Metcalfe, 155; not satisfactory as
capital, 180; Harrison member for, 182; serious trouble between
Orangemen and Roman Catholics, 187; severe fire of 1812, 298; special
powers granted to magistrates of, 298, 300. =Sy= Chosen as seat of
government, 282, 292; accommodation at, for Legislature and government
offices, 293. =Bk= An important military post, 56; differing views of
Dorchester and Simcoe respecting, 56; Brock stations deputy
quartermaster-general at, 80. _See_ Frontenac; Cataraqui. =Bib.=:
Machar, _Old Kingston_.

=Kinnear.= =W= Solicitor-general, New Brunswick, 1846, 116; joins the
government, 116; proposed for judgeship, 130.

=Kirby, William= (1817-1906). Born in Kingston-upon-Hull, England. Came
to Canada, 1832, but educated at Cincinnati, Ohio. Settled at Niagara,
Ontario, 1839, where edited and published the _Mail_ for twenty years.
Collector of customs at Niagara, 1871-1895. =Bib.=: Works: _The United
Empire_; _Le Chien d'Or_; _Pontiac_; _Canadian Idylls_; _Annals of
Niagara_. For biog., _see_ MacMurchy, _Canadian Literature_.

=Kirke, Sir David= (1596-1655?). Born in Dieppe, son of a Scottish
merchant. Went to England, and, with his two brothers, given command of
an expedition against the French in Canada, 1627. Appeared before
Quebec, but Champlain, who was then in charge, refused to surrender.
Returned down the river, met and defeated the French squadron under De
Roquemont, in July, 1628, and reappeared before Quebec the following
year, when the garrison, reduced to starvation, was forced to surrender.
Knighted by Charles I, 1633, and obtained a grant of lands in
Newfoundland. Appointed governor of the island; removed by Cromwell; and
returned in 1652. =Index=: =Ch= Commands expedition against Quebec, 173;
acts under authority of Sir William Alexander, 176; his letter to
Champlain, 176; sails for Europe, 179; spends several days in Quebec,
204; accused by Champlain of intolerance, 205, 206; learns of treaty of
peace between England and France, 207. =F= Captures Quebec, 21. =Bib.=:
Kirke, _The First English Conquest of Canada_; Parkman, _Pioneers of
France_; _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Kirke, Sir Lewis.= Born 1599. Accompanied his brother Sir David Kirke
on his expeditions to Canada and Newfoundland. Fought on the side of
Charles during the Civil War. Commanded a troop of horse at the battle
of Edgehill; took part in the siege of Gloucester and in the battle of
Newbury; knighted by the king, 1643; made gover