Edward Malloch

Edward Malloch (1801–1867) was a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada.

Born in Scotland, Edward Malloch settled in Richmond about the time of the building of the Rideau Canal, shortly after the area was settled by members of the 100th Regiment of Foot. There he married Margaret Lindsey Hill of Amherstburg and daughter of Maria Hill. Edward and Margaret opened a general store which supplied the workers during the building of the Rideau Canal, where Malloch was a "merchant, politician and local land shark"[1] buying at least 8,000 acres in the Richmond area plus 5,100 acres in Loyalist rights.[2] They later moved to Bytown (now Ottawa) where he served with the Carleton militia, becoming captain in 1837. He represented Carleton in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1834 to 1841 and in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada (Conservative)[2] from 1848 to 1854.[3] He also served as the first sheriff for Carleton County. He died in 1867 and was interred at the National Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa.

His daughter Maria married James Alexander Grant, who was later elected to the Canadian House of Commons.[4]

References
  1. Elliot, Bruce S. (2004). Irish Migrants in the Canadas: A New Approach. Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press. p. 218. ISBN 9780773569928.
  2. Johnson, J (1989). Becoming Prominent: Regional Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: McGill-Queen's Press. p. 214. ISBN 9780773506411.
  3. Prominent men of Canada a collection of persons distinguished in professional and political life, and in the commerce and industry of Canada, GM Adam (1892) p. 152


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