laws, 15, 31; _Globe_ on effect of corn laws, 31-32; Elgin on, 32; trade in, under Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, 229, 230. =MS= Red River settlers raise first crop of, 1813, 160, _See also_ Agriculture.

=Whelan, Edward= (1824-1867). Born in County Mayo, Ireland. Emigrated to Nova Scotia, and employed in the office of the _Nova Scotian_, under Joseph Howe. Moved to Prince Edward Island, 1842, and immediately threw himself into the struggle for popular rights; elected to the a.s.sembly; a member of the Council, 1864, when he represented his province at the Quebec Conference. Died at Charlottetown. =Index=: =T= Delegate to Quebec Conference from Prince Edward Island, 77. =Bib.=: Davin, _The Irishman in Canada_.

=White, John.= =S= First attorney-general of Upper Canada, 81, 178; his duel with John Small, clerk of council, 181.

=White, Philip.= =Dr= Loyalist, murder of, 198.

=White, Thomas= (1830-1888). Born in Montreal. Educated at the high school there. Joined the editorial staff of the _Quebec Gazette_; and in 1853 founded the _Peterborough Review_, which he edited for seven years.

In 1860 went to Cobourg to study law, and in 1864 with his brother founded the _Hamilton Spectator_. Elected to the Dominion Parliament for Cardwell, 1878, and again in 1882 and 1887. A member of Sir John A.

Macdonald's Cabinet in 1885 as minister of the interior, and carried out the political organization of the North-West Territories. =Index=: =E= On the coalition of 1854, 139; minister of the interior in the Macdonald ministry, 1885-1888, 139. =Md= Takes part in political picnic campaign, 220. =Bib.=: Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._

=Whitney, Sir James Pliny= (1843- ). Born at Williamsburg, Ontario.

Educated at the Cornwall Grammar School. Served for some years in the militia, and on active service during the Fenian raid, 1866. In 1876 called to the bar and practised at Morrisburg, Ontario. Elected for Dundas to the Ontario a.s.sembly, 1888. In 1896 leader of the Conservative party in Ontario; and in 1905 premier, on the defeat of the Liberal government. Knighted, 1908. =Bib.=: _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Wilc.o.x, Absalom.= =Mc= Aids Mackenzie's escape, 383.

=Wilc.o.x, Allan.= =Mc= Accompanies Mackenzie in his flight, 384-386.

=Wilkins, Lewis Morris= (1801-1885). Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, son of Lewis Morris Wilkins, judge of the Supreme Court. Educated at King's College, Windsor, graduating in 1819. Called to the bar and practised at Windsor from 1823 to 1856. In 1856 appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, resigning in 1876. For several years a member of the Nova Scotia Legislature, and provincial secretary in the Young ministry, 1854-1856. =Index=: =H= Delegate to England to represent views of Legislative Council of Nova Scotia on responsible government, 52, 56; supports Howe, 145; becomes provincial secretary, 146; signs Foreign Enlistment Proclamation, 152; appointed judge of Supreme Court, 157.

=Bib.=: Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_.

=Wilkinson.= =B= Edits a Bowmanville newspaper, charges Senator Simpson with bribery in 1872, publishes letter from George Brown to Simpson, 249; sued for libel, 249; applies to have Brown committed for contempt of court, 252.

=Wilkinson.= =Dr= Aide-de-camp to Benedict Arnold, describes Arnold's rapid retreat, 147.

=William III= (1650-1702). King of England; son of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary, daughter of Charles I of England. In 1677 married Mary, daughter of James II of England. In 1688 on the invitation of a number of leading British statesmen and n.o.bles, headed an expedition to England. On his arrival in England, James II fled, and on Feb. 13, 1689, William and Mary were proclaimed king and queen. =Index=: =Hd= Forms regiment of Swiss Guards, 7. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=William IV= (1765-1837). King of England; third son of George III and Queen Charlotte; born in Buckingham Palace. On June 26, 1830, succeeded George IV. =Index=: =Sy= Accession of, 25; dismisses Lord Melbourne, 45; death of, 48. =Dr= Arrival of, in Canada, as Prince William Henry, 238, 240; his popularity, 240. =W= Opposed to alienation of crown lands, 22; dismisses his advisors, 37; his death, 1837, 47. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.

Biog._

=William Henry.= =Dr= Name of Sorel changed to, 240.

=Williams, Sir William Fenwick= (1800-1883). Born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Graduated at Woolwich, England, in 1821; entered the army, 1825; and served with distinction in the Crimean War, 1854-1855. On his return to England created a baronet, received the Order of the Bath, and granted a pension of 1000 a year. Nova Scotia presented him with a sword of honour. In 1860-1866 commander of the forces in Canada; during the absence of the governor-general, Sir Edmund Head, administrator of Canada, from Oct. 12, 1860, to Jan. 22, 1861; and in 1865 governor of Nova Scotia. In 1868 full general; and in 1870 governor-general of Gibraltar. In 1877 retired from the army; and in 1881 appointed constable of the Tower. =Index=: =Md= Co-operates with Tupper in Confederation movement, 122. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Can.

Por._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Saunders, _Three Premiers of Nova Scotia_.

=Willis, John Walpole= (1792-1877). Born in England. A voluminous writer on legal subjects. In 1827 appointed a puisne judge of the King's Bench in Upper Canada. A capable judge, but in constant conflict with Sir Peregrine Maitland, the lieutenant-governor of the province. On the ground that he had refused to conduct the business of the court alone, in the absence of the two other judges, the governor dismissed him from the bench in June, 1828. Subsequently judge in Demerara and judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; dismissed from the latter appointment, 1743. =Index=: =Mc= Appointed, 1827, 130; quarrels with brother judges, 131; his contention, 131, 132, 133; removed, 133; large pet.i.tion in favour of, refused, 133. =BL= Dismissed from office, 28; his cause taken up by Reform party, 28; pet.i.tion of protest, 29. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel.

Can._; Read, _Lives of the Judges_.

=Willis, Michael= (1799-1879). Born in Greenock, Scotland. Educated at the University of Glasgow. A minister in Glasgow for a number of years, and professor of divinity for the secession branch of the Presbyterian Church. In 1843, at the disruption, joined the Free Church, and afterwards invited to Canada in connection with the colonial board of that religious body. In 1845 appointed professor of theology in Knox College, and later princ.i.p.al of that inst.i.tution, resigning in 1870. =B= President of Anti-Slavery Society of Canada, 112; princ.i.p.al of Knox College, 112.

=Willison, John Stephen= (1856- ). Born at Hill's Green, Ontario. Began his journalistic career with the London _Advertiser_, 1882; joined the staff of the Toronto _Globe_, 1883. Represented the _Globe_ in Ottawa for some years; editor-in-chief of the _Globe_, 1890; subsequently editor of the Toronto _News_. =Index=: =Mc= His opinion of Mackenzie, 14. =Md= Quoted on _Parti Rouge_, 45. =Bib.=: _Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.

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