Portrait of D'Arcy Boulton
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Title
Portrait of D'Arcy Boulton
Subject
Throughout his life, D'Arcy Boulton was a lawyer, office holder, politician and judge. He began by following family tradition and attending law school. However, this was paused when he became a partner in the Woollen Yarn Company. When the company went bankrupt Boulton was left in financial difficulty which could have been the reason for his moving. Boulton and his family moved to the United States, his activity here is unknown. Soon after Boulton moved to the Province of Upper Canada where his government career really took off. When he started to climb on the status latter, he ran into conflict with other politicians such as Francis Gore. In 1810 when Boulton dediced he was interested in the recent judging position, Gore and another fellow politician William Powell fought hard against Boulton's application for this position, going to the lengths of capturing the ship Boulton was on heading to England, resulting in Boulton being detained in France for 2 years. When he was released, he obtained a leave of absence from his position in Upper Canada. Shortly after he was appointed attorney general. In 1818 Boulton was appointed Powell's position as an associate judge of King's Bench. This was the last position that Boulton obtained, before his retirement in the 1820s.
Description
D'Arcy Boulton was the judge that signed the top of the said land transfer document, in which the Province of Upper Canada is granting land to John M. Kirgen.
Source
John Lownsbrough, “BOULTON, D’ARCY (1759-1834),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 29, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/boulton_d_arcy_1759_1834_6E.html.
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Citation
“Portrait of D'Arcy Boulton,” Centre for Digital Scholarship, accessed October 29, 2024, http://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/omeka/items/show/761.