Samuel Henry Strong

Sir Samuel Henry Strong, PC (August 13, 1825 – August 31, 1909) was a lawyer and the third Chief Justice of Canada.[1]

The Right Honourable

Sir Samuel Henry Strong

PC
3rd Chief Justice of Canada
In office
December 13, 1892 – November 18, 1902
Nominated byJohn Thompson
Preceded byWilliam Johnstone Ritchie
Succeeded byHenri Elzéar Taschereau
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office
September 30, 1875 – December 13, 1892
Nominated byAlexander Mackenzie
Preceded byNone (new position)
Succeeded byRobert Sedgewick
Personal details
Born(1825-08-13)August 13, 1825
Poole, Dorset, England
DiedAugust 31, 1909(1909-08-31) (aged 84)
Ottawa, Ontario
Resting placeBeechwood Cemetery, Ottawa
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Charlotte Cane

Life

Strong was born in Poole, England to Samuel Spratt Strong and Jane Elizabeth Goose. He emigrated to Upper Canada with his family in 1836 settling in Bytown (later known as Ottawa). He studied law in the office of local Ottawa lawyer Augustus Keefer. He was called to the bar in 1849 and established his practice in Toronto. He was elected a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1860 and was made a QC in 1863.[2] In 1869, Strong was appointed vice-chancellor of the Court of Chancery of Ontario.[3] In 1874 he was appointed to the Ontario Court of Error and Appeal.[3]

Following Confederation he advised Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald on the establishment of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was named to the new court when it was created in 1875. He became Chief Justice in 1892 serving until his retirement in 1902, by which time he was the last of the original justices remaining. He died in 1909 at the age of 84 and was buried in Ottawa's Beechwood Cemetery.[4]

References
  1. "Biography – STRONG, Sir SAMUEL HENRY – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  2. "Biography – STRONG, Sir SAMUEL HENRY – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  3. "Supreme Court of Canada - Biography - Samuel Henry Strong". web.archive.org. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  4. "Biography – STRONG, Sir SAMUEL HENRY – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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