Henry John Boulton
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Henry John Boulton, was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada and the Province of Canada, as well as Chief Justice of Newfoundland.
John Beverley Robinson, Family Compact leader
Upper Canada Parliament Building in York, built between 1829 and 1832
Family Compact
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The Family Compact was a small closed group of men who exercised most of the political, economic and judicial power in Upper Canada from the 1810s to the 1840s. It was the Upper Canadian equivalent of the Château Clique in Lower Canada. It was noted for its conservatism and opposition to democracy.
Bishop Strachan. Acknowledged Anglican leader in the Family Compact.
Æneas Shaw. Early member of the compact. Appointed to the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Upper Canada in 1794.
Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada.
Sir James Buchanan Macaulay, CB.