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| | Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron, politician, colonial administrator (born on September 13, 1799, at Wimbledon, London, Eng.; died on September 19, 1841, at Kingston, Canada W. Son of a prominent merchant, he entered the family firm at age 16. |
 | | An outspoken free trader, he was first elected to the House of Commons in 1826 and became vice-president (1830) then president (1834) of the Board of Trade. |
 | | Suggested Reading Adam Shortt, Lord Sydenham (1926); J.M.S. Careless, The Union of the Canadas (1967). |
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