October 17, 1825

William Campbell becomes Chief Justice of Upper Canada

By the mid 1820s, Chief Justice William Dummer Powell had become, in the eyes of some contemporaries, senile and infirm. Lieutenant-Governor Peregrine Maitland recommended Campbell to replace Powell, and he did so on 17 October 1825.

Watercolour of Courthouse, John G. Howard – Toronto Public Library Collection

Sources:

  • Biography – Dictionary of Canadian Biography, William Campbell (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/campbell_william_6E.html)
  • Image – Toronto Public Library (http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?R=DC-PICTURES-R-3942)