33 Facts About Henry Sherwood

Henry Sherwood, was a lawyer and Tory politician in the Province of Canada.

Henry Sherwood was a member of the provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, elected in 1836, and subsequently was elected to the Parliament of the Province of Canada, although defeated in his first election attempt in 1841.

Henry Sherwood held the positions of Solicitor-General of Canada West and Joint Premier of the Province of Canada.

Henry Sherwood was elected to the town council of Toronto in 1841, and was elected to three annual terms as Mayor of Toronto by the council, serving from 1842 to 1844.

Henry Sherwood was a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

Henry Sherwood was born in 1807 in Augusta Township, Upper Canada.

Henry Sherwood was the oldest son of Levius Peters Sherwood and Charlotte Sherwood, daughter of Ephraim Jones.

Henry Sherwood was of Loyalist stock on both sides of his family, mainly centred in the town of Brockville.

One of his brothers, George Henry Sherwood, was a lawyer and involved in politics, while another brother, Samuel Henry Sherwood, became High Constable of the Toronto Police Department.

In 1829, Henry Sherwood married Mary Graham Smith, of Loyalist background.

Henry Sherwood was taken on as an articled clerk by his uncle, Henry John Boulton, the Solicitor General of Upper Canada.

Mackenzie sued eight of the rioters, including Henry Sherwood, and obtained a jury verdict of civil damages for $2,500 and court costs against the group.

Henry Sherwood was involved in local businesses, including land development and banking.

Henry Sherwood was appointed Queen's Counsel on January 23,1838.

Henry Sherwood joined the 4th Regiment of the Leeds Militia on March 15,1824, as an Ensign.

Henry Sherwood marched with the militia force of some 1200 troops which attacked and dispersed a group of some 200 rebels at Gallows Hill on December 7,1837 whilst marching towards Montgomery's Tavern, where they would engage the remaining forces using the tavern as headquarters.

Henry Sherwood was involved in the prosecutions in several trials from December 1838 to January 1839 which arose from the Rebellion, and the subsequent incursions from the United States in the Patriot War.

Henry Sherwood had political ambitions, with an affiliation for the Upper Canada Tories.

In 1836, Henry Sherwood was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the 13th Parliament of Upper Canada.

Henry Sherwood was opposed to the implementation of responsible government and an elective upper house, but rejected British interference in the internal affairs of the province.

In March 1841, Henry Sherwood stood for election to the new Parliament of the Province of Canada, this time in Toronto, with the Mayor of Toronto, George Monro, as his co-candidate on a Tory ticket.

Samuel Henry Sherwood went on to serve as the high constable of the Toronto Police Department from 1852 to 1859.

Henry Sherwood was re-elected to the second Parliament in 1844, and the third Parliament in 1848.

Henry Sherwood was not originally elected to the fourth Parliament in 1852, but was elected in 1853 in a by-election.

Henry Sherwood was defeated in the general election of 1854.

Henry Sherwood was invited to join the new ministry as solicitor-general for Canada West, although he did not hold a seat in the Assembly.

However, he only held the position for six weeks, from July 23 to September 16,1842, as Bagot found that he had to re-organise the ministry and Henry Sherwood lost the position.

From May 28,1847, to March 11,1848, Henry Sherwood served as Joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada West along with his counterpart Denis-Benjamin Papineau who represented Canada East.

Credit belongs to the committees of council, but Henry Sherwood worked assiduously on the standing committees, with moderation and fairness.

Henry Sherwood oversaw the regulation of the market, paving the streets and collecting taxes.

Henry Sherwood saw that the Town Hall was too small for the growing civic government and the plans were drawn for Toronto's first municipal offices.

Henry Sherwood sat on city council after his final mayoralty term until 1849.

Henry Sherwood suffered from ill health later in life and died in Bavaria in 1855 while travelling in Europe.