Robert Duncan Wilmot

Robert Duncan Wilmot, PC (16 October 1809 – 13 February 1891) was a Canadian politician and a Father of Confederation.

Wilmot was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick on 16 October 1809. He was the son of John McNeil and Susanna (Susan) Harriet (born Wiggins) Wilmot.^[1] He moved to Saint John with his family at around the age of five, and there he was educated. In 1833 he married Susannah (Susan) Elizabeth Mowat of St Andrews.^[1] His father, John McNeil Wilmot, was a big tank and ship owner. Wilmot worked for his father's business and represented the company in Liverpool, England from 1835 to 1840. It is there that his son, Robert Duncan Wilmot, Jr., a future Member of Parliament, was born.

Wilmot served as mayor of

He was a New Brunswick delegate to the London Conference of 1866, which settled the final terms for Canadian Confederation.

Following Confederation, he was appointed to the

Wilmot resigned from the Senate on 10 February 1880 and was appointed the sixth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. He served in that position until 1885.

Wilmot died at his estate in Sunbury County at the age of 81. His home was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1975.^[2] He is buried in Sunbury County Oromocto Anglican Church cemetery on Broad Road.

• "Robert Duncan Wilmot". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• Robert Duncan Wilmot – Parliament of Canada biography
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