Robert duncan wilmot biography definition

  • Robert Duncan Wilmot, PC (16 October – 13 February ) was a Canadian politician and a Father of Confederation.
  • WILMOT, ROBERT DUNCAN, businessman, politician, and lieutenant governor; b.
  • Robert Duncan Wilmot was a New Brunswick businessman who parlayed his experience as spokesperson for the family business into political office.
  • Robert Duncan WILMOT

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  • robert duncan wilmot biography definition
  • WILMOT, ROBERT DUNCAN, businessman, politician, and lieutenant governor; b. 16 Oct. in Fredericton, son of John McNeil Wilmot* and Susanna (Susan) Harriet Wiggins; m. 17 Dec. Susannah (Susan) Elizabeth Mowat of St Andrews, N.B., and they had seven children; d. 13 Feb. at Belmont, his estate in Sunbury County, N.B.

    When Robert Duncan Wilmot was about five years old, his family moved to Saint John where his father became a prominent merchant and shipowner. Young Wilmot was educated in local schools and then entered his father’s business. He spent the years –40 in Liverpool, England, representing the firm. After his return he was involved in the construction of mills, ships, and railways, and was one of the promoters of Saint John as the metropolis of New Brunswick. A member of the board of the New-Brunswick Colonial Association and a director of the European and North American Railway, he is considered by historian Thomas William Acheson to have been one of the 40 merchants who “dominated the commercial life of the city between and ”

    Wilmot was introduced to politics at a young age. He belonged to an old tory family and his father represented Saint John County and City in the House of Assembly for 15 years. R. D. Wilmot enter

    Robert Duncan Wilmot

    Canadian Father of Confederation

    For his son, see Robert Duncan Wilmot Jr.

    For other uses, see Robert Wilmot (disambiguation).

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

    Early life and family

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    Wilmot was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick on 16 October 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 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 to It is there that his son, Robert Duncan Wilmot, Jr., a future Member of Parliament, was born.

    Political career

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    New Brunswick

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    Wilmot served as mayor of Saint John from to He represented Saint John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from to , and from to , and was member of the Executive Council of New Brunswick, serving as the Surveyor-General from to , and provincial secretary from to

    He was a New Brunswick delegate to the London Conference of , which settled the final te