Amos Edwin Botsford, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (September 5, 1804 – March 22, 1894) was a Canadian

Canada

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 farmer, judge, politician, and businessman.

Born in Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John, New Brunswick

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, the son of William Botsford

William Botsford

William Botsford was a lawyer, judge and political figure in the pre-Confederation Province of New Brunswick, Canada....

, and moved with his family to Westcock

Westcock, New Brunswick

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 in 1808. He was a justice of the peace and a senior judge for the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in Westmorland County

Westmorland County, New Brunswick

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. He served in the county militia, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Botsford was named to the province's Legislative Council

Legislative Council of New Brunswick

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, serving from 1833 to 1866; he also served as a member of the Executive Council from 1838 to 1840. He supported Confederation

Canadian Confederation

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 and, in 1867, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of New Brunswick. He served as speaker in 1872 and 1880. A Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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 member, he died in office in 1894. He is buried in Fernhill Cemetery

Fernhill Cemetery

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Botsford also helped establish the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Railway Company in 1874 and served as its president.

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