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The Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Hincks, (December 14, 1807 – August 18, 1885) was a Canadian politician and British Governor of Barbados from 1856 to 1862. Born at Cork in Ireland, he was a son of the Rev. Thomas Dix Hincks and a younger brother of the noted scholars Edward Hincks and William Hincks. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He entered into business in Belfast which brought him to the West Indies and from there in 1832 he came to York (Toronto), setting up an import business. He rented property from William Warren Baldwin and his son, Robert Baldwin, becoming friends with the family. He accepted a job as manager for the Farmer's Bank but became manager of the newly formed Bank of the People after the management of the Farmers' Bank became dominated by Tories. When even moderate reformers were being persecuted following the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, Hincks considered moving to the United States. However, the appointment of Lord Durham in 1838 provided new hope and he chose to continue in Upper Canada. That year, he established ''The Examiner'' in Toronto, with the aim of promoting responsible government; this newspaper merged with ''The Globe'', the predecessor of the ''Globe and Mail'', in 1855. Hincks was elected to the 1st Parliament of United Canada in 1841, representing Oxford County. In 1842, He was appointed inspector general of public accounts. In 1844, he became editor of a new newspaper in Montreal, the ''Pilot'', which supported Reformers in both Canada East and Canada West. Because he sought subscriptions for his paper in Canada West, he came into conflict with George Brown, editor of the ''Globe''. In 1848, he sold the paper and accepted the post of inspector general. He was Premier of the Province of Canada from 1851 to 1854. Hincks' vision of a railroad linking British North America led to the establishment of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1852 and he helped negotiate the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 with the United States. A scandal developed in 1854 as a result of profits made by Hincks and Mayor John George Bowes of Toronto from the sale of railway stock and the government fell as a result; when this matter was reviewed in the next parliament, no basis was found for allegations of corruption against Hincks. In 1856, he accepted an appointment as governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands, and, in 1861, became governor of British Guiana. He was knighted in 1869. On his return to Canada, he was Minister of Finance from 1869 until 1874. In 1878, he represented the federal government on the Ontario-Manitoba boundary commission. He was also an editor of the ''Toronto Express'' newspaper. He died in Montreal of smallpox in 1885. ==Family== The Hon. Sir Francis Hincks, C.B., K.C.M.G. married June 14, 1875 as his second wife Emily Louisa, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Philip Delatre, late 1st Ceylon Regiment, and his wife, Amey Scolding. Her first husband was the Hon. Robert Baldwin Sullivan, a member of the Judicial Bench, by whom she had four sons and five daughters. Judge Sullivan died April 14, 1853. Lady Hincks died in Montreal, May 14, 1880, aged 69. Sir Francis Hincks died in Montreal, August 18, 1885.〔Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903) ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Hincks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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