Background
He was born in England around 1794.
He was born in England around 1794.
He studied law and was called to the bar in 1830.
He later worked for a time as a journalist and fought in the Spanish Civil War in 1837. He came to New York in 1838 to gather information on the Rebellion of 1837 on behalf of Lord Durham. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of United Canada in 1841, having been sponsored by Lord Sydenham.
He was the Queen"s Printer from 1841 until his death in Quebec City in 1863.