The Thousandth Man: A Biography of James McGregor Stewart

The Thousandth Man: A Biography of James McGregor Stewart

by Barry Cahill
The Thousandth Man: A Biography of James McGregor Stewart

The Thousandth Man: A Biography of James McGregor Stewart

by Barry Cahill

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Overview

James McGregor Stewart (1889-1955) was perhaps the foremost Canadian corporate lawyer of his day. He was also an appellate counsel, venture capitalist, Conservative Party fundraiser, bibliographer of Rudyard Kipling, and sometime university teacher of classics. A leader of the bar in the inter-war period, he was the first Maritimer to serve as president of the Canadian Bar Association. He distinguished himself mainly in constitutional cases before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. During his career, Stewart was also head of the leading law firm in eastern Canada (now Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales), director and vice-president of the Royal Bank of Canada, and senior counsel to the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations.

Above all, Stewart was committed to the idea of law as a truly learned profession and to the bar as the most important legal institution. To this day, no lawyer has held such prestige and power both within and outside Atlantic Canada; in his time he was the only Maritime lawyer who gained full acceptance by every branch of the Canadian establishment.

Thematic rather that chronological in approach, this fascinating legal biography provides both a history of a uniquely Canadian career and an interpretation of its significance for Stewart's time and ours.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781442657953
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 12/15/2000
Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 306
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Barry Cahill is an independent scholar living in Halifax.

Table of Contents

Forewordxi
Forewordxiii
Prefacexv
Acknowledgmentsxvii
Part 1Dalhousian, Pictonian, Presbyterian
1'Lad O' Pairts'3
2'Undesirable Elect Dalhousie Cripple'16
3Religion and Love29
Part 2Bar and Privy Council
4Prime Serjeant49
Part 3Nova Scotia Incorporated
5Business Law Man77
6The Alter Ego92
7The 'Royal Family'103
Part 4National Affairs
8Royal Commissionaire117
9Coal Bed of Procrustes126
Part 5Swansong
10Victim, Protege, Master147
11Twilight165
Appendix AThe Law Firm's Names, 1867-1955175
Appendix BProfile of Stewart's Corporate Career, 1914-1955176
Appendix CThe Law Firm's Major Corporate Clients, 1909-1955178
Notes179
Picture Credits251
Index253

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'James McGregor Stewart's life was many-faceted. So is Cahill's biography. It displays an amazing breadth of scholarship on subjects ranging from law and business to religion and literature.'

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