Henry John Boulton

Henry John Boulton
Born	1790 Kensington, London, England
Died	18 June 1870 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Queen's Counsel
Spouse(s)	Eliza, daughter of Ephraim Jones

Henry John Boulton, QC (1790 – June 18, 1870) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born at Little Holland House, Kensington, England, the son of G. D'Arcy Boulton, in 1790. Some time later, the family settled in New York state and then moved to Upper Canada around 1800. He studied law at York (Toronto) and then at Lincoln's Inn in London. He was called to the English bar and, in 1816, the bar of Upper Canada. In 1818, he succeeded John Beverley Robinson as Solicitor General and, in 1829, succeeded Robinson as attorney general. In 1830, he was elected to represent Niagara in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada. He instigated several expulsions of William Lyon Mackenzie from the assembly. In 1832, Lord Goderich, the colonial secretary, asked the provincial administration to stop attacking Mackenzie; Boulton was dismissed from office after expressing his opposition to these instructions.

After he protested his dismissal, he was offered the post of chief justice of Newfoundland in 1833. He introduced a new system of selecting juries based on the method then used in England. He set up a law society in the province and set up regulations governing the admission of new lawyers to the bar. He also amended a number of traditional arrangements regarding credit in the fishing industry. Many of these changes were not well received. After representatives from the colony presented their concerns in London, Boulton was removed from office.

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