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=Williston, Edward.= =T= Solicitor-general, New Brunswick, 105.

=Williston, John T.= =T= Deserts Liberal party in New Brunswick, 18; elected for Northumberland, 107.

=Willson, John.= Representative for Wentworth. =Index=: =R= Speaker of Legislative a.s.sembly, Upper Canada, 64, 65.

=Wilmot, Benjamin= (1589-1669). =W= Born in England, one of early settlers of New Haven, 3; ancestor of L. A. Wilmot, 3.

=Wilmot, Ezekiel.= =W= Born, 1708, son of Thomas Wilmot, 3.

=Wilmot, Lemuel.= =W= A Loyalist of Poughkeepsie, New York, 3; a captain in Loyal American Regiment, came to New Brunswick after the war, 3.

=Wilmot, Lemuel Allan= (1809-1878). =W= His work for responsible government, 2; born in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, 1809, 2; his ancestry, 3; attorney-general, 1848, 7; a Baptist, 9; his mother, 10; education, 10-11; studies law, 11; interest in militia, 12; his success as a lawyer, 31; enters public life as member for York County, 1834, 31; re-elected, 1835, 32; his eminence as a stump orator, 32, 33; takes leading part in debates, 35; his interest in crown lands question, 35; and question of salaries of customs officials, 38-39; sent to England as delegate, 41-42, 45; again goes to England on behalf of a.s.sembly, _re_ Civil List Bill, 46; elected for York, 47; obtains new charter for King's College, 49-56; on provincial salaries, 61-63; nominated for Speaker, but declines to run, 66; advocates reform of Legislative Council, 68-69; enters the government, 72-73; opposes address to Metcalfe, 74; attacked by _Loyalist_, 75; resigns over Reade appointment, 77; his letter to the governor on same, 77-79; views on education, 83, 88-91; advocates initiation of money grants by executive, 91-93; 94-97; opposes bill requiring executive councillors, etc., to be re-elected, 99-100; re-elected for York, 102; declines seat in government, 102-103; enters government as attorney-general, 116-117; speaks at Portland Railway Convention, 119-126; views on railway question, 126-127; consolidation of criminal law and other legislation, 127-128; on reduction of judges, 129; appointed to bench, 130, 173; Fenety's characterization, 131; appointed lieutenant-governor, 132-133; a many-sided man, his religious life, 133-134; his family life, 135; in the militia, 135; his home, 136; his marriage, 1832, 137; second marriage, 137; character and achievements, 137-139; his death, May 20, 1878, 137. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_; Bourinot, _Canada during Victorian Era_ (R.

S. C., 1897); Roberts, _History of Canada_.

=Wilmot, Montagu.= Lieutenant-colonel in the army, 1755; commanded an expedition against Fort c.u.mberland, 1756. Appointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 1763; governor, 1764. Died, 1766. =Bib.=: _Selections from the Public Doc.u.ments of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins.

=Wilmot, Robert Duncan= (1809-1891). Born at Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Member of the provincial Parliament, 1846-1861 and in 1865-1867; and surveyor-general, 1851-1854. Provincial secretary in the Wilmot-Gray ministry, and in 1867 called to the Senate, of which he was a member for thirteen years. In 1878-1891 a member of the Privy Council; in 1878-1880 a member of the Cabinet without portfolio, and Speaker of the Senate; lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1880-1885. =Index=: =T= Elected for St. John County, 10; elected as a Liberal, but sides with Conservatives, 13-14; joins administration, 18, 23, 24; re-elected for St. John, 24, 30; provincial secretary, 41; his government resigns, 42-43; re-elected for St. John County, as Anti-Confederate, 85-86; enters Smith government, 91; his character, 93; dissatisfied with government, 94; resigns, 94; forms new government with Peter Mitch.e.l.l, 105; elected for St. John County, 109; goes to England as delegate, 120.

=Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_; _Parliamentary Companion_, 1885.

=Wilmot, Thomas.= =W= Born, 1679, son of William Wilmot, 3.

=Wilmot, William=, =W= Father of L. A. Wilmot, 2; lumberman, 3; son of Lemuel Wilmot, 3; his family, 3-4; a Baptist, 9; moves to Fredericton, 10; a local preacher, 10; in politics, 10. =T= In partners.h.i.+p with William Peters, 4.

=Wilson, Sir Adam= (1814-1891). Born in Edinburgh. Educated in that city. In 1830 came to Canada; studied law under Robert Baldwin Sullivan, and in 1839 called to the bar of Upper Canada. In 1840 partner of Robert Baldwin, the Reform leader, and built up a successful practice. Elected to the a.s.sembly for the north riding of York; in 1862-1863 solicitor-general in John Sandfield Macdonald's government; resigned on being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench. Chief-justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 1878; and of Queen's Bench, 1884. Knighted, 1888.

=Index=: =B= Comments on George Brown's letter to Senator Simpson, 249-250; had been supported by _Globe_ in election contests, 250; solicitor-general in Macdonald-Sicotte ministry, 250; attacked by _Globe_, 250-252; takes no part in Brown's trial for contempt of court, 252, 254. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_.

=Wilson, Sir Daniel= (1816-1892). Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Educated at Edinburgh University. In 1845 appointed honorary secretary of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries. In 1853 came to Canada as professor of history and English literature in Toronto University, becoming president of the university in 1881. Elected president of the Royal Society of Canada, 1885. Knighted, 1888. =Bib.=: Works: _Prehistoric Man_; _The Missing Link_; _Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland_; _Chatterton: A Biographical Study_; _The Lost Atlantis, and other Ethnographic Studies_. For biog., _see Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Can.

Por._; Kingsford, _Sir Daniel Wilson_ (R. S. C., 1893); MacMurchy, _Canadian Literature_.

=Wilson, John.= =T= Runs against Tilley in St. John, New Brunswick, and defeated, 131.

=Wilson, John= (1809-1869). Born in Paisley, Scotland. Came to Canada, 1823; for some years worked on a farm near Perth. Studied law and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1835. Practised his profession at London.

Served as a volunteer during the Rebellion of 1837. Represented London in the a.s.sembly, 1847-1851; defeated, 1851, but again elected, 1854; elected to the Legislative Council, 1863; appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1863. =Bib.=: Read, _Lives of the Judges_.

=Wiman, Erastus= (1834-1904). Born at Churchville, Ontario. Educated in Toronto; early became engaged in newspaper work; joined the staff of the Toronto _Globe_, 1856; edited Montreal _Trade Renew_, 1864-1865; entered the service of R. G. Dun & Co., 1865; removed to the United States, 1866, and connected with many large commercial enterprises. A strong advocate of reciprocity between Canada and the United States. =Index=: =Md= Favours commercial union, 293. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Windmill Point.= Situated in Grenville County, Ontario, and the scene of an engagement between filibusters from the United States under Colonel Von Schoultz (_q.v._), and Canadian troops, in November, 1838, when the former were defeated. =Index=: =Mc= Engagement of, 441-444.

=Md= Americans under Von Schoultz capture windmill near Prescott, 8; party finally overcome and leaders court-martialled, 8-9.

=Winnipeg.= Capital of the province of Manitoba. Founded about 1862. In the summer of that year ”the first attempt was made to establish a place of business on the highway at the spot where the a.s.siniboine and Red River tracks meet close to the boundary of the Hudson's Bay Company's land reserve” (Hargrave's _Red River_). Incorporated in 1873. Its early growth was very slow and the city suffered for years from the effects of an ill-timed boom. The first decade of the twentieth century, however, brought rapid and substantial growth, =Index=: =D= Becomes centre of western department of Hudson's Bay Company. 265. =Bib.=: Hargrave, _Red River_; Bryce, _Manitoba_; _Ency. Brit._; _Ency. Amer._

=Winnipeg, Lake.= Area, 9460 square miles. The lake was known both to the English on Hudson Bay and to the French in Canada, long before its actual discovery, and is represented on a number of early maps, though sometimes very far from its actual position. The lake was actually discovered by La Verendrye in 1732. The name is derived from the Cree word _Wi-nipi_, turbid water. The name has had a host of variants, from Ouinipigon and Ouinipique to Winnipeck and Winipic, not to mention the name given in Coats's _Hudson Bay_, Winnipeg-gon-e-sepe.

=Winslow, John= (1702-1774). Born in Plymouth, Ma.s.sachusetts. Entered the army. In 1740 captain of a company that served in the expedition to Cuba; in 1752 sent to Fort St. George, Maine, as a commissioner to settle land disputes with the Indians. In 1755 when major-general of militia, and captain in the British army, ordered to Nova Scotia to remove the Acadians from that province. This duty he performed under the instructions of Governor Lawrence. In 1756 as major-general served against the French, and also in 1758-1759. In 1762 chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Plymouth County. The town of Winslow in Maine is named after him. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_.

=Winter, P.= =E= Commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure Act, 187.

=Winthrop, Fitz-John= (1639-1707). Born in Boston, Ma.s.sachusetts.

Educated at Harvard. Going to England, served in the parliamentary army there and in Scotland. Took part in the march of General Monk's army to London. In 1663 returned to New England and employed in both military and civil capacities. In 1690 major-general in command of the army which unsuccessfully invaded Canada. Agent for Connecticut in London, 1693-1697; and governor of the colony, 1698-1707. =Index=: =F= Commands expedition against Montreal, 279; arrives at Albany, and pushes on to Wood Creek, 280; returns to Albany, and to Hartford, Conn., 281. =L= Commands expedition against Montreal, 229; his army disorganized and scattered, 231. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._