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Sir William Pearce Howland (1811-1907)

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006

An Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque on the lawn of Lambton House on Old Dundas Street has this to say about this gentleman:

Coordinates: 43.663075 -79.503658

A prominent businessman and philanthropist, Howland was a leading Reform politician and a Father of Confederation. Founder of Lambton Mills, he was elected to the provincial legislature in 1858. He served in the Great Coalition government of 1864, which achieved the federal union, and attended the 1866 London Conference, where the text of the British North America Act was finalized. Elected to the first federal parliament, he resigned in 1868 to become the second lieutenant governor of Ontario. The remainder of his life was devoted to business and charitable works.

Another plaque at this location
Lambton House

Other Humber River plaques south of Dundas Street
Discovery Point
Discovery Walks - The Shared Path
Étienne Brûlé
The Humber River
Lambton House
The Old Mill
Samuel de Champlain's Journeys Through Ontario

Related Ontario plaque
Sir William Pearce Howland 1811-1907

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