Frederick John French, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Burritts Rapids, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
About Frederick John French
- Frederick John French, (January 18, 1847 – 1924) 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. 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.
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