Membership
In the early days of Upper Canada, providing for relatives and dependents was common. Those who could ease the transition from Britain to Canada did so with the approval of the social structure. The Family Compact was an informal organization that institutionalized this activity.
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Notable Members of the Family Compact
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John Graves Simcoe
John Beverley Robinson
John Strachan
William Osgoode
William Botsford Jarvis
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Thomas Clark
Robert Henry Grant
Robert Nichol
William Dickson
John Galt
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Hugh Christopher Thomson
William Warren Baldwin
John Rolph
Barnabas Bidwell
Marshall Spring Bidwell
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Sir David W. Smith
James Baby
Thomas Mercer Jones
Richard Duncan
Aeneas Shaw
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William Badgley
William Henry Boulton
Allan MacNab
George Sherwood
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John Robinson. Acknowledged leader of the Family Compact. Member of the Legislative Assembly and later the Legislative Council
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Bishop Strachan. Acknowledge Anglican leader in the Family Compact.
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William Osgoode. 1st Chief Justice of Upper Canada notable for allowing non-Anglican priests to solemnize marriages.
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Marshall Spring Bidwell. MP 9th Parliament of Upper Canada, Lennox and Addington.
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Æneas Shaw Early member of the Compact. Appointed to the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Upper Canada in 1794.
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William Badgley Judge and Attorney General for Canada East and member of the Legislative Assembly
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William Henry Boulton 8th Mayor of Toronto and member of the Legislative Assembly
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Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada.
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Henry Sherwood 13th Parliament of Upper Canada representing Brockville.
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