Sydney Robert Bellingham
| Sydney Robert Bellingham | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Argenteuil | |
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In office 1867–1878 |
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| Succeeded by | Robert Greenshields Meikle |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Argenteuil | |
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In office 1854–1860 |
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| Succeeded by | Sir John Abbott |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 2, 1808 Castlebellingham, Co. Louth |
| Died | March 9, 1900 (aged 91) Castlebellingham, Co. Louth |
| Political party | Conservative, afterwards Liberal |
Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Sydney Robert Bellingham (August 2, 1808 – March 9, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish businessman, lawyer, journalist, military and political figure in Canada East. He served as a captain with the Royal Montreal Cavalry during the Lower Canada Rebellion and represented Argenteuil in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878. After the deaths of his three elder brothers he inherited Castle Bellingham and returned to Ireland to administer the estate
Born at Dunany House, Castlebellingham, Co. Louth, he was the fourth son of Sir Alan Bellingham (1776–1827) 2nd Bt., and his wife Elizabeth (1788–1822), daughter of the Rev. Rees Edward Walls of Boothby Hall, Lincolnshire. Sir Alan Bellingham was heir to his uncle, Sir William Bellingham M.P., but survived him by less than a year.
By 1824, Sir Alan Bellingham had run into financial difficulties and leaving his family in Ireland, he fled his debtors to France, taking up residence at Châtillon-sur-Loire. Then just fifteen years old, Sydney came to Canada alone to seek his fortune. Arriving in Quebec, he travelled widely throughout Upper Canada until 1827 when he took a job in the timber business at Montreal under another Anglo-Irishman, the brother of George Hamilton. A few months before his marriage, he started an import-export business with his friend James Wallis (1807–1893), formerly of Drishane Castle, Co. Cork, who had settled at Fenelon Falls.
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