Chartres Brew
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Chartres Brew | |
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| Born | 31 December 1815 |
| Died | 31 May 1870 (aged 54) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Policeman, judge, gold commissioner |
| Years active | 1858-1870 |
| Known for | Resolving the Grouse Creek War |
Chartres Brew (31 December 1815 – 31 May 1870) was a Gold commissioner, Chief Constable and judge in the Colony of British Columbia, later a province of Canada.
Brew's name was conferred on two mountain summits in British Columbia, both named Mount Brew. The higher one at 2,891 m (9,485 ft) is located just south of the Fraser Canyon town of Lillooet, and which is the second-highest in the Lillooet Ranges after Skihist Mountain. The other is just east of Likely, British Columbia in the Cariboo district, 2,057 m (6,749 ft), adjacent to Quesnel Lake.
Sign in Cahir, Ireland, marking a house where Brew lived while subinspector of police.
References[]
- Ormsby, Margaret. "Chartres Brew." In Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. IX. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976, 81-3.
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- 1815 births
- 1870 deaths
- Lawyers in British Columbia
- Judges in British Columbia
- Pre-Confederation British Columbia people
- 19th-century Canadian civil servants
- People from County Clare
- Gold commissioners in British Columbia
- Canadian police chiefs
- British Auxiliary Legion personnel
- Royal Irish Constabulary officers
- Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871) judges
- Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation British Columbia
- Members of the Legislative Council of British Columbia
- Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) judges