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About George S. Grimmer
- George Skeffington Grimmer, (June 11, 1826 – March 1, 1887) was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick.
- He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1862 to 1864 as a Liberal member. He was born in St.
- Stephen, New Brunswick, the son of Elizabeth Maxwell, daughter of a United Empire Loyalist, and her husband John Davidson Grimmer (1851–1936), a ship builder of German descent whose ancestor Thomas Grimmer (1759–1828) was also a United Empire Loyalist.
- His mother, and He was educated in St.
- Stephen and at Washington Academy in East Machias, Maine. Grimmer studied law with James Watson Chandler, was called to the bar in 1849 and set up practice in Charlotte County.
- In 1851 he married Mary Allan Hazen (1823–1906) and in 1865 the couple moved to a home in Chamcook, New Brunswick.
- He resigned his seat in the legislative assembly after he was named Clerk of the Peace for the county in 1864.
- He later served as clerk for the county court and for the circuit court and then was secretary for the county.
- Grimmer also served as captain in the county militia.
- In 1873, he was named Queen's Counsel. George Grimmer died in 1887.
- He and his wife are buried in the St.
- John the Baptist Chapel of Ease Anglican Church Cemetery in Chamcook.
- Their son, W.C.H.
- Grimmer, followed in his father's footsteps and became a lawyer who also served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1903 to 1917.
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