About A. C. Buchanan
Lived 1808 – 1868 (aged 59). A. C. Buchanan was a civil servant.
Alexander Carlisle Buchanan (23 December 1808 – 2 February 1868) was an Irishman appointed by Britain to serve as the Chief Agent for Emigration in Quebec, Lower Canada in 1828. Buchanan himself advised the British authorities to appoint only Canadians as emigration agents, not as immigration officers, to ensure that the administration (of immigration to the colony from the mother country) was "free from local prejudice".
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Who was A. C. Buchanan?
Canadian civil servant
When was A. C. Buchanan born?
A. C. Buchanan was born on 23 December 1808 in Omagh.
When did A. C. Buchanan die?
A. C. Buchanan died on 2 February 1868 in Montreal.
What was A. C. Buchanan's occupation?
A. C. Buchanan was a civil servant.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Alexander Carlisle Buchanan
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