Thomas Mabon Radenhurst, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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About Thomas Mabon Radenhurst
- Thomas Mabon Radenhurst, (April 6, 1803 – August 7, 1854) was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born at Fort St.
- Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) in Lower Canada in 1803.
- His father, an immigrant from England, died in 1805.
- He was educated at John Strachan's school in York (Toronto) and then studied law with his cousin, George Ridout in York.
- He was called to the bar in 1824 and then moved to Perth, the judicial seat of the Bathurst District.
- In 1828, he was elected to the 10th Parliament of Upper Canada representing Carleton County. In 1830, he fought a duel with another Perth lawyer, James Boulton; neither party was seriously injured.
- In 1833, Robert Lyon, Radenhurst's student, and John Wilson, Boulton's student, fought the last fatal duel in Canada; Lyon died on June 13, 1833. He was appointed district court judge in 1841 but declined the appointment because he felt that it did not provide adequate compensation.
- He served as crown prosecutor for the Eastern and Midland Districts.
- In 1850, he became a Queen's Counsel. He died at Perth in 1854.
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