Boulton, Darcy

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: Hereward Senior, “BOULTON, D’ARCY (1825-75),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/boulton_d_arcy_1825_75_10E.html
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Lawyer, politician, and Orangeman; b. 29 March 1825, at Perth, U.C., grandson of D’Arcy Boulton, and son of James Boulton and Susan Beman, half-sister of Sir John Beverley Robinson; m . in 1856 Louisa Charlotte Corbett; d. at Toronto, Ont., 16 Feb. 1875.
    • Educated at Upper Canada College in Toronto, D’Arcy Boulton then studied for the legal profession. He was admitted to the bar in 1847 and became a member of the law firm of Boulton, Lount, Boys, and Stewart of Barrie.
    • D’Arcy Boulton died at the age of 50, ending a promising political career as a Liberal Conservative: his influence within the Orange movement would probably have assured him of a prominent place in provincial and, perhaps, national politics. In his lifetime, however, he remained a minor political figure, and his correspondence with John A. Macdonald deals largely with legal matters and patronage. He was described as a tactful man and seems to have had few enemies. His funeral, held at the Anglican St James’ Cathedral, was the largest in Toronto up to that time, an indication of his popularity but also of the efficiency of the Orange organization in securing the attendance of its members.
  • Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7299
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195723437/d’arcy-boulton