William Glenholme Falconbridge, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian lawyer, judge
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About William Glenholme Falconbridge
- Sir William Glenholme Falconbridge, (May 12, 1846 – February 8, 1920) was a Canadian lawyer and judge in Ontario, Canada. Born in Drummondville (now Niagara Falls, Ontario), Upper Canada, he was the son of John Kennedy Falconbridge, an Irish immigrant, and Sarah Fralick.
- Falconbridge studied at the Richmond Hill grammar school, Barrie grammar school, and at the Model Grammar School in Toronto.
- He received a BA degree in 1866 from University College, University of Toronto.
- He served as the chair of modern languages at Yarmouth Seminary in Nova Scotia for his health and then returned to Toronto where he was a lecturer in Spanish and Italian at University College.
- At the same time, he studied law with the law firm Morphy, Sullivan, and Fenton.
- He also studied with the firm of Patton, Osler, and Moss before being called to the Ontario Bar in 1871.
- He practiced law in the firm of Harrison, Osler, and Moss.
- In 1879, he was made a partner of the firm. In 1870, he received an MA degree from the University of Toronto and was registrar of the University from 1872 to 1881.
- In 1873, he married Mary Phoebe, the daughter of Robert Baldwin Sullivan.
- He was made a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada and created a Queen's Counsel in 1885. In 1887, he was appointed a judge in the Queen's Bench division of Ontario's High Court of Justice.
- In 1900, he was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench, High Court of Justice of the Province of Ontario. From 1905-1908 he served as Chair of the Toronto Public Library Board.In 1908, he was made a Knight Bachelor.Falconbridge died of pneumonia in Toronto at the age of 73.
- The geographic township of Falconbridge was named in his honour.
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