The thousandth man : a biography of James McGregor Stewart
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0802048420
ISBN 13
9780802048424
DDC
340
Category
Osgoode Society
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Publication Year
2000
Pages
xxi, 266 pages
Subject
Canadian Biography
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Abstract
"James McGregor Stewart (1889-1955) was perhaps the foremost Canadian corporate lawyer of his day. He was also an appellate counsel, venture capitalist, Conservative Party fundraiser, bibliographer of Rudyard Kipling, and sometime university teacher of classics. A leader of the bar in the inter-war period, he was the first Maritimer to serve as president of the Canadian Bar Association. He distinguished himself mainly in constitutional cases before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. During his career, Stewart was also head of the leading law firm in eastern Canada (now Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales), director and vice-president of the Royal Bank of Canada, and senior counsel to the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations." "This biography provides both a history of a uniquely Canadian career and an interpretation of its significance for Stewart's time and ours."--Jacket.
Description
Content:
Part 1 Dalhousian, Pictonian, Presbyterian -- 1 'Lad O' Pairts' 3 -- 2 'Undesirable Elect Dalhousie Cripple' 16 -- 3 Religion and Love 29 -- Part 2 Bar and Privy Council -- 4 Prime Serjeant 49 -- Part 3 Nova Scotia Incorporated -- 5 Business Law Man 77 -- 6 Alter Ego 92 -- 7 'Royal Family' 103 -- Part 4 National Affairs -- 8 Royal Commissionaire 117 -- 9 Coal Bed of Procrustes 126 -- Part 5 Swansong -- 10 Victim, Protege, Master 147 -- 11 Twilight 165 -- Appendix A Law Firm's Names, 1867-1955 175 -- Appendix B Profile of Stewart's Corporate Career, 1914-1955 176 -- Appendix C Law Firm's Major Corporate Clients, 1909-1955 178.
Part 1 Dalhousian, Pictonian, Presbyterian -- 1 'Lad O' Pairts' 3 -- 2 'Undesirable Elect Dalhousie Cripple' 16 -- 3 Religion and Love 29 -- Part 2 Bar and Privy Council -- 4 Prime Serjeant 49 -- Part 3 Nova Scotia Incorporated -- 5 Business Law Man 77 -- 6 Alter Ego 92 -- 7 'Royal Family' 103 -- Part 4 National Affairs -- 8 Royal Commissionaire 117 -- 9 Coal Bed of Procrustes 126 -- Part 5 Swansong -- 10 Victim, Protege, Master 147 -- 11 Twilight 165 -- Appendix A Law Firm's Names, 1867-1955 175 -- Appendix B Profile of Stewart's Corporate Career, 1914-1955 176 -- Appendix C Law Firm's Major Corporate Clients, 1909-1955 178.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-249) and index.
Number of Copies
1
