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For thirty years, James Roy was a professor of English at Queen's University. The son of a Presbyterian minister, he was born in Kirriemuir, Angus in 1884. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1906 with first-class honours, and for the next two years was a Lecturer in English at Giessen. He then returned to England to teach English language and literature at St. Andrews. From April 1916 until January 1919, he served as an intelligence officer in France. In 1920, he accepted an appointment as an assisstant professor of English at Queen's University, where he remained until his retirement in 1950. In 1951, he married Margaret Gordon Fleming of London, whom he had known since his early days at St. Andrews. He died November 26 1973.

Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg, First Lord Altrincham (1879-1955) was the only son of Elizabeth and Henry Bidewell Grigg, C.I.E., I.C.S. He first attended Winchester and then New College, Oxford. Upon leaving Oxford in 1902 he became secretary to G.E. Buckle, Editor of the Times. He held this position for about a year (1903-1904) and then served as Assistant Editor of The Outlook during 1905 and 1906.

For two years he travelled extensively and in 1908 returned to the Times where he quickly became Colonial Editor. In 1913 he left the Times to become joint editor, with Philip Kerr, of The Round Table and used this position to influence policy. He remained on the editorial board of The Round Table throughtout his life.

In 1914 he entered the army in the Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards and joined the British Expeditionary Force in 1915 where he soon received command of a company. In 1919 he was appointed military secretary on the staff of the Prince of Wales and accompanied the Prince on a number of tours in 1919 and 1920. He ended his military career in early 1921.For his services to his country he received the M.C. and D.S.O. and was created a C.M.G. and a C.V.O., becoming K.C.V.O. in 1920. He was also honoured by foreign governments becoming a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II and an officer of the Legion of Honour.

After leaving the army he became private secretary to Prime Minister Lloyd George where he served as adviser and confidant to the prime minister on imperial and foreign affairs. He stayed with Lloyd George until the fall of the Coalition Government and in the ensuing election was elected a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Oldham.

In 1923 Sir Edward married the Honourable Joan Dickson-Poynder and they had three children, two sons and a daughter.

Sir Edward resigned as a member of Parliament in 1925 to become Govenor of Kenya. During his governorship, he managed to achieve a number of positive measures including the Native Lands Trust Ordinance which made tribal lands secure. Suffering from amoebic dysentery, he and Lady Grigg left Kenya in 1930.

For the rest of his life he remained active politically and in 1933 a by-election at Altincham returned him to the Commons as the National Conservative candidate where he sat for Altrincham until raised to the peerage in 1945.

He continued to speak on behalf of the African colonies and in 1948 became editor of the National Review which merged, two years later, with The English Review Magazine to become the National and English Review with Lord Altrincham as editor until 1954. His book Kenya's Opportunity was published Decenber 1, 1955, one day after his death.

The American Women's Club of Kingston was organized in 1929. Its original purpose was to gather together all women of American birth and their families, to celebrate the several patriotic holidays, to offer friendship to women of American birth residing in Kingston, and to contribute to the welfare of the community according to the ability and desire of the club. The executive consisted of a President, First Vice President, Second Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, to be elected annually.

John and Alexander Anderson were merchants in London, England.

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Walter Atkinson was a farmer living near the village of Paisley, Bruce County, Ontario.

Physician and professor, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

Walter S. Avis (1919-1979) was born in Toronto. He received his B.A. and M.A. in English from Queen's University in 1949, 1950, and his Ph.D. from University of Michigan in 1955. He was active in English language studies throughout his life. He became a Professor of English at Royal Military College, Kingston, in 1952 and was made Dean of the Canadian Forces Military College in 1974. He was internationally known as an historical linguist, and best known for his work on Canadianisms in English, dialectalogy and lexicography. He was both contributor to and editor for the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. the Concise Dictionary of Canadianisms and other dictionaries for Gage, Funk and Wagnalls and other publishers. From 1963 to 1971, Dr. Avis was a witness for the defense in a trademark case involving the use of the word "thermos." Dr. Avis was Dean of the Canadian Forces Military College and was awarded the Centennial Medal in 1967 and Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1978.

Thomas Barclay (1753-1830) was born in New York City, the son of Rev. Henry Barclay, rector of Trinity (Anglican) Church, and his wife, Mary Rutgers. He was educated at Kings College (now Columbia University), graduating in 1772, and studied law in the office of John Jay. In 1775, he was called to the bar and in the same year married Susanna DeLancey, the daughter of Peter DeLancey and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Cadwallader Colden. Thomas Barclay's sister, Cordelia, married Lieutenant Colonel Stephen DeLancey, and his sister, Anna Dorothea, was the wife of Colonel Beverley Robinson of the Loyal American Regiment. Marriages between these and other prominent New York families formed bonds of loyalty to Great Britain which were an important factor in the American Revolution. In 1776, Thomas Barclay joined the British forces, and in 1777 he was commissioned a captain in the Loyal American Regiment. Later, he was promoted to the rank of major and served throughout the war in New York, New Jersey, and in the Southern Campaign in the Carolinas. Because he was a Loyalist, all his property in New York was confiscated and sold, and the money from the sale deposited in the state treasury. In fact, it is thought that his property was the first confiscated by the state. In 1779, he was named in the Act of Attainder passed by the New York legislature, and at the end of the war, with thousands of other Loyalists and their families, he was forced to join the refugee migration to Nova Scotia. He received land in Wilmot Township, Nova Scotia, but later moved to Annapolis Royal where he re-established his law practice and immediately became active in the political life of the colony. In 1785, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and in 1793 became Speaker of the Assembly. In the same year, he was named lieutenant-colonel of the Royal Nova Scotia Regiment and adjutant-general of the militia. The Treaty of Paris in 1783 established the St. Croix River as the boundary between New Brunswick and the United States, and by the fifth article in Jay's Treaty of 1794, a commission was established to clarify which of two rivers emptying into Passamaquoddy Bay was the St. Croix. Governor Wentworth of Nova Scotia recommended Thomas Barclay as the British Commissioner, and the negotiations ended successfully for the British in 1798 with the most western river, the St. Croix, being established as the boundary. After a brief return to Nova Scotia, Thomas Barclay was named consul-general in New York in 1799. He remained there until the beginning of the War of 1812 when he was recalled to Britain, only to be sent back to New York in 1813 as the agent for British prisoners of War in the United States. At the end of the War the issue of the international boundary between New Brunswick and the United States surfaced again, and it was Thomas Barclay who was appointed once more as the British Commissioner under the terms of the Treaty of Ghent. Ward Chipman served again as the British agent. The Commission dealt with two issues: the ownership of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, which they agreed upon in 1817, and the extension of the border from the source of the St. Croix River to the St. Lawrence River. When agreement could not be reached, the latter issue was submitted to the King of the Netherlands for arbitration. In 1831, he issued his decision, which was not accepted by either parties, and the final settlement did not come until 1842 with the Webster-Asburton Treaty. Thomas Barclay's participation in the second boundary commission was his last act of public service. Subsequently, he retired to his home in New York where he lived until his death on 21 April 1830. Of his twelve children, at least four sons attended King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, including Anthony Barclay (1792-1877), who participated in the second boundary commission, and like his father, became British Consul in New York.

The Treaty of Paris in 1783 established the St. Croix River as the boundary between New Brunswick and the United States, and by the fifth article in Jay's Treaty of 1794, a commission was established to clarify which of two rivers emptying into Passamaquoddy Bay was the St. Croix. Governor Wentworth of Nova Scotia recommended Thomas Barclay as the British Commissioner, and the negotiations ended successfully for the British in 1798 with the most western river, the St. Croix, being established as the boundary. At the end of the War of 1812, the issue of the international boundary between New Brunswick and the United States surfaced again, and it was Thomas Barclay who was appointed once more as the British Commissioner under the terms of the Treaty of Ghent. Ward Chipman served again as the British agent. The Commission dealt with two issues: the ownership of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, which they agreed upon in 1817, and the extension of the border from the source of the St. Croix River to the St. Lawrence River. When agreement could not be reached, the latter issue was submitted to the King of the Netherlands for arbitration. In 1831, he issued his decision, which was not accepted by either parties, and the final settlement did not come until 1842 with the Webster-Asburton Treaty. Thomas Barclay's participation in the second boundary commission was his last act of public service. Anthony Barclay (1792-1877), son of Thomas Barclay, also participated in the second boundary commission.