Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family. As a pharmacist, he went into business as a druggist.
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Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley and his first wife Julia Ann Hanford, circa 1843
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Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley's second wife Lady Alice Tilley by William James Topley
The Fathers of Confederation are the 36 people who attended at least one of the Charlottetown Conference of 1864, the Quebec Conference of 1864, and the London Conference of 1866, preceding Canadian Confederation. Only eleven people attended all three conferences.
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