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John Wellington Gwynne

John Wellington Gwynne

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John Wellington Gwynne, QC (March 30, 1814 January 7, 1902) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Born in Castleknock, Ireland, the son of William Gwynne and Eliza Nelson, he emigrated to Canada in 1832.

Gwynne was elected a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1849 and appointed QC in 1850.

In 1874, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal. In 1879, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and he served until his death in 1902.

References

  • Supreme Court of Canada Biography
  • Paul Romney (1994). "Gwynne, John Wellington". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.




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