Andrew Stuart (seigneur), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian judge
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Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
About Andrew Stuart (seigneur)
- Sir Andrew Stuart, (June 16, 1812 – June 9, 1891) was a Quebec lawyer, judge, seigneur and businessman. He was born at Quebec City in 1812, the son of Andrew Stuart, and studied at Edward Parkin's school at Chambly.
- He articled with his uncle Sir James Stuart 1st., Bt.
- and then with Henry Black, was called to the bar in 1834 and set up practice at Quebec City.
- In 1842, he married Charlotte-Elmire, the daughter of seigneur Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé.
- He purchased the seigneury of La Martinière in 1846.
- In 1851, with a partner, he purchased the Saint-Maurice ironworks from his brother Henry; six or seven years later, they abandoned the operation which were taken over by John McDougall in 1862.
- Stuart was named Queen's Counsel in 1854.
- In 1859, he was named assistant judge in the Superior Court of Lower Canada and, in 1860, puisne judge for the same court.
- In 1885, he was named chief justice in the Quebec Superior Court.
- He acted as administrator for the province during the illness of Lieutenant Governor Louis-François-Rodrigue Masson in 1887 and was also made a Knight Bachelor in that year.
- Stuart retired from the bench in 1889.
- Born an Anglican, he became a Roman Catholic in 1890. He died at Quebec City in 1891.
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