Francis Alexander Anglin information

The Right Honourable
Francis Alexander Anglin
PC
The Right Honourable Francis Alexander Anglin PC
7th Chief Justice of Canada
	In office; September 16, 1924 – February 28, 1933
Nominated by	W. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Louis Henry Davies
Succeeded by	Lyman Duff
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
	In office; February 23, 1909 – September 16, 1924
Nominated by	Wilfrid Laurier
Preceded by	James Maclennan
Succeeded by	Edmund Leslie Newcombe
Personal details
Born	April 2, 1865; Saint John, New Brunswick
Died	March 2, 1933 (aged 67)
Relations	Timothy Anglin, father; Margaret Anglin, sister

Francis Alexander Anglin PC (April 2, 1865 – March 2, 1933) was the seventh Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 until 1933.^{[citation needed]}

Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, one of nine children of Timothy Anglin, federal politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, and elder brother to the renowned stage actress, Margaret Anglin. He was educated at St. Mary's College, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa in 1887. Anglin studied law at the Law Society of Upper Canada (which in those days taught law) and was called to the bar in 1888,^[1] establishing a practice in Toronto. ^{[citation needed]} In 1896 he became Clerk of the Surrogate Court of Ontario, and King's Counsel in 1902.^{[citation needed]}

He was appointed to the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice of Ontario in 1904 and, thanks to a nomination from the Laurier government, to the Supreme Court of Canada on February 23, 1909, becoming Chief Justice in 1924 thanks to a nomination by the first Mackenzie King government, and serving until his retirement, two days before his death, in 1933.^[2]

He was author of Trustees' Limitations and Other Relief (Toronto 1910) and penned the "Ontario" entry for the Catholic Encyclopedia.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Anglin, Francis Alexander", The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers, New York, the Encyclopedia Press, 1917, p. 4 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Judges of the Court - The Right Honourable Francis Alexander Anglin, P.C." Archived from the original on September 29, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2009.

[cem-1] "Anglin, Francis Alexander", The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers, New York, the Encyclopedia Press, 1917, p. 4 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[scs-2] "Judges of the Court - The Right Honourable Francis Alexander Anglin, P.C." Archived from the original on September 29, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2009.

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The Right Honourable Francis Alexander Anglin PC


7th Chief Justice of Canada
In office September 16, 1924 – February 28, 1933
Nominated by	W. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Louis Henry Davies
Succeeded by	Lyman Duff
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office February 23, 1909 – September 16, 1924
Nominated by	Wilfrid Laurier
Preceded by	James Maclennan
Succeeded by	Edmund Leslie Newcombe

Personal details
Born	(1865-04-02)April 2, 1865 Saint John, New Brunswick
Died	March 2, 1933(1933-03-02) (aged 67)
Relations	Timothy Anglin, father Margaret Anglin, sister