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.
Read more about Richard John Uniacke: Early Years, American Revolution, Political Life, Public Life, Confederation, Family, Uniacke Estate Museum, References
Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or john:
“Resolve to win—period—because that is the American system. You take either side—it doesn’t even matter which one—and you go on the attack.”
—Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)
“And that enquiring man John Synge comes next,
That dying chose the living world for text
And never could have rested in the tomb
But that, long travelling, he had come
Towards nightfall upon certain set apart
In a most desolate stony place....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)