About Robert Easton Burns
Lived 1805 – 1863 (aged 57). Robert Easton Burns was a Canadian lawyer and judge.
Robert Easton Burns (December 26, 1805 – January 12, 1863) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and Chancellor of the University of Toronto.
Born in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada, the son of the Reverend John and Jane Burns, Burns was educated at home and at the Niagara District Grammar School. A lawyer, he was also a puisne judge on the Court of Queen's Bench from 1850 until his death in 1863. From 1857 to 1861, he was the Chancellor of the University of Toronto. From 1849 to 1850, he was the treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
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Canadian judge (1805-1863)
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Robert Easton Burns was born on 26 December 1805 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Upper Canada.
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Robert Easton Burns died on 12 January 1863 in Toronto.
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Robert Easton Burns was a lawyer and judge.
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Robert Easton Burns was Canadian.
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