Theodore Meighen

Theodore Meighen

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rank=Lieutenant Colonel
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allegiance=Canada
born= (1905
died=1979)
placeofbirth= Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
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laterwork=lawyer and philanthropist
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Theodore Roosevelt Meighen (1905 – 1979) was a Canadian lawyer and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of former Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and Isabel Cox.

Education

Meighen was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. He attended the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1925, student #1865. He studied law at Université Laval in Quebec City.

Career

He practiced law in Montreal, and became a senior partner in the firm of McMaster Meighen. During World War II, he was based in Halifax, Nova Scotia while serving in the Royal Canadian Artillery. After the war he retired, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

He established the T. R. Meighen Family Foundation in 1969.

Family

He is the father of Senator Michael Meighen and brother of Lillian Meighen Wright. Following Theodore Meighen's death, his wife Peggy (Michael's mother) remarried to Senator Hartland Molson. Peggy remains the only Canadian to have both a son and a husband sitting in the Senate of Canada at the same time.

External links

* [http://www.meighen.ca T. R. Meighen Family Foundation]

References

Books

*4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
*H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
*H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
*H16511 Dr. Richard Preston "R.M.C. and Kingston: The effect of imperial and military influences on a Canadian community" 1968 Kingston, Ontario.
*H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. RMC. Kingston, Ontario. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984


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