- Sir
William Robert Wolseley Winniett (born 2
March 1793,
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. - d. 4 Dec. 1850, Accra, Gold
Coast (British Colony)) was the Governor...
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Joseph Winniett (1726–1789) was a
public official,
judge and
political figure in Nova Scotia. He was the
first Acadian elected to the Nova
Scotia House...
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component of the
mounted police until at
least 1860. In 1837,
Major James Winniett Nunn of the 80th
Regiment became Commandant of the
Mounted Police. Settlers...
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Augustus Winniett Peters (June 10, 1844 –
December 29, 1898) was a Canadian-born New York City
political figure who
served as the 1st
Manhattan Borough...
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William Winniett, 15
April 1846 – 31
January 1849,
first time
James Coleman Fitzpatrick, 31
January 1849 – 13
January 1850 Sir
William Winniett, 13 January...
- Christiansborg, Accra, from 1850 to 1857. He
succeeded Governor William Winniett, who had died, as Lieutenant-Governor of the colony, and
helped to introduce...
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encouraged successful and fair trading. From 1846–1850,
Governor William Winniett was also
active in
ending the
slave trade. He died in the fortress. The...
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first Acadians elected to a
legislative ****embly in
North America. (Joseph
Winniett,
whose mother was Acadian, was the
first Acadian to
serve in the Nova Scotia...
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William Winniett served as a crew on
board HMS
Tonnant in the
effort to free
slaves from America. (As the
Governor of the Gold Coast,
Winniett would later...
- (1752).
Through his
marriage to
Acadian Elizabeth Winniet (sister of
Joseph Winniett, both of whom were
grandchildren of
Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste), John...
