Robert Thorpe (judge)
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Robert Thorpe was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada and was later chief justice of Sierra Leone.
Portrait of Robert Thorpe
Francis Gore
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Francis Gore was an English military officer and British colonial administrator in Bermuda and Upper Canada.
Robert Thorpe (judge)
…responsible to the elected representatives. He advocated for ideas that would be later called responsible government and home rule. Lieutenant Governor Francis Gore suspended Thorpe from the legislature in July 1807 for advocating against the powers of the Lieutenant Governor. He left Upper Canada in 1807 when he…
Portrait by George Theodore Berthon