Robert Hoyle
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Robert Hoyle was a businessman 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...

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He was born in Lancashire
Lancashire
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, England
England
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 in 1781 and came to New York
New York
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 state in 1806. Hoyle supplied lumber to 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...

. After he declared loyalty to Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
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 during the War of 1812
War of 1812
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, he was forced to abandon his property there and he settled in the Richelieu valley
Richelieu River
The Richelieu River is a river in Quebec, Canada. It flows from the north end of Lake Champlain about north, ending at the confluence with the St. Lawrence River at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec downstream and northeast of Montreal...

 near Lacolle
Lacolle, Quebec
Lacolle is a municipality in southern Quebec, Canada located in the administrative area of the Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,512...

. His brother Henry was leasing the seigneury
Seigneurial system of New France
The seigneurial system of New France was the semi-feudal system of land distribution used in the North American colonies of New France.-Introduction to New France:...

 of Lacolle. Hoyle became involved in farming and the lumber trade there. He also operated a ferry service across the Richelieu River. Hoyle served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant-colonel during the Lower Canada Rebellion
Lower Canada Rebellion
The Lower Canada Rebellion , commonly referred to as the Patriots' War by Quebeckers, is the name given to the armed conflict between the rebels of Lower Canada and the British colonial power of that province...

, and also served as justice of the peace. He was elected to 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...

 for L'Acadie in 1834. He voted against the Ninety-Two Resolutions
Ninety-Two Resolutions
The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony....

. In 1832, he married Elizabeth B. Nye, who was the sister of some important local merchants; his first wife Pamelia Wright had died seven years earlier. In 1834, he was named customs collector at Stanstead
Stanstead, Quebec
Stanstead is a town of about 3,000 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Québec. Stanstead is located on the Canada-United States border across from Derby Line, Vermont....

 and, in 1835, registrar for L'Acadie County. Hoyle retired from his duties as customs collector in 1844.
Imbecil que califico mal la pelea de Juan Manuel Marquez..

Marquez! TU ERES EL NUEVO CAMPEON DEL MUNDO

ESTE ROBERT HOYLE COMO JUEZ ES UN VERDADERO CORRUPTO QUE SOLO LE IMPORTA EL DINERO Y NO EL DEPORTE
He died at Lacolle in 1857 and was buried in Champlain, New York.

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