rk; in 1862-1863
solicitor-general in John Sandfield Macdonald's government; resigned on
being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench. Chief-justice of the Court
of Common Pleas, 1878; and of Queen's Bench, 1884. Knighted, 1888.
=Index=: =B= Comments on George Brown's letter to Senator Simpson,
249-250; had been supported by _Globe_ in election contests, 250;
solicitor-general in Macdonald-Sicotte ministry, 250; attacked by
_Globe_, 250-252; takes no part in Brown's trial for contempt of court,
252, 254. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty
Years_.

=Wilson, Sir Daniel= (1816-1892). Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Educated
at Edinburgh University. In 1845 appointed honorary secretary of the
Scottish Society of Antiquaries. In 1853 came to Canada as professor of
history and English literature in Toronto University, becoming president
of the university in 1881. Elected president of the Royal Society of
Canada, 1885. Knighted, 1888. =Bib.=: Works: _Prehistoric Man_; _The
Missing Link_; _Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland_;
_Chatterton: A Biographical Study_; _The Lost Atlantis, and other
Ethnographic Studies_. For biog., _see Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Can.
Por._; Kingsford, _Sir Daniel Wilson_ (R. S. C., 1893); MacMurchy,
_Canadian Literature_.

=Wilson, John.= =T= Runs against Tilley in St. John, New Brunswick, and
defeated, 131.

=Wilson, John= (1809-1869). Born in Paisley, Scotland. Came to Canada,
1823; for some years worked on a farm near Perth. Studied law and called
to the bar of Upper Canada, 1835. Practised his profession at London.
Served as a volunteer during the Rebellion of 1837. Represented London
in the Assembly, 1847-1851; defeated, 1851, but again elected, 1854;
elected to the Legislative Council, 1863; appointed judge of the Court
of Common Pleas, 1863. =Bib.=: Read, _Lives of the Judges_.

=Wiman, Erastus= (1834-1904). Born at Churchville, Ontario. Educated in
Toronto; early became engaged in newspaper work; joined the staff of the
Toronto _Globe_, 1856; edited Montreal _Trade Renew_, 1864-1865; entered
the service of R. G. Dun & Co., 1865; removed to the United States,
1866, and connected with many large commercial enterprises. A strong
advocate of reciprocity between Canada and the United States. =Index=:
=Md= Favours commercial union, 293. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Windmill Point.= Situated in Grenville County, Ontario, and the scene
of an engagement between