Collection search - William Johnston Ritchie fonds [textual record]

Record information – Brief
1
William Johnston Ritchie fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1814-1952.

Reference:

R17957-0-5-E, MG29-E121

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105713

Context of this record:

Show detail Hide detail

William Johnston Ritchie fonds
Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

4 lower level description(s)
View lower level description(s)

Date(s):

1814-1952.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

15 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Accession:

Show detail Hide detail

William Johnstone Ritchie collection [graphic material, philatelic record]

Scope and content:

Show detail Hide detail

Fonds consists of papers gathered by Sir William Johnston Ritchie's family in the early years of the twentieth century documenting the history of the Ritchie family. The fonds includes material relating to Ritchie's appointments as Queen's counsel, as judge of the Supreme Court of Canada and as chief justice of Canada; documents produced by Sir William Buell Richards, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court; and documents on early Supreme Court of Canada procedures. There are also papers regarding Ritchie's grant of a knighthood and commissions of deputy to the governor-general.

Provenance:

Show detail Hide detail

Ritchie, W. J. (William Johnstone), Sir, 1813-1892

Biography/Administrative history:

Show detail Hide detail

Ritchie, W. J. (William Johnstone), Sir, 1813-1892 : Sir William Johnstone Ritchie was born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, October 28 1813. He was educated at Pictou Academy, and was called to the bar of New Brunswick in June 1838. He was appointed as Queen's counsel in February 1854. From 1847 to 1851, he represented the city and county of Saint John in the House of Assembly of New Brunswick. In 1855, he was made a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, and in 1865 he became chief justice of the province. On October 8 1875, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, and in January 1879 he was made chief justice of Canada. From July 6 1881 to January 1882 and again from September 6 to December 1882, he acted as deputy governor of Canada during the absence of Lord Lorne in England. On March 5 1884, he was appointed deputy to the governor-general, Lord Lansdowne. He died in Ottawa September 25 1892. Mr. William Johnston Ritchie was created a knight bachelor in 1881. He published 'The Chesapeake'; 'Before Mr. Justice Ritchie, with his decision thereon', Saint John, N.B., 1864; and 'Observations of the chief justice of New Brunswick on a bill entitled - An Act to establish a Supreme Court for the dominion of Canada presented to parliament on may 21, 1869, by the Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald'-, Saint John, N.B., 1870.

See Gordon Bale. Chief Justice William Johnstone Ritchie: responsible government and judicial review, Ottawa : Carleton University Press, c1991.

Finding aid:

Show detail Hide detail

(No finding aid)

Additional information:

Show detail Hide detail

General note:

Donated in 1989 by W.J. Ritchie's grandson, Major General Roger Rowley.
Subject heading:

Show detail Hide detail

Ritchie family - Genalogy, n.d., 1814-1824 Archibald Lampman, n.d., 1890

Canada - Officials and employees - Selection and appointment, 1879-1892 Duncan Campbell Scott, n.d., 1890

Knights and knighthood - Canada, 1879-1892

Commissions - Canada, 1879-1892
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

Show detail Hide detail

117-020019-2
1990-321 DAP
90-248

Former archival reference no.:

Show detail Hide detail

MG29-E121
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Show detail Hide detail

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG29 E 121] 1--8

[Consultation 90 Open]

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.