Sir William Buell Richards

Sir William Buell Richards (born May 2, 1815, Brockville, Upper Canada—died Jan. 26, 1889, Ottawa) was a politician and jurist who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1875–79). He was educated at Johnstown District Grammar School in his native Brockville and at the St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, N.Y., and then studied law in an uncle’s law offices, being admitted to the Canadian bar in 1837. He joined many community...