About Frederick John French
Lived 1847 – 1924 (aged 76–77). Frederick John French was a Canadian politician.
Frederick John French, (January 14, 1847 – September 25, 1924 ) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Grenville South and then Grenville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1890.
He was born in Burritt's Rapids, Canada West in 1847, the son of John Strachan French, of United Empire Loyalist heritage. His great grandfather Jeremiah French served in the first parliament of Upper Canada. French studied law in Ottawa and Toronto, was called to the bar in 1870 and set up practice in Prescott, also working in Ottawa. In 1879, he married Alma Alicia Gordon, the sister of William Gordon who was mayor of Stratford. French was named Queen's Counsel in 1889.
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Canadian politician
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Frederick John French was born on 18 January 1847 in Burritts Rapids.
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Frederick John French died in 1924.
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Frederick John French was a politician.
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Frederick John French was Canadian.
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