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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-02, Page 111Dec. ,.1 0 8 7 •b Public. ,,a'k 'ar.y a 52 Nontrea1 St "vR?C,k:1'xC'lly' Ofrt. .`7..r« 2( ek Ninth baronets. Sir Richard, 2 IIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIHIJIIIII#II111UIIIIIIIIUIULL1111111111111111UIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIII1111II1111111!#IIIIIIIIIIIIUIIUIIIU111111111111U#IIJIItl111111111111IIIIIIIUIIJJ I1111UI BY W.E. ELLIOTT i Maitland 'as. a given name has been widely bestowed in. Huron, as the voters' lists attest.•Some children seem to have been named for the river, inwhich case .° 'honor is paid indirectly to Sir Peregrine Maitland, for whom the Mexhesetung was renamed. 'Some • have been baptized Maitland ' "just because it is a nice name. With " the Montgomery family of this area, --wherein the . name appears in • every generation, it recognizes blood relation with Sir. Peregrine, lieut. governor of Upper Canada' 1818-1828. A nephew, Dr. Maitland Maitland, of Dunkirk, France; and Montrose, Scotland, was the father --•-of• Clara Maitland', who became the wife of. Captain Alexander T. Montgomery, of Goderich township. Captain Mon- tgomery, it is recalled,' was resentful when the Maitland name was used outside of the family. 'Sir Peregrine was, not given a title to go with his office in Canada; he became a lnight Companion of the Most noble 'Order of the Bath in . June, 1815, • the month in which he tookpart in the Battle Waterloo. As major -general, he'.- f ter o a oo. . commanded the first;brigade of -the first division. According to one historian, he "rounded out' .his ' military career . by leading two battalions of Guards into the very ey'e•of the fiery tempest". • The title bestowed at Waterloo '(it became, G.C.B: in 1853) has now sur- vrved•' for 161 years, and the ninth baronet, 'Sir Richard Maitland, resides at Burnside,Torfar;:Seotland, which has been the family home for a half -century. His grandfather, the seventh baronet, settled •there• after a distinguished military career with the 114th' Lancers, an° Indian regiment. His father. " Sir . • • 129 YEAR, 36 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, I976 SECOND SECTION Alexander,. 'lived and, farmed at Burn- side until his death in 1963. ' Sir Richard, _now 23, after, leaving school in 1970,.went to Australia and worked on a,cattle and.sheeisstato`n He . returned•home via 'Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto, and • spent the next few years at the university in England. At present, •heis"_working in Edinburgh in the grain trade, but his ultimate aim is to Live at Burnside; and.farrn there. HISTORY WAITING' In Sir• Richard's letter; there is no • indication - that he visited, when • in Canada, the church at Stamford, near Niagara Falls, founded by his ancestor, Sir•P.eregrine; At 23,.there .is plenty of time for him to Make contact with that bitof family history, if so inclined. Sir Peregrine's translation to. Canada in. 1818 came about iii an aura of high romance. ilis fIrit' wi£e was the Hon. Louise Crofton, whom. he -married in 1803. At the time ofWaterloo he had been awidower for ten years. Lady Sarah Lennox, daughter of the. Duke of Richmond, was young, "and so spirited;" Katherine Hale has written, . "that when -her father refused consent to her marriage with'' Maitland, she n." 'straightway .left'his roof for the lodgings' of the man she loved, and although Peregrineacted a highly approved part - in promptlyy withdrawing on her arrival, • the .episode brought the desired effect. They were married, .and sent. off to Canada, where the Duke of :Richmond : followed the nextyear as Governor -in - Chief'.'. • Maitland fled as oftenYas possible from his office at York and Simcde'streets in Toronto to . Stamford 'Cottage, ::a : few . . miles north of Niagara Falls. Historians, do not tell us how. he got there, but probably.across the la.e. fox most' of the journey. Stamford Cottageis.long gone, but" the •; little~ churchbuilt.. by Sir Peregrine': and me;•nber's of his staff in 1820 still stands, unused .and decon- secrated, beside the Modern Church of _ • St. John the Evangelist. Captain R.H. !dee provided the site "for natural love and affection for. the Episcopal • Church and the 'further consideration of five:.shillings. Maitland gave velvet for altar. 'and pulpit. •The pews were• high-backed boxes with doors. Pulpit arid 'reading :desk were of walnut. The 'choir at first used ,a gallery at the rear. Two wood stoves -constituted the heating equipment. ,for a half - century.` • AT PIONEER VILLAGE Altar, '. communion rail, pulpit and: reredos were donated fn 1963 to Upper Canada Village. --.Canon G.N. Standish is rector of* the parish, which is in the Diocese of Niagara. The Menesetung River was renamed • Maitland, presumably by order -in ..ouncil,. the council'presided over`by Sir Peregrine. • There Was at the time .no Goderich, and no road to its future site, so it ishighly' unlikely that the lieut.- governor ever saw the river. It is recorded that he did not get along with John Galt, first commissioner of "the Canada : Coixipany, but their ' terms overlapped by onlytwoyears. Probably a professional soldier was not the best choice for governor of Upper Canada .at "a time of political turmoil. "Though of high character," we read in Canadiana; "Maitland was imbued with. the reactionary. -ideas Of his day." The . same : writer . accuses him- . of . "per- secuting the Reformers, whose struggles . This is Burnside, at Forfar, Scotland;,,, residence of the ninth baronet Maitland. • said he cold not find a picture of himself. against. the Tory hierarchy culminated in the Rebellion of 1.837." Maitland's term wasended in 1828 and he.- was namedto the corresponding. office. for Nova Scdtia. Afr four years he returned to the army, lding senior commandsin India.and Africa . He died . May 30, 1854, in London, England, A chair:which was a parung gift from , ..___Lth.e,Prince of Wales (later George IV) to ti. Sir.Peregrine Maitland on his departure *. for Canada remains in the.Montgon'iery TO -filly today, property of 'Harr_y... Mon- tgomery, of Goderich Township. • Sir Peregrine's great-niece, Clara "-. Montgomery; was born in Purford,. England, in 1818; and came to Canada in '1840. Six years later., .She was married to • Capt. Alexander Thomas Montgomery and "they settled," • the Signal stated, "on the. Buren road; in Maitland .Cot - Sir 4,pini Cot Sir'4Qhn tage, now known'as the Hawley property." In the Signal's obituary: of Captain; Montgomery; in 1913,..it was recalled that "they came to Goderich and settled on (property known as 'the Jasper Green farm, now occupied by A. Curzon." This, upon investigation, appears to mean Jasper Gooding; the .Goodings owned Lot 7 in the. Maitland,' on which Richard Hawley of Detroit built in 1860 the ar chitecturally interesting house later Owned by Arthur Wardlaw.Curzon,. and in recent years by Stanley Freeman. EARLY DISTILLER A. T.• Montgomery,' voting orally in the election of 1857; gave his business as (continued on page 13A) Left is Anglican' c lurch built at Stamford in 1825 by Sir staff: Right is the modern Church of St. John the Evangelist, Peregrine Maitland, lieut.-governor, and 'Members of his and parish hall. 1 111 1111 (111111) 111111 111 1111111IIIIl 11111 111 I I 111 1111111 I I 1 I IIII II I II fllll II IIIIIIIII 1111111111111111 IIII 11 u1 u l 1 uluuu r 1 uunniuunnnuuuunumn I ► lluf.unuunnunuunl_ !uuuuquniununinuunuuuiliiiuumnnnuuuniinuuuuquungnuqulllllllnlmunillulliuuihunuunuunuhlOn1wu11nn��nrn(unonnnmiunnnniuiuumuunnuunuuliuunnuluuunununutmulumuin1u11upnlnlinnnuunuuiunnun0uunuununnnnninupnnll . ! ..; : arenpasste s � an State Univ; rsity AMY -- Rusty Ormandy of. Goderich • and his partner Karen Osborne of Chatham spent three days at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan over the weekend, where they ' successfully completed the United States Figure Skating. Association tests for ' the • three Preliminary, three Junior Bronze; three Senior. Bronze, three Silver and four • Pre - Gold dances, - a first for this area. Generally, most skaters are tested only for one or two dances at a tithe by the panel of judges. Rusty and Karen ' "actually appeared before the judges a total of.42 tittles! They partnered eac of er through the dances and then did solo patterns from: the Junior Bronze level. up, a 'req'uirement in the United States testing. -The length of each test was two to four •' times longer . in the United StatesIthan it is in Canada. It was a real test of stamina and 'a gruelling experience for the pair, as the tests were all held on the same day, with only a half hour break for lunch. They left the ice after a • • three hour practise the night before at one a.m. and then had to report°to the ice again.' at 8 a.m.. the following morning' where th'e'y worked on their tests until 3:30 p.m. After the half hour lunch break the pace was beginning-. to show on the faces of the two 'skaters as they faced the higher tests of Silver and Gold. As they were the only. ones trying' many . of. the Senior tests, theywere on the ice constantly, working. The Judges were very considerate, asking them if they would like a rest. in between,. but Rusty and Karen declined and were able to continue to the end. Each dance was passed by all the judges with high marks and favourable cornments and compliments. Congratulations were extended to th.em.at the end of the tests : by United States Figure Skating Association - • members. The following morning Rusty again returned to the ' arena• ona 'tCampus where he partnered he several.., American- skaters through their tests. -• - Rusty and Karen now take a ten—day rest from their skating.: They have been 'skating 35 to 40 hours a week since early in June and were the Gold medal winners at the Stamford. International" Summer Dance Competition held in Niagara Falls, early in August. ., 11111UIf111111Ui1i1111 - Il 11111111 I r IIIIIIII) 1 II IIUII it UI 11111111 I llnl l III TIMI 111111 (III fll U f Illlllll 11 111 UII i nun 1 1 Il 1 ulpl If NI IVIG ulnnln IIIIf 11111 1 1 Iuu1 Illlul III — t 1i11111nIlUlillrulll11111111111Ulllllllllllllllllllllfnl111111111 III{IfllllllllllllllllllllllnU11111n11tIIIIIUIIIII11111111111111111111111111111111111111UllJlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUl1111111111U1n►IIIt1U11111111111111111111111111111111nIIIIIIlUI1111rI1111nr1iflnr1U11111111f 1 t 1 Illllill Illlllillilllillll 11 f ° �iulillunhlluuunuunnupuunliaauunull S .