unkirk, before coming to
Canada with his father in 1705. Acted as assistant to the intendant;
recalled to France in 1710, and appointed intendant-general of seamen;
also made a director of the Company of the Indies. Succeeded his father
as councillor of marine. =Bib.=: Roy, _Intendants de la Nouvelle-France_
(R. S. C., 1903).
=Raudot, Jacques= (1647-1728). Councillor to the Parliament of Metz in
1674; and to the Cour des Aides at Paris, 1678. Came to Canada as
intendant, 1705, and devoted himself with rare disinterestedness to the
welfare of the colony. Returned to France in 1711. =Bib.=: Roy,
_Intendants de la Nouvelle-France_ (R. S. C., 1903).
=Razilly, Chevalier de.= =Ch= One of the Hundred Associates, 170;
ordered to assist Quebec, 200; instructions cancelled, 201; sent with
expedition to take possession of Quebec, 213.
=Re, Francois, Sieur de Gand.= =Ch= One of the Hundred Associates, 171.
=Read, David Breakenridge= (1823- ). Born in Augusta, Ontario. Educated
at Upper Canada College; studied law and called to the bar of Upper
Canada, 1845; practised his profession in Toronto; appointed Q.C., 1858;
mayor of Toronto, 1858. =Index=: =Mc= On Mackenzie, 1; Mackenzie as a
reformer, 5; on responsible government, 12. =Bib.=: Works: _The Lives of
the Judges of Upper Canada_; _The Life and Times of General John Graves
Simcoe_; _The Life and Times of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock_; _The
Rebellion of 1837_; _The Lives of the Lieutenant-Governors of Upper
Canada and Ontario_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_.
=Reade, Alfred.= =W= Appointed by Governor Colebrooke as provincial
secretary of New Brunswick, 76; causes resignation of ministers, 76-78;
discussed in House, 79-80; appointment cancelled, 80.
=Rebellion Losses Bill.= =Mc= Furious debate on, between MacNab and
Blake, 489. =BL= Passed in 1847, 292; La Fontaine responsible for, 303;
its history, 305-334, 335, 336. =E= History of, 63-84; commission
appointed by Draper-Viger government, 64; report of commissioners, 65;
La Fontaine's resolutions, 67-68; new commission appointed, 68; bitter
opposition of Tories, 68-69; the debate, 69-70; public meetings held in
opposition to bill, 70; bill passed by both houses by large majorities,
70; Elgin gives royal assent, 71; his reasons for doing so, 72-73; the
Montreal riots, 73-77, 161, 203. =B= History of, 34-38. =C= John A.
Macdonald characterizes it as a reward for treason, 32. =Md=
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