William Horwood (Chief Justice), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About William Horwood (Chief Justice)
- Sir William Henry Horwood, (KCMG) (November 5, 1862 – April 7, 1945) was a politician and the Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1902 to 1944.
- He represented Trinity from 1894 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1902 and Harbour Grace from 1897 to 1900 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly.Born in St.
- John's, Horwood was educated at Bishop Feild College and went on to study law.
- He was called to the Newfoundland bar in 1885.
- In 1895, he was named Queen's Counsel.
- He was first elected to the Newfoundland assembly in a by-election held in 1894.
- Horwood was a member of the Executive Council from 1894 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1902.
- He was Colonial Secretary from 1894 to 1895 and Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 1900 to 1902.
- In 1895, he was a Newfoundland delegate to a conference in Ottawa to discuss confederation with Canada.
- Horwood resigned from cabinet and the assembly upon being named Chief Justice in July 1902.On December 19, 1904, Horwood was named a Knights Bachelor.He was appointed president of the Newfoundland branch of St.
- John Ambulance following its initiation in April 1910.In 1908, Howrood married Julia Hutchinson.
- He was named a Knight Commander in the Order of St Michael and St George in 1944.
- He died in St.
- John's at the age of 82.
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