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Doctor John Harry was the physician to Alexander I of Russia at St. Petersburg.

Romuald (Rom) R. Landau (1899-1974) was a sculptor, author, educator and Arabist. He was born in Poland, and became a British citizen, serving as a volunteer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He authored many works in regards to Morocco and the Middle East during the 1950s and 1960s. Landau taught Islamic Studies at the College of the Pacific in Stockton, Califonia, and was also an artist and art critic. He had extensive knowledge of Arabic issues, which earned him a place on the Arab committee of the Intelligence Department of the British Foreign Office.

The Landon family lived in the township of Lansdown, County of Leeds, District of Johnstown in the province of Upper Canada. Both Joseph and Abner Landon served as Town Clerks for a number of years.

Dr. Michael Lavell was the chair of obstetrics in the Faculty of Medicine at Queen's University (starting in 1860), later the first dean of the Kingston Women's Medical College, and also the surgeon (since 1872) and Warden of Kingston Penitentiary, starting in Janury 1885.

Born in 1912, in Toronto, and known to thousands of students as "The Padre," the Rev. Dr. A. Marshall Laverty served as Chaplain at Queen's University at Kingston for 36 years (1947-1983), and is one of the University's best-known personalities. He was educated at the University of Toronto, graduating with honours in 1937. "Marsh" as he was also affectionately known, was ordained a minister in the United Church of Canada in the same year and served in parishes in Toronto, Manitoulin Island, and Stirling, Ontario, before enlisting as a Chaplain in the Canadian army in 1942 and serving with troops in Europe. In 1947, he was appointed Queen's Chaplain. He has acted as a minister, advisor, counsellor, and friend to generations of students and his organizational skills and contacts across Canada have been of immeasurable benefit to the University. Famed for his rhetorical skills and prodigious memory for names, he has also been active on behalf of numerous charitable organizations in the Kingston area, and served on the Frontenac County Board of Education for more than 30 years. He retired from his position as Chaplain in 1983, but has remained extremely active in the University community. He has received numerous awards from Queen's and other Canadian institutions. A. Marshall Laverty was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1985, and received an honorary doctorate from Queen's in 1991.

The Lennox and Addington Historical Society was founded in 1907 by Clarance M. Warner who served as President from 1907 to 1916, at which time he was appointed Curator of Canadian History and Literature at Harvard University in Boston. The object of the Society is to engage in the collection, preservation, exhibition and publication of materials for the study of history, especially the history of the County of Lennox and Addington. To this end the Society studies the archaeology of the County, acquires documents and manuscripts, obtains narratives and records of pioneers, conducts a library of historical reference, maintains a gallery of historical portraiture, publishes and otherwise diffuses information relative to the history of the County and of the Dominion, and works to developwithin this County the study of history.

The Liberal Party of Canada, a political party, was established in November 1932 as a federation of provincial Liberal Parties. Vincent Massey was the first president, followed by Norman P. Lambert in 1935. The National Office was disbanded after the 1940 general election, but reorganized in 1943 under the direction of the National Liberal Committee directed by J. Gordon Fogo and Alan G. McLean. Following the 1945 election the National Office reopened with McLean as Director and Fogo as President. During 1959-1960 the National Office was reorganized and expanded. The position of General Secretary was abolished and James Scott was appointed to the new position of Director of Organization in 1960. The name of the Federation was changed to Liberal Federation of Canada in 1964, and to Liberal Party of Canada in 1970. During the period 1967-1968 the National Office underwent a further reorganization and expansion, with the establishment of separate departments of Policy Research, Organization, Communications and Administration under the National Director.

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John Macaulay was born in Kingston in 1792. In 1836 he was appointed a member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada and in 1841, he became a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, a position he held until his death in 1857. He was Inspector General of Upper Canada from 1838 to 1841, and of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1842.

Donald Cameron Macdonald was born on December 7, 1913, in Cranbrook, British Columbia. He attended the Macdonald College School for Teachers and, later, Queen's University at Kingston, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938, and a Master of Arts degree in 1939. During the Second World War MacDonald held a number of positions. From 1939 to 1940 he was a lecturer for the Association for Anglo American Understanding. From 1940 to 1942 he was a journalist with the Montreal Gazette. From 1942 to 1946 he was in the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 he began his work with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the New Democratic Party. From 1946 to 1949 he was the Education and Information Secretary at the CCF National Office. He held the position of Federal Treasurer and Organizer of the Ontario CCF from 1949 to 1953. He was leader of the Ontario CCF Party from 1953 to 1961. From 1961 to 1970 he was leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. He was MPP for York South from 1955 to 1982. He was Chairman of the Ontario NDP Caucus from 1982 to 1982 and Federal President of the NDP from 1971 to 1975. From 1986 to 1991 he was Chairman of the Commission on Election Finances. His writings include two books: Government and Politics of Ontario (1975 and revised editions in 1980 and 1985) and The Happy Warrior (1988). He is also author of numerous articles and book review for Canadian newspapers and periodicals. Macdonald passed away in 2008.