Joshua Winslow was a soldier, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1770 to 1772.

He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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, the son of John Winslow and Sarah Peirce. Winslow was a lieutenant in William Pepperrell

William Pepperrell

Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet was a merchant and soldier in Colonial Massachusetts. He is widely remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the 1745 expedition that captured the French garrison at Fortress Louisbourg during King George's War...

's regiment which attacked Louisbourg in 1745. After the fall of Louisbourg, he was named commissary general for British troops in Nova Scotia. In 1758, he married Anna Green. With others, he petitioned for representative government in Nova Scotia. Winslow was justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

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 and a lieutenant in the militia. In 1764, he was named a judge in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. Winslow had considered returning to a residence in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 but decided to remain in Nova Scotia once the American Revolution

American Revolution

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 had begun. He moved to Quebec City

Quebec City

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 after he was named deputy paymaster for the British forces at Quebec City

Quebec City

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 in 1782. Winslow served as receiver general for Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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from 1791 to 1794. He died at Quebec at the age of 75 following an extended illness.