Mrs. Etta A. Newlands (1869-1963) was born Etta Reid in Kingston. A graduate of Queen's University (M.A. 1892) she taught mathematics at Queen's after the death of her husband Alexander Newlands. Her teaching career at Queen's extended over a ten year period. She also served for several years on the Kingston Board of Education and was elected Chairman in 1925 - the first woman to preside over any elected body in the civic field in Kingston.
Newman Club (Queen's University)
Newman Centers or Newman Clubs are Catholic ministry centers at non-Catholic universities found throughout the world. The establishment of this movement was inspired by the writings of Cardinal John Henry Newman encouraging societies for Catholic students attending secular universities. The first Newman club was established in 1888 at Oxford; the original Catholic club was founded by Hartwell de la Garde Grissell.
The Newman Club at Queen's University was founded by 30 Catholic Queen's students in 1917.
Robert Fletcher Nixon is a well known figure in Ontario political circles. He followed his father, former Ontario Premier Harry Nixon, into politics and together father and son represented the riding of Brant (now Brant - Haldimand) for over seventy years. Born 17 July 1928, Mr. Nixon was raised on the family farm in St. George, Ontario, and educated in St. George and Brantford high schools. He received a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry and Biology from McMaster University, and in 1966 was awarded an Honourary LL.D.from the same University. From McMaster he went on to further studies at the Ontario College of Education before starting a teaching career at Sault Ste. Marie. He returned south to teach in Toronto and later at all three Collegiates in Brantford. During this period he was District President of the District Secondary School Teacher's Federation and for five years was Superintendent of the St. George United Church Sunday School. Following his father's death in 1961, Robert Nixon resigned his teaching position to contest successfully the by-election of Jan. 18, 1962. That same year he became President of the Ontario Liberal Party and was its education critic in the Legislature. At the same time, he was running the family farm and a herd of 30 Holsteins. Mr. Nixon was re-elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1987, and 1990. He was Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, Opposition House Leader and Treasury, Revenue, and Management Board Critic from 1967 to 1976. His Senior Cabinet Posts include Treasurer of Ontario and Minister of Economics, Minister of Financial Institutions, Minister of Revenue, Acting Chairman of Management Board and Government House Leader 1985 - 1987. He was Deputy Premier, as well as for a second term, Treasurer and Minister of Economics between 1987 and 1990. With the fall of the Liberal Government in the 1990 election, and with the resignation of Mr. David Peterson as Party Leader, Mr. Nixon assumed the role of Interim House Leader until a successor to Mr. Peterson could be named. In 1991 Mr. Nixon, upon accepting the appointment of Agent General for the Province of Ontario in London, England, resigned his seat in the Ontario Legislature.
The Observer was a Bible Christian newspaper of the Bowmanville area, in operation from 1868 to 1883.
Marion Webb was a member of the Kingston Arts Council, and Director of the Ontario Community Arts Conference (1968) and seminar leader for the OVCAM Conference (1976).
Edward Owen was Commander in Chief of British naval forces on the Great Lakes.
The Parrot family were United Empire Loyalists who settled in the Bay of Quinte district. The family included John Parrot, a mariner who owned property in Beverly and New Boston at the time of the American Revolution, and his sons James and John. The two sons came to Canada, where James became a farmer and a colonel in the militia and John became a school teacher.
Lester Bowles Pearson was born at Newtonbrook, Ontario in 1897. He was educated at the University of Toronto (B.A. 1919) and Oxford (B.A. 1923, M.A. 1925). After service in World War I, he joined the Faculty of the University of Toronto. In 1928, he joined the Department of External Affairs and served in a number of responsible positions with that department including service at Canada House in London from 1935 to1941 and at the Canadian Legation in Washington from 1942 to 1945. He was appointed Ambassador to Washington, 1945-1946 and Deputy Minister of External Affairs 1946-1948. He was named to the cabinet of the Rt. Hon. Louis St-Laurent as Secretary of State for External Affairs, when he was first elected to the House of Commons in 1948. Pearson held that post from 1948 until 1957. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957. Mr. Pearson was elected Leader of the Liberal Party in 1958 and served as Leader of the Opposition from that date until 22 April 1963 when he became Prime Minister. He retired from politics in 1968, assuming the chairmanship of the Commission on International Development, whose report was issued in 1969. Mr Pearson was Chairman of the International Development Research Centre from 1970 until his death in 1972.