Sir William Buell Richards 1815-1889

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2009

Plaque Location

The County of Leeds and Grenville
The City of Brockville
On the wall of the court house near the front door

Coordinates: N 44 35.454 W 75 41.149

Plaque Text

Born at Brockville and called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1837, Richards represented Leeds in the Legislative Assembly (1848-53) and served as Attorney General for Canada West in the Hincks-Morin administration (1851-53). Appointed puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1853, he became Chief Justice of that Court in 1863 and Chief Justice of the Ontario Queen's Bench in 1868. When the Supreme Court of Canada was formed in 1875, Richards became its first Chief Justice and continued in that position until his retirement in 1879. He died at Ottawa.

Related Ontario plaque pages
William Buell, Sr.
Sir Francis Hincks 1807-1885

More
Information

More
The Law

---

Here are the visitors' comments for this page.

(none yet)

Here's where you can write a comment for this page.

Note: If you wish to ask me a question, please use the email link in the menu.

Note: Comments are moderated. Yours will appear on this page within 24 hours
(usually much sooner).