129; appointed to bench, 130, 173;
Fenety's characterization, 131; appointed lieutenant-governor, 132-133;
a many-sided man, his religious life, 133-134; his family life, 135; in
the militia, 135; his home, 136; his marriage, 1832, 137; second
marriage, 137; character and achievements, 137-139; his death, May 20,
1878, 137. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Hannay,
_History of New Brunswick_; Bourinot, _Canada during Victorian Era_ (R.
S. C., 1897); Roberts, _History of Canada_.

=Wilmot, Montagu.= Lieutenant-colonel in the army, 1755; commanded an
expedition against Fort Cumberland, 1756. Appointed lieutenant-governor
of Nova Scotia, 1763; governor, 1764. Died, 1766. =Bib.=: _Selections
from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins.

=Wilmot, Robert Duncan= (1809-1891). Born at Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Member of the provincial Parliament, 1846-1861 and in 1865-1867; and
surveyor-general, 1851-1854. Provincial secretary in the Wilmot-Gray
ministry, and in 1867 called to the Senate, of which he was a member for
thirteen years. In 1878-1891 a member of the Privy Council; in 1878-1880
a member of the Cabinet without portfolio, and Speaker of the Senate;
lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1880-1885. =Index=: =T= Elected
for St. John County, 10; elected as a Liberal, but sides with
Conservatives, 13-14; joins administration, 18, 23, 24; re-elected for
St. John, 24, 30; provincial secretary, 41; his government resigns,
42-43; re-elected for St. John County, as Anti-Confederate, 85-86;
enters Smith government, 91; his character, 93; dissatisfied with
government, 94; resigns, 94; forms new government with Peter Mitchell,
105; elected for St. John County, 109; goes to England as delegate, 120.
=Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_;
_Parliamentary Companion_, 1885.

=Wilmot, Thomas.= =W= Born, 1679, son of William Wilmot, 3.

=Wilmot, William=, =W= Father of L. A. Wilmot, 2; lumberman, 3; son of
Lemuel Wilmot, 3; his family, 3-4; a Baptist, 9; moves to Fredericton,
10; a local preacher, 10; in politics, 10. =T= In partnership with
William Peters, 4.

=Wilson, Sir Adam= (1814-1891). Born in Edinburgh. Educated in that
city. In 1830 came to Canada; studied law under Robert Baldwin Sullivan,
and in 1839 called to the bar of Upper Canada. In 1840 partner of Robert
Baldwin, the Reform leader, and built up a successful practice. Elected
to the Assembly for the north riding of Yo