James Henry Coyne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian lawyer and historian
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Place of Birth: St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
About James Henry Coyne
- James Henry Coyne, (October 3, 1849 – January 5, 1942) was a Canadian lawyer and historian. Born in St.
- Thomas, Canada West (now Ontario), the second son of William Coyne and Christina Patterson, Coyne graduated from University College, Toronto in 1870.
- He studied law in St.
- Thomas and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1874.
- He practiced law in St.
- Thomas.During the Fenian raids of 1866, Coyne joined the St.
- Thomas Rifles and served in three campaigns in London, Port Stanley, and Sarnia.
- He acted as quartermaster-sergeant to the Provisional battalion of volunteers in Thorold.
- In 1877, he joined the University company of the Queen's Own Rifles, where he remained a member until his graduation in 1870.From 1898 to 1902, he was President of the Ontario Historical Society and was a member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada from 1919 to 1930.In 1906 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and served as its president from 1926 to 1927.He married Matilda Bowes in 1877 and had at least four children.
- His son, James Bowes Coyne, was a lawyer and judge in Manitoba.
- James Bowes Coyne's son, James Elliott Coyne, was the second Governor of the Bank of Canada.
- Op-ed writer Andrew Coyne is a great-grandson.
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