Rupert Etherege Kingsford (October 20, 1849 – October 7, 1920) was a Canadian lawyer, magistrate, and writer.
Rupert Etherege Kingsford was born in Montreal, Canada East, on October 20, 1849.[1] He attended Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, from which he received a BA and the silver medal in classics and modern languages in 1869, an MA in 1871, and an LLB in 1873.[2] He was called to the bar of Ontario in 1873.[2]
In June 1894, he was appointed a deputy police magistrate in Toronto, Ontario.[2] He became an assistant magistrate in March 1899.[1]
Kingsford published several books on law and other subjects. The Campaign of 1815 (1887) describes the Battle of Waterloo and related events. Kingsford also wrote A Manual of Evidence in Civil Cases, which entered its second edition in 1897; A Manual of the Law of Landlord and Tenant for Use in the Province of Ontario (1896); Commentaries on the Law of Ontario; Being Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England Adapted to the Province of Ontario (also in 1896); and The Law Relating to Executors and Administrators (1900).[2][3]
Kingsford died in Toronto on October 7, 1920.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Hynes, Tracy D. (1998). "Kingsford, Rupert Etherege". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1898). "Kingsford, Rupert Etherege". The Canadian Men and Women of the Time (1st ed.). Toronto: William Briggs. p. 539.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Wallace, W. Stewart, ed. (1963). "Kingsford, Rupert Etherege". The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Macmillan Publishers. p. 370. OCLC 1090991921.
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