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Robert Isaac Dey Gray

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He was probably born in New York, but came to Canada with his parents (James Gray and Elizabeth Low) at the beginning of the
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Gray was a slave owner and, upon his death, he freed one enslaved woman, Dorinda (or Dorine) Baker, through his will.
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People from the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
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He assumed the duties of the attorney general after the death of
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Attorneys-General of the Province of Canada (Canada West)
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to prosecute a murder case at the district town for the
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Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
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2nd
Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada
John White
Angus Macdonell
Newcastle District
Lake Ontario
British
Upper Canada
American Revolution
Home District
2nd Parliament of Upper Canada
Stormont
3rd
4th Parliament of Upper Canada
Stormont
Russell
John White
Thomas Scott
HMS Speedy
Newcastle District
Lake Ontario
"Gray, Robert Isaac Dey"
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
University of Toronto Press
Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Solicitor General of Upper Canada
D’Arcy Boulton
John White
Thomas Scott

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