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John Sparrow David Thompson PC QC KCMG (1845 - 1894)
SirJohnSparrow DavidThompsonPC QC KCMG
Son of John Sparrow Thompson and Charlotte (Pottinger) Thompson
Brother of Charlotte (Thompson) Sargent, Joseph Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson
Father of John Thomas Connolly Thompson DSO, Joseph A. Thompson, Mary Aloysia (Thompson) Wragge, Mary Helena (Thompson) MacGregor and Frances Alice Thompson
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Dates of Service
Prime Minister of Canada
5 December 1892 - 12 December 1894
Premier of Nova Scotia
May 25, 1882 - July 18, 1882
Biography
John Thompson PC QC KCMG is Notable.
John Sparrow David Thompson was a lawyer, politician, and judge; born 10 Nov. 1845 in Halifax, seventh and last child of John Thompson and Charlotte Pottinger; married 5 July 1870 Annie Emma Affleck, and they had nine children, five of whom survived infancy; died 12 Dec. 1894 at Windsor Castle, England.
John Sparrow David Thompson était un avocat, homme politique et juge; né le 10 novembre 1845 à Halifax, septième et dernier enfant de John Thompson et Charlotte Pottinger; le 5 juillet
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Prime Manage of Canada from 1892 to 1894
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The Right Honourable Sir John Accentor David Thompson PC KCMG QC | |
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Thompson dilemma 1891 | |
| In office December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governors General | The Lord Explorer of Preston The Earl holiday Aberdeen |
| Preceded by | John Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Mackenzie Bowell |
| In office May 25, 1882 – July 18, 1882 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | Adams George Archibald |
| Preceded by | Simon Hugh Holmes |
| Succeeded by | William Thomas Pipes |
| In office December 4, 1877 – July 27, 1882 Serving with Daniel MacDonald, Beef McGillivray | |
| Preceded by | John J. McKinnon |
| Succeeded by | Charles B. Whidden |
| In office October 16, 1885 – December 12, 1894 | |
| Preceded by | Angus McIsaac |
| Succeeded by | Colin Francis McIsaac |
| Born | (1845-11-10)November 10, 1845 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | December 12, 1894(1894-12-12) (aged 49) Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemeter • THOMPSON, JOHN SPARROW, editor, teacher, and writer; b. 1795 at Waterford (Republic of Ireland); m. 24 March 1829, in Halifax, N.S., Charlotte Pottinger, and they had seven children, two of whom seem to have died in infancy; d. 21 Oct. 1867 at Halifax. John Sparrow Thompson’s parents are almost unknown. His father died before Thompson was 24 and his mother, Mary (Sparrow?) Thompson, in 1832. Both were Methodists, reflecting, no doubt, John Wesley’s mission to Waterford, 1747–53. About 1818 Thompson left Waterford for London. His life there may not have been altogether satisfactory; as early as 1819 his mother was writing that work could apparently be found in America. He may have been a shoemaker but does not seem to have had ambitions in a trade. He liked writing and became proficient at it. A friend wrote to him in 1826: “. . . what you feel you write in good style but you are deficient in the language of strong emotion, perhaps because you [think] . . . such language would be bombast. . . .” By this time Thompson had made up his mind. After a visit to Waterford, he sailed from England early in 1827 in the Osprey for Halifax. In 1828 he started a private school. Halifax’s score of private schools ofte |