About Zebulon Aiton Lash
Lived 1846 – 1920 (aged 73). Zebulon Aiton Lash was a Canadian lawyer.
Zebulon Aiton Lash, KC (September 29, 1846 – January 24, 1920) was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and businessman.
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland son of William Lash and Margaret Fannon, Lash was called to the Ontario bar in 1868. He practiced law in Toronto. In 1872, he became a lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1876, he started working in the Department of Justice in Ottawa as chief clerk. From September 1, 1876, to May 22, 1882, he was Deputy Minister, succeeding Hewitt Bernard. He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1879 and was elected a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1886.
In 1882, he joined Edward Blake's law firm in Toronto best known as Blake, Lash, Anglin, and Cassels.
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Canadian lawyer, civil servant and businessman
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Zebulon Aiton Lash was born on 29 September 1846 in St. John's.
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Zebulon Aiton Lash died on 24 January 1920 in Toronto.
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