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A scholar, a, musician, a clergyma,�n
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Torn LU�rctwas I�ved by all who knew
BY W.E. ELLIOTT Somewhere about this time,
+► „ A bush lot in Lake Road Capt. Luard took off to help put
Wesi, Colborne township, was down the Mackenzie 'Rebellion.
the birthplace of "a graceful ` Dr. Dunlop, who commanded
• scholar, a'skilled musician," wlt'o the Huron .volunteers, named -as
was as Angl can clergyman for company commanders Capt.
seven daayrs, the final week of a Tom Luard, Henry Hyndman,
short life. Rev. Thomas Davies Capt. John Annand and William
Luard "was buried in a plot he. Fisher Gooding.
had acquired from St. Paul's Luard was assigned to
.,Cathedral,.,,L don, Ont.,. shout conimand....f .. the .artilicr~y.... ,at
two years before his death, in Chippewa and given the task of
return- '--fo lfre.'' ervices—qr -shelling the Americans from
organist. •• 4. ,
When Henry Hyndman, later
'sherriff Huron District, arrived
w from Scotland in, 1832, he had
with him an entourage of a,
dozen. His son's wife" was a
y
•
Navy island. This ;he did so
eff,ectivkly, • according to'
Historian- James -Scott, that he
was offered 'further commands
in the army and, continued in
that field until he died at
daughter of Rev. Thomas Prescott in 185. It seems to
Morgan, a tutor in the family of indicate a rather lonely life for
George III. Her sister, Louisa Louisa Georgina Sophia, but
Georgina—Sophia Morgan; v ho--- -perhaps-the captain -got home on—
had'come out to be governess to leave from time to time,. there
the Hyndman 'children',, was being no further wars at the
instead . married to Captain time. He was a justice of the
Thomas W. Luard, -R.A. This
gunnery officer has been the "Colborne ..eli•que,'•' for in
described as "a 'tall, 1836 he petitioned the
distinguished -looking man, with Legislative Assembly concerning
a bearing at once military, and the ."gross • misconduct" of
• fashionable." He had served in Thomas Mercer Jones, `_Canada
the West.,Indies, Cpmpany commissioner. .a
• Capt. Luard,` it -was--said, Langford -.on -the -lake, as
"desired to get away,,. from the Luard called his 'Place, after his
world." To this' end he chose a farmer, home, in Essex, England,
lonely spot on the Lake Huron would,' be -'lonely enough' in °the
shore west of what is ' now 18'30's when reached only by a
Sheppardton. It hasbeen set trail where 'Highway 21 runs
down—the—Luard "went beyond now, but it was only four and,
.the Canada•Company tract into one-half miles north of •
, the. Crown lands'` of Ashfield." "Lunderston," -the . Hyndman
On the •.contrary, the record estate north of Dunlop.'
shows that he bought.....Lot- 17, The late Laurence Nicholson,
Lake Road West,'Co1borp .,:n,ow ' of Toronto,' reminisced , of
for many years the farm of Earl "boyhood days in Goderich when
Bogie. , This' lot had been he and other young cyclists rode
purchased RI the first place by •"a . dreary. road" from
Dr. William Dunlop from the Sheppardton to the lake bank.
Canada Company.' "Along with . 'Walking along the beach, he
Baron van Tuyll, the "Tiger" recalled, there were two gulleysz
had acquired most of the lake the second or northerly, one
shore land north of the "with steps of stone," only a
Maitland. He sold Lot ' 17• to. trickle ' of water' flowing down
John A. Stewart, 'who on the them. This,- he was told, - was
's a m e ' date Dec . 6 , where the stones for 'filling .the
1837—executed a trust ded to ' cribs of _Goderich piers came
Thomas W. Luard, Louisa G.S. from, a long while ago. He
. Luard,. William Dunlop, 'Henry understood that the stones were
"► Hyndman and Rev. Francis hauled to Goderich on sleighs in
Campbell, . minister of St. the winter.
George's, Goderich ' (Why ,a, " In . ,the creek area, Mr.
"trust deed"? Ato this late date, Nicholson said, was a flat piece
better not start "trying- to find of land, half=way down the cliff
what that was about.) and some acres in extent, on
Captain Luard and the which Capt. Luard had his house
Morgan girl were married Nov. 4, and outbuildings. This area,
1835. Pending the'building of a 'being somewhat• rounded, gave
house on the bush lot,, they are the. place the name of . the
said to'.' have occupied rented "Round Farm." A few apple
accommodation at Gairbraid for trees 'remained, 'but gone wild,.
a time, but no doubt they. were when Mr. Nicholson' visited_ the
settled in the "lonely ' spot" place. - ,
when Thomas Davies Luard was In 1971 there is in .' Spring
born , in March, 1837. 'much more than a trickle of
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peace; and possibly a member of.
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water over' (he stone ,steps.
Luard's Creek, known as such b},
many residents who do not
know the origin of the name,
provides in. season.- a beautiful
waterfall. Mr., Bogie confirms
that „ 'the. stones here were
quarried—blasting holds are still
ble—a i°tPlye''poi nted to a fe w
in his basement wall—However,
diligent , search. liar. lailc;sl_ to
discover any plateau Of the
dimensions described by Mr.
Nicholson. There is one about an
acre, Mr. Bogie states, unlikely
to have been the site of
buildings..
There were no schools in
Colborne when '11,om Luard was
young, but his mother had been
a governess. At the time of his,
father's death he would haus
been 15. --At a date not now to -"`-
be determined, he was sent to
King's College — not King's
College of York, but according
to his mernorial plaque `,,`King's
College, London England."
Evidently he took a course in
theology and related subjects,
though..no academic degree in
inscribe.!.! upon 'his memorial in
St. Paul's Cathedral. .
Certainly he learned the pipe
organ; and was organist of the
cathedral for 18, months in
1862-63. Rev. O'rlo Miller,
scanning the minutes of the.
Cathedral board for his book,
'Gargciy'les and Gentlemen; found
that Mr. Luard was to receive as
payment a lot in the cemetery,
funeral expenses, , anc a receipt,
for back perrent. _.. -
-- In October, 1863, he resigned'
as -organist and it was' reported
that he was• abcmt to proceed t'o'-
England. He was ordained on
October 28, the diocesan then
ling Bishop Benjamin Cronyn.
1{e`. Thomas . Luard did not
proceed to England, and he did
requlre'4he cemetery/„plot. Ido
clue is afforded regarding the
nature of his illness.
vi I n the cathedral's south
transept is a lame white plaque,
-hc•aring the following
urscrij' trop:
... • l sv svacs rslO ry . oaf •-it:e v
Dimes Luard, born at Goderich,
educated at King's ' College,
London, ordained at this
,Cathedral Oct. 28th, 1863, died„
un the seventh day following,
aged 26 years.
"A graceful scholar, a skilled,,
musician
Deeply loved . by all who knew
him
By upright conduct he in his life
wrote , k
The Epitaph all covet on their
tombs
For if we believe that Jesus
rdisidose .again, then so
tjem als hich sleep in Jestis
will --God bring with Him.
Erected
by his
Personal Friends.
est Wawanosh Council
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The ' August session of West
Wawanosh Towhship Council
was held in the Hall one' week
later than usual, on August 10,
so that . all members might
attend'
- Council was informed of the
contents of 'a 'letter received
from the Department
Treasury and Economics in
connection with Tile Drainage.
Because the Borrowing By-law
for $200,000.. passed in 1966
eras not formally approved until
1970, °the Department will
honour that by-law to its limit
wto
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Luard's Creek, at Sheppardton, bears the name of a family settled in Colborne 134 years ago and
forgotten now for a century. In Spring, it presents at the lake bank a sparkling waterfall. In Auaust
' (here shown) . the stone steps are ,almost dry. Stones from this area filled the wooden piers at
Goderich harbor long ago.—photo by W.E. Elliott -
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of $200,000., Due to thiapl'act
by-lawo No. ` 13, 1971, was not
given third reading.
Ray Travis appeared before
Council in regard to having a
Fenceviewers' Award enforced.
The . Award was made last
September and the fence has not
yet been erected between Lots
19 and 20 Concession 4 where
the Fenceviewers indicated. The
Clerk was instructed to write by
registered •mail to .the negligent
party.v
A letter from Mrs. T.C.
Anderson regarding a
right -of - y into the Anderson
farm on Concession 8 was read-~
to Council and the problem was
._discussed..h,�ag.�l�,�mr,�:�'i`•t��' ��,�v�.H
stated ' he .would try to ascertain
through law channels what
might be done to resolve this
dilemma for Mrs. Anderson.
,� Three tenders received by the
Clerk for the Durnin Drainage
Works were opened.. A motion
by Councillors McDonald and
Aitchison accepte&the tender of
Clarence Brickman of
Sebringville at $2,620.00 for
open and tile portions of the,
drain. ,Jos. Postill of Clinton
tendered on the tile portion
alone for $1,794.00 and Robert
,Nicholson Construction of
Sebringville submitted a price of
$1,190.00° for the'open work.
_The 1971 Budget was
discussed and Council decided to
meet at the Hall • on Tuesday,
•----- 'gust-"1t`t; to make a final
decision on ,it and to pass the
necessary by-law setting 1971
'rates for taxation.
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