Thomas Elwyn
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Thomas Elwyn
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Thomas Elwyn was a British soldier, police officer and gold commissioner in colonial British Columbia. Elwyn was born in Ireland into a family with a long military tradition. He served as a lieutenant in the 30th Foot during the Crimean war. He arrived in Victoria on Christmas Day, 1858 and was appointed, on the strength of his references from England, to the police force under Inspector Chartres Brew. After serving for five months as the Chief Constable of Yale, Governor James Douglas made him
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Canadian politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Elwyn
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2024-01-04T05:05:13Z
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