John Murray Bliss
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John Murray Bliss | |
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| Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick | |
| In office 1816–1834 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1771 Massachusetts |
| Died | 22 August 1834 |
| Occupation | jurist |
John Murray Bliss (22 February 1771 – 22 August 1834) was a Canadian jurist, politician and administrator.
Biography
Father
John Murray Bliss was born in Massachusetts, the son of Massachusetts loyalist Daniel Bliss, a lawyer and British soldier who moved his family to New Brunswick in 1784 after being appointed to the first provincial council. Daniel Bliss also became chief justice of the court of common pleas. Daniel was a Harvard graduate (1760), and had left Concord, Massachusetts, and joined the British army when he was proscribed under the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778. In the army, he was appointed commissary.[1]
Education and career
John Bliss studied law with
John Murray Bliss is notable for his Loyalist beliefs and ties to this influential community. As a politician and colonial administrator he influenced the growth of New Brunswick.
Notes
References
- "John Murray Bliss". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.