James Cockburn (Lower Canada politician)
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James Cockburn was an English
-born physician and political figure in Lower Canada
. He represented Gaspé in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
from 1816 to 1819.
He was born in Chichester
and practised medicine there before coming to Lower Canada. He was authorized to practise in Lower Canada in 1806. Cockburn was a surgeon and pharmacist in Quebec City
. He established a hospital in the Lower Town there for sailors and victims of accidents on ships. He married his second wife, a Miss McKeige, in 1819. Cockburn died in office near Newfoundland while sailing to England
aboard the William Pitt and was probably buried at sea.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
-born physician and political figure in Lower Canada
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
. He represented Gaspé in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791...
from 1816 to 1819.
He was born in Chichester
Chichester
Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, South-East England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings...
and practised medicine there before coming to Lower Canada. He was authorized to practise in Lower Canada in 1806. Cockburn was a surgeon and pharmacist in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
. He established a hospital in the Lower Town there for sailors and victims of accidents on ships. He married his second wife, a Miss McKeige, in 1819. Cockburn died in office near Newfoundland while sailing to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
aboard the William Pitt and was probably buried at sea.