Wilmot and Tilley

by James Hannay

• Railways, European and North American, proposed, [168];
  • its progress, [186];
  • completed to Shediac, [187], [188];
  • Intercolonial, building of, proposed, [168], [195];
  • delegations sent to England to obtain assistance, [169], [196-8];
  • discussed in parliament, [187];
  • a meeting held in Quebec to consider the offer of the British government, [198];
  • a committee is sent to England to arrange the terms of the guarantee but fail to come to an agreement, [199], [200];
  • its construction secured by confederation, [264]
• Reade, Alfred, appointed provincial secretary, [76];
  • his appointment condemned by the assembly, [79];
  • the appointment cancelled, [80]
• Reciprocity treaty, discussed, [170], [171];
  • bill passed, [175]
• Ritchie, Hon. William J., member for the county of St. John, [152];
  • his great ability, [155];
  • moves a want of confidence resolution, [160];
  • complains of the conduct of the governor and the colonial office, [164];
  • resigns his seat, [166];
  • reëlected for St. John, [172];
  • joins the Fisher government, [175];
  • becomes chief-justice, [236]
• Robinson, F. P., auditor of the king's casual revenue, [34]
• Russell, Lord John, colonial secretary, [53];
  • on the King's College charter, [54];
  • on tenure of office, [114]

S

• Salaries, official, [61];
  • reduction proposed by Wilmot, [62]
• Saunders, Hon. John Simcoe, advocate-general, [34]
• Simonds, Hon. Charles, a delegate to England with the grievances of New Brunswick, [24];
  • elected speaker, [160];
  • resigns his seat, [166];
  • again elected speaker, [183]
• Skinner, Hon. C. N., favours confederation, [227];
  • member for St. John city, [251]
• Smith, Hon. Albert J., joins the Fisher government, [175];
  • forms an anti-confederation government, [232];
  • differences with the lieutenant-governor, [242];
  • his government resigns, [245];
  • moves an amendment to confederation resolutions, [260]
• Smith, William O., mayor of St. John, [149]
• Stanley, Lord, colonial secretary, [53];
  • on King's College charter, [53], [54];
  • on the Reade appointment, [80];
  • on money grants, [92]
• Steadman, Hon. James, postmaster-general, [193]
• Steeves, Hon. William H., joins the Fisher government, [175]
• Street, Hon. George F., solicitor-general, [34];
  • a delegate to England in connection with the Civil List Bill, [45]
• Street, Hon. John Ambrose, attorney-general, [161]
• Street-Partelow government, defeated, [173]
• Sutton, Richard, [249]

T

• Tilley, James, grandfather of Sir Leonard, [145]
• Tilley, Lady, [284];
  • her charitable work, [285]
• Tilley, Samuel, great-grandfather of Sir Leonard, [143]
• Tilley, Samuel Leonard, birth and ancestry, [143];
  • at the Madras School, [147];
  • at the grammar school, [147];
  • removes to St. John, [149];
  • enters a drug store as clerk, [149];
  • becomes a total abstainer, [150];
  • begins business on his own account, [150];
  • elected to the House of Assembly as member for St. John, [152];
  • resigns his seat, [166];
  • reëlected for St. John, [172];
  • becomes provincial secretary, [174];
  • defeated on the prohibition question, [183];
  • again elected for St. John, [185];
  • a delegate to England in regard to the Intercolonial Railway, [196];
  • a delegate to Quebec to consider the offer of the British government, [198];
  • second delegation to England, [199];
  • at the Quebec conference, [219-22];
  • defeated in St. John city, [231];
  • resigns with his colleagues, [232];
  • declines to form a new government, [247];
  • becomes provincial secretary, [247];
  • reëlected for St. John city, [251];
  • his efforts for confederation, [252];
  • his ability as a speaker, [255];
  • supports the confederation resolutions, [258], [259];
  • confederation delegate to England, [262];
  • presented to Her Majesty, [266];
  • becomes minister of customs, [272];
  • elected to parliament for St. John city, [273];
  • made a Companion of the Bath, [274];
  • his standing in the House of Commons, [274];
  • becomes minister of finance, [275];
  • elected to the second parliament, [275];
  • appointed lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, [275];
  • resigns the governorship, [278];
  • again becomes finance minister, [279];
  • introduces a protectionist tariff, [279];
  • again appointed lieutenant-governor, [280];
  • resides in St. John, [281];
  • his simple habits, [281];
  • his popularity, [282];
  • a member of the Church of England, [282];
  • made a K.C.M.G., [283];
  • his marriages, [284];
  • visits Her Majesty at Osborne, [284];
  • his children, [284];
  • suffers from an incurable disease, [285];
  • his last illness, [286];
  • death, [287];
  • funeral, [288];
  • tributes of respect, [288]
• Tilley, Thomas Morgan, father of Sir Leonard, [145]
• Trent affair, [197]

U

• United States, their attitude towards Canada, [254]

V

• Vankoughnet, Hon. P. M., a delegate to England in regard to the Intercolonial Railway, [197]