John Wimburn Laurie

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John Lauire
John Laurie (1859)
Born
John Wimburn Laurie

(1835-10-01)1 October 1835
Died19 May 1912(1912-05-19) (aged 76)
OccupationSoldier

Lieutenant-General John Wimburn Laurie,

CB (1 October 1835 – 19 May 1912) was a soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada for thirty years and then returned to England
.

Military career

He was born in

India (1858). He served in South Africa (1881). While in Nova Scotia, Laurie also served during the North-West Rebellion of 1885, at which point he was the highest-ranking officer in Canada.[2]
He achieved the rank of Lieutenant General in 1887.

Nova Scotia

In 1862 he arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, married Frances Robie Collins (daughter of Enos Collins) in 1863, and developed Oakfield, Nova Scotia on the shores of Grand Lake. Laurie was warden for Halifax County in 1880. He was appointed Lieutenant General (1881), became an MP for Shelburne in the Canadian House of Commons (1887-1891).

In 1886, he greeted

Conservative
member.

Laurie (sitting) and three of his sons (1901) (Painting of this photo is hung at Citadel Hill (Fort George), Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Laurie was a prominent

freemason, serving as Grand Master for Nova Scotia and provincial grand master for South Wales.[4] During his time in Nova Scotia, he served as president of the Central Board of Agriculture. Laurie was chairman of the Canadian trade section of the London Chamber of Commerce. He was named a knight of the Order of St. Sava and of the Order of the Red Cross of Serbia.[1]

England

Although retaining Oakfield, he returned to England in 1889 and was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the British House of Commons in 1892.[1] He was elected a member of the British House of Commons at the next general election, representing Pembroke and Haverfordwest from 1895 to 1906.[5] He entered local politics, becoming Mayor of Paddington in 1907.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) civil division in the November 1902 Birthday Honours list,[6][7] and advanced to a Companion of the military division in the 1905 Birthday Honours.

Family

Laurie's son John Laurie Jr. listed on the Memorial Arch - Royal Military College of Canada

His oldest son John Laurie Jr. was killed in the Second Boer War and is listed on the South African War Memorial in Halifax and the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. He was also the father of George Brenton Laurie who was killed in World War One.

Mrs. Laurie, of Oakfield, Nova Scotia returned to Nova Scotia after her husband died and while George was in WW1.

Legacy

electoral record

1887 Canadian federal election: Shelburne
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Thomas Robertson 1,194
Conservative John Wimburn Laurie 1,160
By-election on 15 December 1887

On election being declared void, 9 November 1887

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative
John Wimburne Laurie
 1,083
Liberal
Thomas Robertson
 1,075
By-election on 22 October 1888

On election being declared void

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative
John Wimburne Laurie
 987
Unknown Congden 976

See also

References

Endnotes

  1. ^ a b c Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1898). The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Handbook of Canadian Biography (first ed.). Toronto: William Briggs.
  2. ISBN 978-1-894974-30-1
    .
  3. ISBN 9780665306013
    .
  4. ISBN 1-4179-7579-2
  5. ^ [1] HANSARD 1803–2005 → People
  6. ^ "Birthday Honours". The Times. No. 36921. London. 10 November 1902. p. 10.
  7. ^ "No. 27499". The London Gazette. 28 November 1902. p. 8253.

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