Charles Arkoll Boulton (17 April1841 – 15 May1899) is noted for his role in the Red River and North-West Rebellions. 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Red River Rebellion is the term most often used to describe the actions of a provisional government established in 1869 in the Red River Settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Manitoba. ... The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance or the Saskatchewan Rebellion) was a brief and unsuccessful attempt by the Métis people of Saskatchewan to establish their own sovereign nation independent of the Dominion of Canada. ...
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Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40106)
Pioneering proved extremely difficult as Boulton struggled to balance limited financial means with the needs of a large family, a strong speculative bent, interests in a sawmill, and political inclinations.
Boultons repeated requests for a suitable appointment proved unsuccessful, a bitter disappointment for a man who felt that his military service deserved recognition.
CharlesArkollBoulton is the author of Reminiscences of the North-West rebellions, with a record of the raising of Her Majestys 100th Regiment in Canada, and a chapter on Canadian social and political life (Toronto, 1886), reprinted with an introduction by Heather Robertson as I fought Riel: a military memoir (Toronto, 1985).
He was born in Cobourg, Ontario in 1841, the great-grandson of D’Arcy Boulton, and educated at Upper Canada College.
CharlesArkollBoulton, External links, 1841 births, 1899 deaths, Historical Members of the Canadian Senate, Red River Rebellion people, Canadian military people, Canadian surveyors, People from Northumberland County and Ontario.
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