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He was born at Waverley Abbey House, near Farnham, Surrey on the 13th of September 1799, being the son of John Buncombe-Poulett- Thomson, a London merchant.
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Businessman politician statesman
He was born at Waverley Abbey House, near Farnham, Surrey on the 13th of September 1799, being the son of John Buncombe-Poulett- Thomson, a London merchant.
He attended private schools.
After some years spent in his father's business in Russia and in London he was returned to the House of Commons for Dover in 1826. In 1830 he joined Lord Grey's ministry as vice-president of the board of trade and treasurer of the navy. A free-trader and an expert in financial matters he was elected M. P. for Manchester in 1832, a seat which he occupied for many years. He was continuously occupied with negotiations affecting international commerce until 1839, when he accepted the governor-generalship of Canada, where it fell to his lot to establish the union of Upper and Lower Canada. His services in establishing the Canadian constitution were recognized in 1840 by a K. C. B. and a peerage. He took the title of Baron Sydenham of Sydenham in Kent and Toronto in Canada. He died on the 4th of September 1841, when his peerage became extinct.
His memoirs were published by his brother, G. J. Poulett Scrope, in 1844.
Soon after its founding, the present-day city of Owen Sound, Ontario, was named Sydenham in 1842 in honour of the recently deceased Governor of Canada; in 1856, the community became a town and was renamed Owen Sound after the adjacent body of water. Sydenham is the name of the principal river that runs through Owen Sound. Sydenham was also the name of the former Township of Sydenham, which bordered Owen Sound to the east, and in 2001 amalgamated into the municipality of Meaford, Ontario. Sydenham Community School is located in Owen Sound. For more than half a century, Owen Sound's main street was called Poulett Street; in 1909, the community's street names were renumbered on the New York City model, and Poulett Street became 2nd Avenue E.
Sydenham Public School in Kingston, Ontario, which has operated as an educational facility since its construction in 1853 as the Kingston County Grammar School, was renamed in the 1890s in memory of Lord Sydenham. It is located in downtown Kingston, and is an Ontario-designated heritage building.
Sydenham High School, Ontario, a regional high school, is located in the village of Sydenham, Frontenac County, Ontario, northwest of Kingston.
Sydenham Street, located in downtown Kingston, runs north-south, and is a two-section street. Its southern section runs from Court Street to Brock Street. Its northern section runs from Princess Street to Raglan Road. The two sections are separated by a block of buildings between Brock and Princess Streets.
Sydenham Road is also located in Kingston, running from outer Princess Street northwards to Highway 401 and beyond, to the village of Sydenham.
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He was unmarried.
1st Baron Sydenham
