William Badgley
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William Badgley was born in Lower Canada
, educated there, and admitted to the Lower Canadian bar in 1823. He became a judge and attorney general for Canada East
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He was also the founder of a law firm now known as the Montreal office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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From 1855 to 1857 he was professor of law at McGill College and was the first dean of the Faculty of Law
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He was the son of Francis Badgley
(1767-1841), a merchant with family business connections to the London fur trade
. He was a brother to Francis
and Elizabeth, wife of William Molson
.
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...
, educated there, and admitted to the Lower Canadian bar in 1823. He became a judge and attorney general for Canada East
Canada East
Canada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....
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He was also the founder of a law firm now known as the Montreal office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Borden Ladner Gervais
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is the largest full-service Canadian law firm. The Firm has over 750 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals in offices in Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Waterloo Region...
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From 1855 to 1857 he was professor of law at McGill College and was the first dean of the Faculty of Law
McGill University Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law is a constituent faculty of McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec. Its graduates obtain both a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law , concurrently, in three to four years, allowing them to practice in both the Canadian, U.S...
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He was the son of Francis Badgley
Francis Badgley (merchant)
Francis Badgley was a Canadian merchant, politician, and newspaper editor.He was born in London, England and immigrated to Canada in about 1785. He lived in Montreal and, in 1788, entered a partnership with Richard Dobie who was active in the fur trade...
(1767-1841), a merchant with family business connections to the London fur trade
Fur trade
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of world market for in the early modern period furs of boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals have been the most valued...
. He was a brother to Francis
Francis Badgley (doctor)
Francis Badgley, was the son of Francis Badgley , a merchant with business connections to the London, England, fur trade. The senior Badgley had made his start in Canada as a partner of Richard Dobie...
and Elizabeth, wife of William Molson
Molson family
The Molson family of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was founded by John Molson who emigrated to Canada in 1782 from his home in Lincolnshire, England....
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