WICKSTEED, Gustavus William, Canadian lawyer, born in Liverpool, England, 21 December, 1799. He removed to Canada in 1821, began the study of law in 1825, was admitted as an advocate in 1832, and was made a queen's counsel in 1854. Mr. Wicksteed entered the public service in 1828, became law-clerk of the Canada assembly in 1841, and the same year was appointed one of three commissioners to revise the statutes and ordinances of Lower Canada. In 1856 he was chosen with Sir James B. Macaulay and others a commissioner to revise, consolidate, and classify the public general statutes of Canada, and in 1867 he became law-clerk of the house of commons. In addition to various indexes and tables of the statutes of Canada, he has published "Waifs in Verse" (Montreal, 1878).--His son, RICHARD JOHN, advocate and barrister, is assistant law-clerk and English translator in the Canadian house of commons.