Last Fatal Duel 1833

Photo by Alan L Brown - June 25, 2004

Plaque Location

The County of Lanark
The Town of Perth
On the NE corner of Craig Street and Wilson Street East, 1 block south of Gore Street East

Plaque Text

Here died the victim of the last fatal duel fought in this province, June 13, 1833. Two law students and former friends, John Wilson and Robert Lyon, quarrelled over remarks made by the latter concerning a local school teacher, Elizabeth Hughes. The dispute was aggravated by the prompting of Lyon's second, Henry Le Lievre, a bellicose army veteran. Lyon was killed in the second exchange of shots, while Wilson was acquitted of a charge of murder, married Miss Hughes, and became a member of parliament and a judge.

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