Wilmot and Tilley

by James Hannay

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• Wark, David, his bounty resolutions, [118]
• Watters, Hon. Charles, an advocate of confederation, [226]
• Weldon, Hon. John W., speaker of the assembly, [65];
  • on money grants, [94];
  • appointed a judge, [236]
• Wetmore, Hon. A. R., opposes confederation, [226];
  • opposes anti-confederation government, [243];
  • reëlected for St. John city, [251]
• William IV., objects to alienation of Crown lands, [22];
  • dismisses the Liberal government, [37]
• Williston, Hon. Edward, solicitor-general, [247];
  • reëlected for Northumberland, [249]
• Wilmot, Benjamin, first of the name in America, [3]
• Wilmot, Hon. Robert Duncan, [152];
  • his change of principle, [156];
  • supports the government, [160];
  • becomes surveyor-general, [165];
  • reëlected in St. John, [166];
  • becomes provincial secretary, [183];
  • opposes confederation, [227];
  • dissatisfied with the government, [235];
  • resigns in January, 1866, [236];
  • forms a new government with Mitchell, [247];
  • reëlected for St. John County, [251];
  • confederation delegate to England, [262]
• Wilmot, Lemuel, grandfather of L. A. Wilmot, [3]
• Wilmot, Lemuel Allan, birth, [2];
  • ancestry, [3];
  • education, [10];
  • studies law, [11];
  • his interest in politics, [11];
  • his knowledge of French, [12];
  • an officer of militia, [12];
  • elected to the assembly for York, [31];
  • takes his seat, [32];
  • his eloquence, [33];
  • zeal for reform, [34];
  • on custom house salaries, [38];
  • a delegate to the colonial office in connection with provincial affairs, [41];
  • arranges terms with the British government, [43];
  • second delegation to England, [46];
  • reëlected for York, [47];
  • engaged in the reform of King's College charter, [49-52];
  • bill rejected by council, [52];
  • resolutions thereon, [54];
  • the college bill passed, [56];
  • proposes a reduced scale of salaries, [62], [63];
  • nominated for the speakership, [66];
  • reëlected for York, [66];
  • becomes a member of the government, [72], [73];
  • resigns in consequence of the Reade appointment, [76];
  • his reasons, [77];
  • advocates improved schools, [88];
  • in favour of free schools, [90];
  • an advocate of the initiation of money grants, [91], [94-7];
  • bids farewell to the House, [102];
  • reëlected for York, [103];
  • his speech on the want of confidence resolution, [103-11];
  • becomes attorney-general, [116];
  • his oratory, [119];
  • at the Portland Railway Convention, [120];
  • his views on railway legislation, [126];
  • opposes the Shediac Railway, [127];
  • his bill for the reduction of salaries defeated in the legislative council, [127];
  • decline of popularity, [128];
  • appointed a judge, [130];
  • Fenety's estimate of, [131];
  • appointed lieutenant-governor, [133];
  • his religious views, [133];
  • as a lecturer, [134];
  • takes part in the Aroostook War, [135];
  • his love of flowers, [136];
  • illness and death, [137];
  • character and achievements, [137-9]
• Wilmot, William, father of L. A. Wilmot, [3];
  • a Baptist local preacher, [10];
  • member of the House of Assembly in 1816, [10]