Sir Æmilius Irving | |
Constituency Mp: | Hamilton |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Daniel Black Chisholm Henry Buckingham Witton |
Successor: | Francis Edwin Kilvert Thomas Robertson |
Alongside: | Andrew Trew Wood |
Term Start: | 1874 |
Term End: | 1878 |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1823 |
Birth Place: | Leamington (Royal Leamington Spa), England |
Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Relations: | Jacob Æmilius Irving, father |
Sir Æmilius Irving (February 4, 1823 - November 27, 1913) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.[1]
Born in Leamington, England, son of The Hon. Jacob Æmilius Irving and Catherine, daughter of Sir Jere Homfray, of Llandaff House.[2] He was educated at Upper Canada College, became a barrister in 1849, and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1863. In 1851, he married Augusta Gugy,[2] the daughter of Bartholomew Conrad Augustus Gugy. He was a Liberal Member of the House of Commons of Canada for Hamilton in the 3rd Canadian Parliament. Irving served as clerk of the peace for Waterloo County[2] and was Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada from 1893 to 1913. He was knighted in 1906 and died in Toronto, Ontario in 1913.
Escutcheon: | Argent three holly leaves slipped Vert.[3] |
Crest: | A mailed hand grasping a branch of seven holly leaves Proper. |
Motto: | Haud Ullis Labentia Ventis |