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Commissioner M.W. Tyrwhitt Drake's papers from Commission to Investigate the Administration and Affairs of New Westminster Penitentiary, 1894
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1894 (Creation)
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- Drake, Montague William Tyrwhitt, 1830-1908
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5 cm of textual records
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Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake was born in 1830 in England, came to British Columbia in 1863 and settled in Victoria. He married Joanna Tolmie in 1862. He was on the British Columbia Legislative Council from 1868 to 1870 and was the mayor of Victoria from 1876 to 1877. From 1889 to 1904 he was a justice on the Supreme Court of British Columbia. He died in Victoria in 1908.
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Custodial history unknown. Found in the Archives building in September 1977.
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The series consists of the personal copies of Commissioner Justice M. W. Tyrwhitt Drake arising out of the Royal Commission to investigate affairs at the New Westminster Penitentiary in 1894. The records include Justice Drake's correspondence and receipts, notes of evidence, working papers and draft report.
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Accession number(s): GR-0294