 George
Brown (1819-1880)
Born at Alloa, Scotland, in 1819 this
Father of Confederation was educated in Edinburgh, and settled in
Toronto in 1843. Here, in the following year he began the Globe,
which soon became a leading reform newspaper. Entering parliament in
1851, Brown rose to head a reorganized "Clear Grit" Liberal
party. In 1864, he was instrumental in shaping a coalition government to
seek confederation. Prominent at the resulting Charlottetown and Québec
conferences, he left the government in 1865, but remained a power in his
party and on the Globe. He built his house in 1874-77 and died here in
1880. |
