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Samuel Leonard Tilley
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Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley KCMG CB PC (May 8, 1818 – June 25, 1896) was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation.[1] Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family. As a pharmacist, he went into business as a druggist.
Quick Facts 4th & 7th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, Monarch ...
Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley | |
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![]() Tilley in 1864 | |
4th & 7th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | |
In office 11 November 1885 – 21 September 1893 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Premier | Andrew George Blair |
Preceded by | Robert Duncan Wilmot |
Succeeded by | John Boyd |
In office 15 November 1873 – 11 July 1878 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Premier | George Edwin King John James Fraser |
Preceded by | Lemuel Allan Wilmot |
Succeeded by | Edward Barron Chandler |
Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick | |
In office 19 March 1861 – 21 September 1865 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Governor | John Manners-Sutton Arthur Hamilton-Gordon |
Preceded by | Charles Fisher |
Succeeded by | Albert James Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 May 1818 Gagetown, New Brunswick |
Died | 25 June 1896(1896-06-25) (aged 78) Saint John, New Brunswick |
Political party | Conservative |
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Children | 10, including Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley |
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