William Locker Pickmore Felton
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William Locker Pickmore Felton (April 6, 1812 – November 12, 1877) was a lawyer and political figure in Canada East
.
He was born at Mahon
, Minorca
in 1812, the son of William Bowman Felton
, and came to Lower Canada
with his family in 1815. They settled near Sherbrooke. Felton studied law at Quebec City
with Andrew Stuart
and Henry Black
, was called to the bar in 1834 and set up practice at Quebec. In 1835, he married Clara, the daughter of Thomas Lloyd, a surgeon in the British army. Felton served as crown attorney for Saint-François district from 1853 to 1861 and was bâtonnier for the district from 1861 to 1875. In 1854, he was named Queen's Counsel
. In 1854, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
for the united counties of Sherbrooke and Wolfe as a Liberal-Conservative. He defended the system of separate schools in the province when Joseph Papin
proposed a non-denominational school system. His wife Clara helped establish the Collège Mont-Notre-Dame at Sherbrooke.
He died at Sherbrooke in 1877.
His sister Eliza Margaret married Thomas Cushing Aylwin
, who also served in the legislative assembly and was later named a judge.
Canada East
Canada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....
.
He was born at Mahon
Mahon
Mahón is a municipality and the capital city of the Balearic Island of Minorca , located in the eastern part of the island. Mahon has the second deepest natural harbor in the world: 5 km long and up to 900m. wide...
, Minorca
Minorca
Min Orca or Menorca is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. It takes its name from being smaller than the nearby island of Majorca....
in 1812, the son of William Bowman Felton
William Bowman Felton
William Bowman Felton was a British naval officer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Gloucester, England in 1782, the son of John Felton, who was an officer in the Royal Navy. He served with the British fleet in the Mediterranean and at Gibraltar during the Napoleonic Wars...
, and came to Lower Canada
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
with his family in 1815. They settled near Sherbrooke. Felton studied law at Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
with Andrew Stuart
Andrew Stuart (Canadian politician)
Andrew Stuart was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Cataraqui in 1785, the son of Anglican priest John Stuart, a United Empire Loyalist, and studied with the Reverend John Strachan and then at Union College in New York...
and Henry Black
Henry Black (Quebec judge)
Henry Black was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure.He was born in Quebec City in 1798, studied there and was admitted to the bar in 1820. He joined the law practice of Andrew Stuart at Quebec City. In 1836, he was appointed judge in the Court of Vice-Admiralty for the Quebec district,...
, was called to the bar in 1834 and set up practice at Quebec. In 1835, he married Clara, the daughter of Thomas Lloyd, a surgeon in the British army. Felton served as crown attorney for Saint-François district from 1853 to 1861 and was bâtonnier for the district from 1861 to 1875. In 1854, he was named Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
. In 1854, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...
for the united counties of Sherbrooke and Wolfe as a Liberal-Conservative. He defended the system of separate schools in the province when Joseph Papin
Joseph Papin
Joseph Papin was a lawyer and political figure in Canada East. He served on the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and founded the Institut canadien de Montréal-Career:...
proposed a non-denominational school system. His wife Clara helped establish the Collège Mont-Notre-Dame at Sherbrooke.
He died at Sherbrooke in 1877.
His sister Eliza Margaret married Thomas Cushing Aylwin
Thomas Cushing Aylwin
Thomas Cushing Aylwin was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure.He was born in Quebec City in 1806, the grandson of Thomas Aylwin. Aylwin studied at Harvard University, then articled in law and was called to the bar in 1827. He entered the practice of law in partnership with Edward Short...
, who also served in the legislative assembly and was later named a judge.