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    Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, GCMG CB PC (September 6, 1817 – September 19, 1893) was a politician and Founding Father of the Canadian Confederation. He...
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    Alexander Tilloch FSA (Scot) (28 February 1759 – 1825) was a Scottish journalist and inventor. He founded the Philosophical Magazine. The son of John...
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  • politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831) 1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance...
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    discussion of his life and work in Upper Canada. He was the father of Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt of Montreal, Quebec. Born in Irvine, in Ayrshire, Galt was the...
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    North-West Territories (NWT) from 1878 until 1885. He joined Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt and Elliott Torrance Galt in their western industrial enterprises...
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  • A key component of his National Policy, Macdonald was helped by Alexander Tilloch Galt, who was the owner of the North Western Coal and Navigation Company...
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    ambassadors to each other. The first official high commissioner was Alexander Tilloch Galt, appointed in 1880. The office remained the most important in...
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    oldest scientific journals published in English. It was established by Alexander Tilloch in 1798; in 1822 Richard Taylor became joint editor and it has been...
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    was also built on Simpson Street by Canadian Founding Father Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt. The entrance of Simpson Street is now occupied by Sir George...
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    Canada's High Commissioner in London. Macdonald initially refused, and Alexander Tilloch Galt retained the High Commissioner's post. During the 1882 election...
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  • – St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (d. 1870) 1817 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st Canadian Minister...
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    invented muskets". The Philosophical Magazine and Journal. LIX (290). Alexander Tilloch: 467–468. January–June 1822. doi:10.1080/14786442208652776. Archived...
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    Minister of Canada John A. Macdonald, George-Étienne Cartier and Alexander Tilloch Galt, who signed the visitor book in 1866. The 4th Earl presented...
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    33 articles published in the Courrier du Canada. Two years later, Alexander Tilloch Galt, George-Étienne Cartier, and John Ross travelled to the United...
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    designation of high commissioner. The Canadian government appointed Alexander Tilloch Galt as the first high commissioner of Canada to the United Kingdom...
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    Mollet's observations to Alexander Tilloch, editor of the Philosophical Magazine. (Pictet) (1803) (Letter from Prof. Pictet to Mr. Tilloch), Philosophical Magazine...
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  • history include: Sir John A. Macdonald Sir George-Étienne Cartier Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt John Carling Sir John Rose Thomas D'Arcy McGee Joseph Howe Sir...
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    Nova Scotia Yes Yes No Charles Fisher New Brunswick No Yes Yes Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt Quebec Yes Yes Yes John Hamilton Gray Prince Edward Island Yes...
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    Chancellor of the University of Oxford Archbishop of Canterbury Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, Father of the Canadian Confederation Ross Brawn, Formula One...
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    demolished. Galt House, Simpson Street; built in the 1860s for Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, later lived in by George Caverhill; since demolished Dilcoosha...
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    the support of an influential independent member of the Assembly, Alexander Tilloch Galt. They took advantage of an exception in the statute which provided...
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  • Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley (from July 1, 1867) The Honourable Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt (from July 1, 1867) The Honourable William McDougall (from July...
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    canadienne, 1899–1939. Skelton, Oscar (1920). The Life and Times of Alexander Tilloch Galt. Oxford: Oxford University Press.[page needed] Nersessian, Mary...
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  • George William Allan 1870-71 – Sir Richard John Cartwright 1872 – Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt 1873-78 – Joseph Merrill Currier 1879 – Alonzo Wright 1880 –...
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    Seth Huntington (Rouge) Sherbrooke (Town of) Alexander Tilloch Galt (Lib-Cons) acclaimed Alexander Tilloch Galt (Lib-Cons) Stanstead Charles Carroll Colby...
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    Atlantic Railroad. The new president of this reorganized company, Alexander Tilloch Galt, and other directors were dissatisfied with the work of the Montreal...
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    co-Premier. Macdonald and Cartier were able to form a new ministry with Alexander Tilloch Galt. On August 28, Brown won the by-election that was called because...
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    Conservative government of John A. Macdonald, together with mining magnate Alexander Tilloch Galt. As a condition for joining the Canadian Confederation, British...
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    scientist William Dow (1800–1868), brewer and businessman Sir George Alexander Drummond (1829–1910), entrepreneur William Henry Drummond (1854–1907)...
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    delegations. Canada East sent three delegates: George-Étienne Cartier, Alexander Tilloch Galt, and Hector-Louis Langevin. Canada West sent three delegates:...
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