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Escott Meredith Reid, diplomat, was born in Campbellford, Ontario in 1905 and was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. He was National Secretary of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1932-1938. In 1938, he joined the Department of External Affairs and held various senior posts in Ottawa and Washington between 1938 and 1952. He was High Commissioner to India from 1952 to 1957 and Ambassador to Germany from 1958 to 1962. Reid was Director of Operations in South Asia and the Middle East for the World Bank from 1962 to 1965. In 1965, he was appointed the first principal of Glendon College of York University, Toronto, and served until the end of 1969. During the same period, Reid was also a member of the National Executive Committee of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. From 1970 to 1972, he was a consultant at the Canadian International Development Agency. In 1971, Reid was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada. He is the author of "Strengthening the World Bank", 1973; "Time of Fear and Hope: The Making of the North Atlantic Treaty", 1977; "Envoy to Nehru", 1981; "On Duty: A Canadian at the Making of the United Nations, 1945-1946", 1983; "Hungary and Suez 1956", 1986 and "Radical Mandarin: The Memoirs of Escott Reid", 1989. He died in 1999.

Physician and psychiatrist, Toronto and Norwood, Ont.

A Metis leader, Louis Riel was born in the Red River Settlement in 1844 and educated at St. Boniface and Montreal. Riel, a passionate defender of the Metis, advocated guarantees for their land, language and political rights. His leadership inspired the creation of Manitoba as Canada's fifth province on July 15, 1870. Riel was elected three times to the House of Commons, which twice expelled him for his role in the Red River Resistance of 1869-70. Forced into exile in 1875, Riel lived in hiding in Manitoba and Quebec before moving to the United States. In 1884, he was invited by people in the North-West Territories to return and lead them in petitioning Canada to recognize their land and rights as indigenous people of the North-West Territories. This has become known as the North-West Rebellion. In 1885, Riel was charged with high treason by the Canadian Government and was subsequently convicted and hanged in Regina on November 16, 1885. His body was returned to Manitoba by the Metis and buried at the St. Boniface Basilica.
In 1992, the Parliament of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba formally recognized Riel's contribution to the development of the Canadian Confederation and his role, and that of the Metis, as founder of Manitoba.
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C.E. Rogers was a consulting engineer in Toronto, Ontario.

The Diocese of Kingston was established on 27 January 1826 by a Papal Bull from Pope Leo XII, with the Right Reverand Alexander Macdonnell proclaimed as Bishop of Kingston and Regiopolis. A subsequent directive, dated 25 February 1826, confirmed that Kingston was created a separate See and suffragan to Quebec. Prior to this time, the Diocese was a part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Canada, which was erected on 12 January 1819.

The Diocese was reduced in size twice by the creation of the Diocese of Peterborough on 11 July 1882, combining elements of the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Canada (Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts) and the Diocese of Kingston (Peterborough, Northumberland, Durham, and Victoria Counties), and the Diocese of Alexandria in Ontario (from the Glengarry, Stormont, and Cornwall Counties of the Diocese of Kingston) on 28 January 1890.

On 28 December 1889, Pope Leo XIII declared Kingston a Metropolitan See, thereby creating the Archidiocese of Kingston. Alexandria, which became Alexandria-Cornwall on 17 September 1976, was declared suffragan to Kingston Archdiocese on 28 January 1890. The Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie was created on 16 September 1904, and became the third suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kingston.

The St. Andrew's Society of Kingston was founded in 1840, as an essentially Scottish charitable organization. It was formed at a time in Kingston when other such benevolent societies as the English St. George's Society and the Irish St. Patrick's Society were being formed. Membership, as prescribed by their 1896 constitution, was open to all Scotsmen and their descendants. The Society retained the name and symbol of St. Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. The prime intent of the Society was to afford assistance to fellow Scots, who were quite often part of the large flow of Scottish lowlanders who left Scotland after 1815 as the industrial revolutioin took its toll. The St. Andrew's Society also served to help retain Scottish customs, institutions and heritage. The Society's greatest event was its annual St. Andrew's Day celebration held on November 30. Members of the Society were a prominent part of the Kingston community. For the most part members were employed as professionals or businessmen and were generally Presbyterian. In the post 1945 era, the St. Andrew's Society has continued to thrive, largely to maintain Scottish heritage in the community.

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W.W. Sands was a physician and city clerk in Kingston, Ontario.

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Samuel Southmayd Scovil was born in Upper Canada in approximately 1818. His grandfather, Uri Scovil, appears to have been the original family member to have settled in Leeds. By 1846 S.S. Scovil was the proprietor of a general store in Portland, Ontario. Apparently Scovil had bought out the business interests of Philip Wing, taking over Wing's store. Scovil's eldest son, Thomas Knowlton, seems to have followed in his father's footsteps. On a number of documents Thomas is listed as a merchant's clerk and, quite possibly, was working for his father. In 1877 Thomas entered into a business partnership with Milton Homer Sherwood and became involved in merchandising both general and medicinal goods. After the death of his father, it is unclear whether Thomas inherited his father's store. There is evidence, however, that by the 1920's a Scovil family member was still operating a general store in Portland, although it is unclear whether that is S.S. Scovil's original store or a new business establishment.