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	Acheson Irvine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acheson Gosford Irvine (December 7, 1837 – January 8, 1916) served as Commissioner of the Northwest Mounted Police (NWMP) from November 1, 1880 to March 31, 1886.
		Irvine was born in Quebec in 1837, the son of John George Irvine, a captain in the Royal Quebec volunteers.
		Irvine was involved with the events of the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acheson_Irvine (354 words)

	British Empire: Armed Forces: Units: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
		Acheson Gosford Irvine, the first native Canadian to command the Force, was born at Quebec City on December 7, 1837.
		Irvine did not defend himself, and as a result of the criticism, resigned from the Force on March 31, 1886.
		Following his retirement from the NWMP, Irvine became the warden of the Manitoba Penitentiary in 1892, the Stony Mountain Penitentiary from 1892 to 1913, and the Kingston Penitentiary from 1913 to 1914.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /forces/armyunits/canadiancavalry/rcmpirvine.htm (395 words)

	Irvine, Acheson Gosford
		Irvine, Acheson Gosford, soldier, police officer, prison warden (b at Québec C 7 Dec 1837; d there 9 Jan 1916).
		The third commissioner of the NWMP, Irvine's reputation was ruined by the NORTH-WEST REBELLION.
		A businessman active in the militia, he served with the Quebec Rifles on the RED RIVER EXPEDITION.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004064 (159 words)

	The First Shot Rang Out
		Acheson Irvine was born in Quebec on December 7, 1837 and joined the militia in 1864.
		On March 17, 1885 Irvine received a telegraph from Superintendent Crozier that there was trouble and reinforcements were needed.
		Irvine remained in Prince Albert throughout the rest of the resistance but with out any orders to participate.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /pm.php?id=story_line&lg=English&fl=&ex=00000134&sl=2169&pos=1 (299 words)

	James Irvine
		IRVINE, James, Canadian statesman, born in England, 3 January, 1766; died in Quebec, 27 September, 1829.
		He was the son of Adam Irvine, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada soon after the conquest.
		James was a member of the firm of Irvine, McNaught and Co., merchants of Quebec.
	www.famousamericans.net /jamesirvine1 (675 words)

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		The John Acheson f a rm is about 3/4 mile north (before the Rte 750 covered bridge crossing the tiny river.) Just across the river, going north, just after the road going to the right, is the Church Hill Cemetery.
		A possible reason for the Ontario farm stint is sister, Jane Acheson Baldwin, and her husband, Thomas Baldwin, moved to Canfield, O nt.
		Margaret Acheson Cockburn) \par \par Robin Dylan Kerr \par Kingston Ont \par smoyer1@home.com \par (Desc.
	www.rootsweb.com /~misanila/settlers/ACHLIN.rtf (8363 words)

	SIGNIFICANT TREASURES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This magnificent bronze mantle clock was presented to Commissioner Acheson Gosford Irvine in 1885 at the end of the North-West Rebellion.
		He had joined the police in 1875 and, as assistant-commissioner and commissioner, had been responsible for maintaining the peaceful settlement of the Indian tribes on their reservations.
		This letter to the bachelor Commissioner could have raised eyebrows at the time, however, to him it must have been justification for his actions directing the Force during the Rebellion.
	www.cffm-fcam.ca /Significant_Treasures/English/Saskatchewan/stpp208.html (212 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		The commissioner of the NWMP, Acheson Gosford Irvine, feared violence against the police and attacks on the construction crews of the Canadian Pacific Railway if the Cree were left to starve.
		It ordered Irvine to shut down the fort and end rations to Payipwat and the Cree in the Cypress Hills.
		Hayter Reed, representing the Indian commissioner’s office, was present at the talks and was persuaded by Irvine that Payipwat should be permitted to take a reserve beside PaskwÙw’s and that the Thirst Dance and council should be allowed to proceed.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41111 (2627 words)

	North West Rebellion Timeline
		Commissioner Acheson Gosford Irvine leaves Regina for Prince Albert with 90 N.W.M.P., 66 horses, and a long train of sleighs leaving behind a skeleton staff of only 32 men and no horses to cover the rest of the territory.
		Major General Thomas Bland Strange, a retired British officer ranching in southern Alberta, receives a telegram from A. Caron, Minister of Militia, requesting that he recruit a field force of local military and volunteers to help quell the unrest in the North West, especially near Calgary and Edmonton, where rumors of Indian uprising are everywhere.
		Commissioner Irvine with 200 mounted men march towards Batoche but turn back when scouts report that General Middleton had not yet attacked Batoche.
	members.shaw.ca /bcsk/timelinef/timeline_index.html (3637 words)

	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis
		The market is on Friday, and is well supplied with provisions: the market-house, situated in the centre of the town, was built by the Earl of Gosford, to whom the town belongs.
		The principal seats are Nutfield, the residence of Lady Brook; Abbey Lodge, of J. Macartney, Esq.; Greenhill, of Major Irvine; Whitepark, of A. Bailey, Esq.; and Gola, of Major Dundas.
		The church is a plain edifice, erected by aid of a gift of £200 and a loan of £300 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1813; and divine service is also performed every Sunday in the school-house at Brookborough.
	www.libraryireland.com /topog/a3.php (17286 words)

	Clan MACLEAN
		When Donald of the Isles marched across Scotland in 1411 to enforce his wife’s claim to the great northern earldom of Ross, the second-in-command of his army was his nephew, Lachlan Lubanach’s son, Eachuin ruadh nan cath, Red Hector of the Battles.
		By a second marriage, with a daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson of Gosford, he had another son, Donald of Brolas, whose son Lauchlan became M.P. for Argyllshire, and whose descendants were to inherit the chiefship as sixth and successive baronets.
		Sir Lachlan Maclean was created a baronet of Nova Scotia, with the designation "of Morvern," by Charles I. in 1632, and from that time onward, through the Civil War and all the troubles of the Stewarts, the Macleans remained strong and faithful supporters of the Jacobite cause.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/m/maclean2.html (6118 words)

	Eustace Mullins, The World Order, ch 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He married the daughter of the Earl of Gosford, Baron Acheson, air attache at the Paris Embassy.
		Baron Acheson had married the daughter of John Ridgely Carter, a partner of J.P. Morgan Co., whose father, a Baltimore lawyer, had been legal counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad and many other railroads.
		Richard Davis notes in “The English Rothschilds” that the Earl of Gosford was a frequent house guest of the Rothschild family.
	yamaguchy.netfirms.com /mullins/worldord_05.html (13896 words)

	hist1207
		US, Britain and other allied countries follow the next day.
		Acheson Gosford Irvine 1837-1916 soldier, mounted police officer, prison warden, born at Quebec City in 1916; died there Jan.
		Thelma Chalifoux 1929- Metis activist, consultant, born on this day at Calgary, Alberta.
	nativenewsonline.org /history/hist1207.html (1081 words)

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		Owned by Alexander Irvine - J.P. Neale's Views, Series 2, vol.
		2,000 vols remain - collected by members of the Irvine family.
		1633+ for Sir Archibald Acheson, Secretary of State for Scotland under Charles I.
	www.r-alston.co.uk /ch_sco.htm (2573 words)

	Ireland Newspaper Abstracts
		Black, Alexander Small, John Scott, John Acheson, and
		The House, Offices, Demesne, and Farm of Doraville, containing
		36 Acres, formerly occupied by HENRY IRVINE, Esq.
	www.irelandoldnews.com /Armagh/1844/18441231.html (2029 words)

	Stockmen's Memorial Foundation Library and Archives - Subject Headings - I
		Irvine, Acheson Gosford - Lt. Col., NWMP, c.
		Irvine, Will and Bev, managers Calgary Stockyards, Calgary, AB 1990
		Irwin, Charles Burton - steer wrestler, b 1875 d 1934
	www.smflibrary.ca /i.html (619 words)

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