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Laurie family fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1860-1888, 1912.

Reference:

R7816-0-5-E, MG29-E59

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101408

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Laurie family fonds
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Date(s):

1860-1888, 1912.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the textual records documenting the military and political lives of the Laurie family. Included are seven letters, 1860-1861, addressed from Julius Dyson Laurie to his parents, describing his life in the 34th Regiment of Foot in India; and prospects for promotion, riding, "pig-sticking", and sport. This is followed by sixteen textual records, 1862-1863, 1874, 1878, 1882, 1885, 1887-1888, and 1912, relating to John Wimburn Laurie and his military and political interests in Nova Scotia and Canada.

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Laurie (family)

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Laurie (family) : John Wimburn Laurie (1835-1912) was born in England and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. In 1863, he married Frances Collins, daughter of Enos Collins of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Laurie had entered the British Army in 1853, being gazetted an ensign in the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot. Appointed lieutenant and later captain in the 4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot, he served in the Crimea and in India. Laurie originally came to Canada as a major on special service in 1861, serving first as Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in Nova Scotia and later Deputy Adjutant-General of Militia in Nova Scotia until 1881. He served during the Fenian raids of 1866 and 1870, and in 1885 was second-in-command of the North West Field Force. He retired from the army in 1887 with the rank of lieutenant-general to devote himself to his political, agricultural and other interests. He represented Shelbourne, Nova Scotia, as a Conservative in the House of Commons from 1887 until 1891. He later returned to England and sat in the British House of Commons as member for Pembroke, 1895-1906.

Julius Dyson Laurie (fl. 1855-1872) was the younger brother of John Wimburn Laurie. Like his brother, he entered the British Army, being gazetted an ensign in the 34th (The Cumberland) Regiment of Foot in February 1855. He was promoted to lieutenant in July 1855, and purchased a captaincy in the 34th Regiment of Foot in June 1861. His last name appears in the printed Army Lists in October 1872.

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Textual records: (Paper) The finding aid is a calendar, recording the author, recipient and subject of each item in the fonds. MSS1940

Textual records: (Electronic) Finding aid. MSS1940
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000499.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1967 from Vice Admiral H.S. Rayner of Ottawa, Ontario, and in 1993 from Mr. Sheldon Godfrey of Toronto, Ontario.
Subject heading:

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Canada - Militia, 1860-1888 Great Britain. Army. 34th Regiment of Foot, 1860-1861

Nova Scotia - Armed Forces, 1862-1888 Esquimalt (B.C.), [18-]

Politicians - Nova Scotia, 1862-1888 Halifax (N.S.), [18-]

Great Britain - Armed Forces - India, [1862-1888]

Hommes politiques Canada

Politicians Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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121-020145-3
1993/0113

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MG29-E59
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG29 E 59] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1940] 142

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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