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'''Ernest J. Chambers''' (16 April 1862 |
'''Ernest J. Chambers''' (16 April 1862 – 11 May 1925) was a Canadian militia officer, journalist, author, and civil servant. |
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Chambers was born in [[Penkridge]], England. He and his family moved to [[Montreal]] in 1870 where his father became headmaster of a British-Canadian school. He studied at Prince Albert School in [[Saint-Henri, Montreal|Saint-Henri]] and the [[High School of Montreal]]. He was Captain of the Montreal High School Cadet Rifles. After graduation, he became a journalist with the [[Montreal Star|Montreal Daily Star]], where he covered the [[Frederick Dobson Middleton]] and the [[North-West Rebellion]] of the [[Métis in Canada|Métis]] people. |
Chambers was born in [[Penkridge]], England. He and his family moved to [[Montreal]] in 1870 where his father became headmaster of a British-Canadian school. He studied at Prince Albert School in [[Saint-Henri, Montreal|Saint-Henri]] and the [[High School of Montreal]]. He was Captain of the Montreal High School Cadet Rifles. After graduation, he became a journalist with the [[Montreal Star|Montreal Daily Star]], where he covered the [[Frederick Dobson Middleton]] and the [[North-West Rebellion]] of the [[Métis in Canada|Métis]] people. |
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Ernest J. Chambers (16 April 1862 – 11 May 1925) was a Canadian militia officer, journalist, author, and civil servant.
Chambers was born in Penkridge, England. He and his family moved to Montreal in 1870 where his father became headmaster of a British-Canadian school. He studied at Prince Albert School in Saint-Henri and the High School of Montreal. He was Captain of the Montreal High School Cadet Rifles. After graduation, he became a journalist with the Montreal Daily Star, where he covered the Frederick Dobson Middleton and the North-West Rebellion of the Métis people.
From 1904-1925, he served as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, the most senior protocol position in the Parliament of Canada. In that role, he was the chief press censor of anti-war material during World War I.[1]
He died in Vaudreuil, Quebec in 1925 at the age of 63.
Publications
- Ernest J. Chambers, The Montreal Highland Cadets: being a record of the organization and development of a useful and interesting corps, with some notes on the cadet movements in Britain and Canada (Montreal: Desbarats & Co., 1901)
References
- ^ Keshen, Jeffrey. "CHAMBERS, ERNEST JOHN". Dictionary of Canadian Biographies. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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