William Renwick Riddell

William Renwick Riddell
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
In office 1906 – 18 February 1945
Personal details
Born	(1852-04-06)6 April 1852 Hamilton Township, Ontario
Died	18 February 1945(1945-02-18) (aged 92) Toronto, Ontario
Spouse(s)	Anna Crossen
Education	Victoria College
Occupation	Jurist, historian

William Renwick Riddell (6 April 1852 – 18 February 1945) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and historian.

Biography[]

Group photograph of the justices of the Supreme Court of Ontario, Second Divisional Court. Depicted from left to right are: Justice Masten, Justice Riddell, Justice Latchford, Justice Middleton, and Justice Orde. A court clerk is seated below the bench. The photograph was taken in a courtroom at Osgoode Hall, ca. 1925

Riddell was born in Hamilton Township, Ontario and attended Cobourg Grammar School and Victoria College. He was called to the bar in 1883, and conducted a law practice in Cobourg until he moved to Toronto in 1893. Riddell was appointed as judge to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1906.^[1]

As a historian, he published numerous works of legal, medical and social history, including biographies of William Kirby and John Graves Simcoe.

Riddell was President of Crossen Car Manufacturing Company and married Anna Crossen, daughter of the company's founder.

Riddell died at his home in Toronto in 1945.^[2]

Works[]

• Some Early Legislation And Legislators In Upper Canada, (1913)
• Constitution Of Canada In Its History And Practical Working, (1917)
• Old Province Tales, (1920)
• Travels Of La Rochefoucauld In Canada 1795, (?)
• First Judge At Detroit And His Court, (?)
• First Law Reporter In Upper Canada And His Reports, (?)
• Magna Carta, (?)
• The Legal Profession In Upper Canada In Its Early Periods, (1916)
• The Life Of Robert Fleming Gourlay, (?)
• William Kirby, (1923)
• John Richardson, (c1926)
• Upper Canada Sketches, (?)
• The Bar And The Courts Of The Province Of Upper Canada, (1928)
• The Life Of William Dummer Powell..., (1924)
• The Life Of John Graves Simcoe, (1926)
• British Courts In Michigan, (?)
• Michigan Under British Rule, (1926)
• Joseph Willcocks : sheriff, member of parliament and traitor (1927)
• The Courts Of Ontario, (?)
• The Bar Of Ontario, (?)
• The Works Of Fracastorius On Morbus Gallicus, (?)
• A Philadelphia Lawyer In Canada In 1810, (?)
• Civics, (?)
• The Constitution Of Canada In Form And In Fact, (?)
• Canadian Abridgement [edited], (?)^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Works by William Renwick Riddell at Faded Page (Canada)