George William Burton
Chief Justice of Ontario | |
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| In office 1897–1900 | |
| Preceded by | Sir John Hawkins Hagarty |
| Succeeded by | John Douglas Armour |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sandwich, Kent, England |
| Died | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Sir George William Burton (July 21, 1818 – August 22, 1901) was a British-Canadian lawyer and judge. He was
Biography
Burton was born in Sandwich, Kent, England, on July 21, 1818, the second son of Admiral George Guy Burton, Royal Navy.[2] He was educated at the Rochester and Chatham Proprietary School.[3] In 1836 or 1837, Burton came to Canada and settled in Ingersoll, where he began studying law in the office of his paternal uncle, Edmund Burton.[4] He was called to the bar in 1841 or 1842.[4][5] Thereafter, he practised law in Hamilton.[5] Burton also practised in partnership with Charles A. Sadleir, as Burton & Sadleir, for many years.[5]
He was a reformer in politics.[5]
On June 9, 1850, Burton married Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Dr. F. Perkins, of Kingston, Jamaica, and niece and adopted daughter of Colonel Charles Cranston Dixon, of the 90th Regiment.[5]
Burton acted as solicitor for the city of Hamilton; also for the
Burton was appointed a judge of the Court of Error and Appeal on May 30, 1874, moving to Toronto, Ontario.[5] Upon the elevation of Samuel Henry Strong to the Supreme Court of Canada, in October 1865, Burton became the senior justice of the Court of Appeal.[5] Burton was appointed Chief Justice of Ontario in 1897 and was knighted in 1898. He died on August 22, 1901, in Toronto.[3]
References
- ^ "Former Judges". www.ontariocourts.ca. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
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- ^ a b "Sir George Burton Dead". Windsor Star. August 23, 1901. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
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- ^ An act to make the members of the Law Society of Ontario elective by the bar thereof, SO 1871–71 (31 Vict), c 15
