Ludlow, George Duncan

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: In collaboration with C. M. Wallace, “LUDLOW, GEORGE DUNCAN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ludlow_george_duncan_5E.html
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Judge and politician; b. 29 Sept. 1734 in Queens County, Long Island, N.Y., son of Gabriel Ludlow and Frances Duncan; m. 22 April 1758 a cousin who was also named Frances Duncan, and they had one son and two daughters; d. 13 Nov. 1808 in Fredericton, N.B.
    • George Ludlow was a member of a long-established and wealthy New York family that had arrived in America from Somerset, England, in 1694. Gabriel Ludlow, founder of the colonial branch, became a successful merchant, shipowner, and landholder.
    • George Duncan, by the age of 30 he had been admitted to the bar and had begun a successful practice, largely in commercial cases.
    • Regarded as arch-tory to the core, the Ludlows apparently had no choice but to leave New York when the revolution was over, though their half-brother, Daniel, also a loyalist, remained there and would become a successful businessman. George Duncan sailed for England on 19 June 1783.
    • After touring Britain, especially the new manufacturing towns, the Ludlows embarked for New Brunswick in September 1784 with Governor Thomas Carleton. Following a brief stay at Halifax, N.S., the governor’s entourage made its way to Parrtown (Saint John), which became the temporary capital of the new province and George Duncan was sworn in to the Supremne Court on 25 November. When the first session of the Supreme Court was held on 1 Feb. 1785, Benjamin Marston recorded that “the Chief Justice gave a very judicious, sensible charge to the Grand Jury.”
  • United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=4839
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61325986/george-duncan-ludlow