THE COLONEL AND His FLOCK: THOMAS TALBOT'S SETTLEMENT IN UPPER CANADA?

A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of Graduate studies of The University of Guelph by ANDREW WINGATE in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Arts April 1999 O Andrew Wingate, 1999 National Library Bibliophile National Du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions ET Bibliographic Services bibliographies 395 Wellington Street 395. rue Wellington Ottawa ON KI A ON4 Ottawa ON K1AON4 Canada the author has granted a nonexclusive license doing the National Library of Canada to reproduce, loan, distribute or sell copies of this thesis in microfilm, paper or electronic formats.  TALBOT, THOMAS, army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician; b. 19 July 1771 in Malahide (Republic of Ireland), son of Richard Talbot and Margaret O’Reilly; d. 5 Feb. 1853 in London, Upper Canada. An aristocrat by birth, Thomas Talbot was descended from a noble Anglo-Irish family which had ancestral lands in Ireland dating from the 12th century. He was the fourth son in a family of 12 children and enjoyed a secure childhood in Malahide Castle, the family