Lists from Meacham's 1880 Atlas of Prince Edward Island

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Bank of Prince Edward Island 1880

By Act of local Parliament this Bank was incorporated in 1856. Its charter expires in 1897. Capitol $120.000. It does the heaviest City business of any Bank on the Island.

Board of Directors:

Hon. Joseph Hensley, President
Hon. John Longsworth
Hon. Daniel Davies
Hon. W. W. Lord
Hon. T. Heath Haviland
Richard Heartz Esq.
James Peake Esq.
J. R. Brecken, Cashier

Union Bank of P. E. Island

This, the largest Banking Institution in the Provnce, was incorporated by Act of local Parliament, in 1863. It's Charter does not expire till 1900.

Head Office: Charlottetown, Branches in Montague and Summerside

Board of Directors:

Charles Palmer Esq. Q. C., President
Hon Thomas W. Dodd
A. L. Brown Esq.
W. E. Dawson Esq.
George Davies Esq.
John Ings Esq.
James DesBrisay Esq.
George MacLeod, Cashier

Summerside Branch - Neil MacKelvie, Manager

Montaque - M. .J. Fitzgerald, Manager

Lieutenant Governors: 1770-1879
1770 - Walter Patterson
1786 - Gen Edward Fanning
1805 - J. F.W. Desbarres
1813 - Charles Douglas Smith
1824 - Col. John Ready
1831 - Col. Aretas Young
1836 - Sir John Harvey
1837 - Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy
1841 - Sir Henry Vere Huntley
1847 - Sir Donald Campbell
1851 - Sir A. Bannerman
1854 - Sir Dominick Daly
1859 - Charles Young, Administrator
1859 - George Dundas Esq.
1870 - W. C. Robinson Esq.
1874 - Sir Robert Hodgson
1879 - Hon. T. H. Haviland

Chief Justices 1770-1879

Sept. 19th 1770 - John Duport
June 23rd 1776 - Peter Stewart
Oct 24th 1801 - Thomas Cochrane
Nov 10th 1802 - Robert Thorpe
May 1st 1807 - Caesar Colclough
April 6th 1813 - Thomas Tremlett
Aug 7th 1824 - S. G. W. Archibald
Aug 30th 1828 - E. J. Jarvis
April 2nd 1853 - Sir Robert Hodgson
July 7th 1874 - Edward Palmer

Assistant Judges 1770-1879

Oct 28th 1778 - Thomas Wright, Robert Grey
June 1st 1790 - Joseph Robinson, James Curtis
Nov 1824 - Thos. H. Haviland, Ambrose Lane
Feb 20th 1828 - George Wright, John Barrow
Sept 29th 1848 - Jas. H. Peters, Joseph Hensley

Colonial Secretaries 1770-1879

July 31st 1769 - Thomas DesBrisay
Sept 27th 1819 - John E. Carmichael
Sept 11th 1828 - John P. Collins
Dec 3rd 1839 - Thos. H. Haviland
1851 - James Warburton
Feb 1854 - Francis Longworth
Jan 1856 - George Coles Henry Haszard
April 11th 1859 - Wm. H. Pope
June 1866 - Thomas H. Haviland
Feb 1867 - George Coles
1869 - Benjamin Davies
Sept 10th 1870 - Thomas H. Haviland
Apr 1872 - Albert Hensley
Apr 1873 - Thomas H. Haviland
1876 - George W. DeBlois
Sept 1878 - Thomas W. Dodd
Mar 11th 1879 - Neil McLeod

Presidents of the Legislative Council 1770-1879

1783 - John Duport
1774 - P. Callbeck
1776 - J. R. Spence
1779 - P. Stewart
1780 - T. DesBrisay
1785 - P. Stewart
1786 - P. Callbeck
1788 - T. DesBrisay
1790 - P. Stewart
1802 - R. Thorpe
1808 - C. Colclough
1813 - T. Tremlett
1825 - C. Worrell
1825 - S. G. W. Archibald
1828 - George Wright
1829 - E. J. Jarvis
1839 - T. H. Haviland
1840 - R. Hodgson
1852 - Charles Young
1863 - Donald Montgomery
1874 - Herbert Bell
1876 - John Balderston

Leaders of Government since Responsible Government 1851-1879

1851 - George Coles
Feb 1854 - John Holl
July 1854 - George Coles
April 1859 - Edward Palmer
1863 - John H Gray
1865 - James C. Pope
1867 - George Coles
1869 - Joseph Hensley, R. P. Haythorne
Sept 1870 - J. C. Pope
April 1872 - R. P. Haythorne
April 1873 - J. C. Pope
Aug 1873 - L. C. Owen
1876 - L. H. Davies
Mar 11th 1879 - W.W. Sullivan

Attorneys General 1770-1879

Sept 19th 1770 - Philipps Callbeck, Joseph Aplin
June 3rd 1780 - John Wentworth
Sept 15th 1800 - Peter Macgowen
Nov 4th 1811 - Chas. Stewart
Jan 15th 1813 - Wm. Johnstone
May 18th 1829 - Robert Hodgson
May 29th 1851 - Charles Young
May 2nd 1853 - Joseph Hensley
June 29th 1858 - Charles Young
April 11th 1859 - Frederick Brecken
Jan 28th 1863 - Edward Palmer
Mar 14th 1867 - Joseph Hensley
1869 - Dennis O'M. Reddin, Solicitor General
Sept 10th 1870 - Frederick Brecken
April 18th 1873 - Edward Palmer
Sept 6th 1876 - L. H. Davies
Mar 11th 1878 - W. W. Sullivan

Board of Works Established June 19th 1869

Chairmen

July 6th 1869 - Benjamin Davies
Oct 4th 1870 - J. C. Pope
May 22nd 1872 - R. P. Haythorne
May 15th 1873 - L. C. Owen

Commissioners of Public Work

July 1st 1876 - L. C. Owen .....
Sept 1876 - W. D. Stewart
Mar 11th 1879 - D. Ferguson