Richard John Uniacke (November 22, 1753 – October 11, 1830) was a lawyer, politician, member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly and Attorney General of Nova Scotia. He devoted 49 years to public service in Nova Scotia. He supported Jonathan Eddy's Nova Scotia rebels in the American Revolution, was Protestant Ascendancy Irish, a leading member of the "extreme wing" of the Church of England (Anglican), and also a member of the pre-loyalists. All these positions put him in opposition to many political figures, particularly Loyalist, at various times in his life.
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