politician Ontario List of mayors of Hamilton
He was born in 1805 at Ancaster, Upper Canada. His father George was a lawyer, his uncle Oliver a physician, and his uncles Sylvester and Gideon were the publishers of the Upper Canada Gazette from 1794 to 1798 and the Canada Constellation, the first independent newspaper in Upper Canada, from 1799 to 1800.
Tiffany was educated at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, prior to opening a large practice in Hamilton on Hughson Street South. In 1845 he became a director of the Great Western Railway, whose president was Sir Allan MacNab.
He was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1848 and died in 1856. He is buried at Saint John"s Anglican Churchyard in Ancaster. The Tiffany family was prominent in Ancaster.
Tiffany Street, named after him, is located in this area.
He was also a stockholder in the London and Gore Railway. Tiffany participated in the community in several capacities.
He was commissioned a lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment of Gore Militia 13 December 1838. Tiffany was a Reformer and took prominent role in an 1839 meeting of Hamilton Reformers that recommended more self-government for the colony.
Tiffany served as mayor of Hamilton in 1848, and in 1855 was a trustee of a corporation which tried unsuccessfully to establish a college in Hamilton.
A freemason, he became affiliated with Barton Lodge 9 September 1846.
In 1843 he was a member of the board of examiners appointed by Hamilton"s board of police to find suitable teachers and temporary schoolhouses in the town"s five common school districts, in accordance with the requirement of the Common School Acting of 1843.
