John Talbot (Reformer)
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John Talbot was a schoolmaster, journalist, and merchant.
Born in Cloughjordan
, County Tipperary
, Ireland
, he arrived in Upper Canada
in 1818. He was part of a group brought out by his father, Richard Talbot
. in order to obtain a large land grant. This did not occur and John, after a number of years of wandering, became a schoolmaster in London Township in 1830.
It is believed that Talbot became a Reform
er because of the failed land grant which he considered to be his right.
Born in Cloughjordan
Cloughjordan
Cloughjordan, officially Cloghjordan , is a town in North Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the barony of Ormond Lower, and it is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe....
, County Tipperary
County Tipperary
County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, he arrived in Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
in 1818. He was part of a group brought out by his father, Richard Talbot
Richard Talbot (colonizer)
Richard Talbot , was a soldier and subsequently a promoter of immigration. He was from County Tipperary in Ireland....
. in order to obtain a large land grant. This did not occur and John, after a number of years of wandering, became a schoolmaster in London Township in 1830.
It is believed that Talbot became a Reform
Reform
Reform means to put or change into an improved form or condition; to amend or improve by change of color or removal of faults or abuses, beneficial change, more specifically, reversion to a pure original state, to repair, restore or to correct....
er because of the failed land grant which he considered to be his right.