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WILLIAMS, Arthur Trefusis Heneage, Canadian soldier, born at Penryn Park, Port Hope, Ont., 13 June, 1837; died on Saskatchewan river, Northwest territory, 4 July, 1885. His father had been a commander in the British navy, and, subsequently removing to Canada, was a member of the Canada assembly from 1840 till 1848. The son was educated at Upper Canada college and Edinburgh university, and afterward spent several years in travel through Great Britain, Ireland, and the European continent. From 1867 till 1871 he represented East Durham as a Conservative in the Ontario legislature, and from 1878 till his death he sat for the same constituency in the Dominion parliament. He was appointed a lieutenant-colonel of militia in 1866, in 1880 commanded the Canadian rifle-team at Wimbledon, and in 1885 led the Midland battalion in suppressing the Northwest insurrection. He was present with his command at the battle of Batoche, and afterward went with G en. Sir Frederick Middleton to Prince Albert, and thence to Battleford and Fort Pitt. From the last-named place he was sent in pursuit of Big Bear, an Indian chief who had joined Louis Riel, and while engaged in this service he contracted a cold which resulted in his death soon afterward.
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