He was born in Burritt's Rapids, Canada West in 1847, the son of John Strachan French, of United Empire Loyalist heritage. His great grandfather Jeremiah French served in the first parliament of Upper Canada. French studied law in Ottawa and Toronto, was called to the bar in 1870 and set up practice in Prescott, also working in Ottawa. In 1879, he married Alma Alicia Gordon, the sister of William Gordon who was mayor of Stratford. French was named Queen's Counsel in 1889.
frederick, john, french, january, 1847, september, 1924, ontario, lawyer, political, figure, represented, grenville, south, then, grenville, legislative, assembly, ontario, conservative, member, from, 1879, 1890, ontario, mppin, office, 1879, 1890preceded, byc. Frederick John French KC January 14 1847 September 25 1924 1 2 was an Ontario lawyer and political figure He represented Grenville South and then Grenville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1890 Frederick John FrenchOntario MPPIn office 1879 1890Preceded byChristopher Finlay FraserSucceeded byOrlando BushConstituencyGrenville South 1879 1886Grenville 1886 1890Personal detailsBorn 1847 01 14 January 14 1847Burritt s Rapids Canada WestDiedSeptember 25 1924 1924 09 25 aged 77 Political partyConservativeSpouseAlma Alicia Gordon m 1879 wbr OccupationLawyerHe was born in Burritt s Rapids Canada West in 1847 the son of John Strachan French of United Empire Loyalist heritage His great grandfather Jeremiah French served in the first parliament of Upper Canada French studied law in Ottawa and Toronto was called to the bar in 1870 and set up practice in Prescott also working in Ottawa In 1879 he married Alma Alicia Gordon the sister of William Gordon who was mayor of Stratford French was named Queen s Counsel in 1889 References Edit https www findagrave com memorial 183715620 frederick john french Archives of Ontario F J French fonds Retrieved 2014 03 18 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a website ignored help External links EditOntario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history The Canadian men and women of the time a handbook of Canadian biography HJ Morgan 1898 The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register 1881 CH Mackintosh This article about a Ontario Progressive Conservative Party MPP is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick John French amp oldid 1169211948, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
