Ross Cuthbert
Ross Cuthbert (February 17, 1776 – August 28, 1861) was a Canadian writer, lawyer and politician.
Born at Berthier and baptised at Montreal, as the son of , he was heir to the seigneuries of Lanoraie and . He studied at Douai in France and completed his studies in law in Philadelphia where he married , daughter of Benjamin Rush, one of the signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence. In 1809, Cuthbert was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.[1]
Cuthbert sat at the Executive Council and represented Warwick County (later Berthier) in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. He published in Quebec City in 1803 and New theory of the tides in 1810.
He died in Berthier-en-Haut, Canada East in 1861.
His brother James also represented Warwick in the legislative assembly.
References[]
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
External links[]
- "Ross Cuthbert". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- 1776 births
- 1861 deaths
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
- Canadian lawyers
- People from Lanaudière
- Quebec MNA stubs