Sydenham, Charles Poulett Thomson, Baron

Sydenham, Charles Poulett Thomson, Baron

▪ British colonial governor
born September 13, 1799, Wimbledon, Surrey, England
died September 19, 1841, Kingston, Canada West

      merchant and statesman who, as British governor general of Canada in 1839–41, helped to develop that country's basic institutions of government.

      The son of a merchant, Thomson joined the St. Petersburg office of his father's firm at age 16. He was member of Parliament for Dover, Kent, in 1826–30 and took up the cause of free trade and financial reform. From 1830 to 1839 he represented Manchester in Parliament. In 1830 he became vice president of the Board of Trade, treasurer of the navy, and a member of the Privy Council. He made improvements in customs duties in 1832 and in 1834 became president of the Board of Trade, at which post he continued to work for international commercial reforms.

      In 1839 Thomson became governor-general of Canada. By adroit diplomacy he secured passage in 1840 of the British parliamentary act that resulted in the union of Upper and Lower Canada (now Ontario and Quebec) the following year. He then proceeded to introduce municipal institutions in Upper Canada and to encourage public works. He also established the basic structure for responsible, or cabinet, government in the united province of Canada. He was raised to the peerage in 1840, but the title lapsed when he died childless.

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