Sydney Chilton Mewburn

Sydney Chilton Mewburn, PC (December 4, 1863 – August 11, 1956) was a Canadian lawyer, soldier, and politician.

Major-General S.C. Mewburn, Sir Robert Borden, and Sir A.E. Kemp

The Hon. Sydney Chilton Mewburn
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hamilton East
In office 1917–1926
Preceded by	Samuel Barker
Succeeded by	George Septimus Rennie
Personal details
Born	(1863-12-04)December 4, 1863 Hamilton, Canada West
Died	August 11, 1956(1956-08-11) (aged 92)
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Minister of Militia and Defence (1917-1920)
Military service
Allegiance	Canada
Branch/service	Canadian Army
Years of service	?-1917
Rank	Major-General
Commands	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (13th Royal Regiment c. 1910)
Battles/wars	Vimy

Born in Hamilton, Canada West, he was the Minister of Militia and Defence from October 12, 1917, to January 15, 1920, under Sir Robert Borden's Union Government. Mewburn was Commanding Officer (Colonel) of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (13th Royal Regiment as of 1910)^[1] and served during World War I, he was a Major General (and Adjutant-General) in the Canadian Army before his appointment as Minister of Militia in October 1917. His son John Mewburn served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was killed in action during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in September 1916.

Mewburn was later the Chair of the 1920 Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission, which selected the site for the Vimy Memorial.^[2]

References

1. Best, John (November 22, 2013). "Hamilton's Vimy Connection - Sydney Mewburn". The Bay Observer.
2. Pierce, John (1992). "Constructing Memory: The Vimy Memorial". Canadian Military History. 1 (1): 4–8.

External links

• Sydney Chilton Mewburn – Parliament of Canada biography