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Author: Crawford, William

Biography:

CRAWFORD, William (d 1821: ancestry.com)

As one of his title-pages indicates, he was a judge in the Gaspé in Quebec. A nephew of Matthew Lymburner, a merchant in the Canada trade, he arrived in Quebec  about 1800, was called to the bar in 1804, and was appointed a provincial judge a year later. He lived at St. Peter's, Chaleur Bay, from 1806 onward. As Commissioner for Gaspé land claims, he submitted a Report to the Governor of Quebec in 1820 but died not long after, on 5 July 1821. (ancestry.com 19 Aug. 2025; gogaspé.com 28 May 2018) HJ

 

Other Names:

  • Wm. Crawford
  • Wm. [William] Crawford
 

Books written (2):

The Buonapartiad: A Poem.

London: J. M. Richardson, 1818

The Fates of Alceus; or, Love's Knight Errant: an Amatory Poem, in Five Books. With other poetical pieces, on various subjects.

Paisley: [no publisher: printed by J. Taylor], 1828