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Frederick Charles Denison fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1884-1885.

Reference:

R7751-0-2-E, MG29-E35

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101370

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Frederick Charles Denison fonds
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Date(s):

1884-1885.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 microfilm reel of textual records negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a microfilmed diary and order book, of the Canadian Contingent of the Nile Expedition, 13 September 1884 to 9 April 1885. This material is located on microfilm reel M-192.

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Denison, Frederick Charles, 1846-1896

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Denison, Frederick Charles, 1846-1896 : The second son of G.T. Denison II, Frederick Charles Denison was born in Toronto. He studied law and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1870. A cornet in the Governor General's Body Guard during the 1865 Fenian disturbances in the Niagara area, Denison later served as orderly officer to Sir Garnet Wolseley in the expedition to the Red River in 1870. At Wolseley's request he commanded the Canadian Voyageurs in the Sudan, 1884-1885, for which he was created C.M.G. Denison served as alderman for the City of Toronto, 1878-1884, and as member of Parliament for Toronto West, 1887-1896. He is the author of Historical Record of the Governor General's Body Guard, (Toronto: 1876).

See: Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. 3, p. 251.

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Location of originals note:

The originals are held by the Toronto Public Library.
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Frederick Charles Denison - Diaries, 1884-1885 Canada. Army. Canadian Contingent of the Nile Expedition, 1884-1885

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces - Order-books
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Private

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MG29-E35
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Microfilm reel [MG29 E 35] M-192

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