Hugh Nelson (Canadian politician)
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Hugh Nelson (Canadian politician)
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Hugh Nelson was a Canadian parliamentarian and the fourth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Born in his father's residence, Shore Cottage in Magheramorne, Larne, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of Robert Nelson, Esq. and Frances Quinn, he emigrated to California in 1854. He arrived in British Columbia in 1858, but unlike the horde of others who arrived in that year he had not come in pursuit of gold but to participate in the building of the colony as an English dominion. Eschewing the gol
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Canadian politician (1830–1893)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nelson_(Canadian_politician)
date created:
2005-12-11T22:37:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:13:00Z
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