| 词条 | Peregrine Maitland Grover |
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He was born in Grafton, Upper Canada in 1818, the son of John Grover and Mary Mirriam,[2] both descended from United Empire Loyalists,[3] and was educated at Upper Canada College.[4] He moved to Peterborough, opened a general store there and, in partnership with James Foley, set up a lumber yard. In 1846,[3] he married Harriet Maria Keeler, the daughter of Joseph Abbott Keeler, who founded Colborne, Ontario.[3] In 1852, he moved to Norwood. Grover served as reeve of Asphodel Township and warden of Peterborough County.[3] He was also a director of the Canada West Farmers Mutual and Stock Insurance Company. In 1863, Grover ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada.[2] He died in Norwood in 1885.[4] References1. ^{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=4224|nolist=yes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grover, Peregrine}}{{HistoricalConservative-Ontario-MP-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}} 3. ^1 The Canadian parliamentary companion, HJ Morgan (1869) 4. ^1 2 3 Norwood Then & Now 4 : 1818 births|1885 deaths|Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs|Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario |
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