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'''William Warren Baldwin''' (April 25, 1775 – January 8, 1844) was a doctor, businessman, lawyer, judge, architect and reform politician in [[Upper Canada]]. He, and his son [[Robert Baldwin]], are recognized for having introduced the concept of "[[responsible government]]", the principle of cabinet rule on which Canadian democracy is based.
== Early life ==
William Warren Baldwin was born in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]] in 1775 of Robert Baldwin Sr., a Protestant gentleman farmer who went bankrupt in 1788. Despite their new poverty, William graduated from the medical school at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1797. Faced with the prospect of the uprising of the [[Society of United Irishmen]] in 1798, he came to Upper Canada with his father and family, arriving in July 1799. The family moved to Durham County, where he became a lieutenant-colonel in the Durham militia and a justice of the peace in 1800. William found few patients in Durham, so he moved to the town of York (Toronto) and took up other occupations. In 1803, he was admitted to the bar and, in 1809, he became a district court judge. He served several terms as treasurer for the [[Law Society of Upper Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3226}}</ref>
William married Phœbe Willcocks in 1803. She was the daughter of William Willcocks, and this advantageous marriage helped resolve much of the family's financial woes. Phœbe and her unmarried sister inherited the estate of their father in 1813, and their cousin Elizabeth Russell in 1822. William inherited his father Robert Baldwin Sr's 200 acre estate in 1817. With this wealth they built an estate in 1818 on the future site of [[Spadina House]] and laid out the grand avenue, [[Spadina Avenue|Spadina]], that was to link it to the city. The house burned down in 1835 and was rebuilt on the same foundations. The current building was built on the original foundations.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Austin Seton|title=Spadina: A Story of Old Toronto|year=1975|publisher=Boston Mills Press|location=Toronto|pages=74–81}}</ref>
== Reform politics ==
In 1820, he was elected to the [[8th Parliament of Upper Canada]] representing [[York County, Ontario|York]] & [[Simcoe County, Ontario|Simcoe]]. In 1829-30 he represented [[Norfolk County, Ontario|Norfolk County]] in the [[10th Parliament of Upper Canada|10th Parliament]]. His record shows he was no foe of aristocracy, and should be considered a [[Whig (British political party)|whig]] constitutionalist. Baldwin's status as gentleman added legitimacy to the reform policies on responsible government that he supported. When he was not re-elected in 1831, he bitterly left politics and focused on other causes such as the response to the 1832 [[Cholera epidemic of 1831|Cholera]] epidemic, the Mechanics Institute and the House of Refuge and Industry.
In 1836, he became a member of the [[The Reform Movement (Upper Canada)|Constitutional Reform Society]] of Upper Canada. Lieutenant Governor Sir [[Francis Bond Head]] removed him from his appointments as judge. However, Baldwin, although he supported reform, did not endorse the [[Upper Canada Rebellion]], preferring to work through lawful means.
[[File:SharonTemple.jpg|thumbnail|right|The Temple of the Children of Peace, Sharon, Ontario]]
Having spoken directly with [[John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham|Lord Durham]] in 1838, and seeing that Durham had incorporated the call for "[[responsible government]]" in his official report, Baldwin was emboldened to resume direct political participation once more. He and 222 inhabitants of the Home district petitioned Sheriff [[William Botsford Jarvis|William Jarvis]] to call a public meeting to discuss Durham’s recommendation on responsible government in August 1839. Jarvis, however, was swayed by “the influential part of the inhabitants” and refused the reformers. The petitioners decided to call a meeting of the “friends of Responsible Government” for the 15th of October outside the city. When Dr Baldwin called the meeting to order, Jarvis led an [[Orange Order in Canada|Orange Tory mob]], which tore a fence apart, and began beating the defenseless crowd. Jarvis led a charge on the wagon on which Baldwin and Francis Hincks were perched, shouting “Down with them! Down with them!” The meeting broke up, but not before a nineteen-year old member of [[the Children of Peace]], David Leppard, was struck in the temple with a rock with such force that he was knocked from his wagon; he was to die soon after. The death - which was never punished - formed an alliance between the Baldwin family and the Children of Peace.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schrauwers|first=Albert|title=Union is Strength: W.L. Mackenzie, the Children of Peace and the Emergence of Joint Stock Democracy in Upper Canada|year=2009|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|pages=221}}</ref>
When Robert Baldwin gave up his seat in the riding of 4th York to take a seat in Hastings, the Children of Peace began a movement to draft Dr. Baldwin to accept the reform nomination to replace him. Dr Baldwin, however, was reticent about accepting. The violence of the Yonge Street Durham meeting had led to strenuous objections from his wife who was “quite terrified” at the thought of his re-entering politics. He ultimately accepted only when Robert quieted his mother’s fears in early August. He quickly abandoned the plan when Robert suggested that Louis LaFontaine run in his stead.
In late 1843, Sir [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe|Charles Metcalfe]], the Governor General, appointed Baldwin to the Legislative Council of the United Canadas. It was an honour he enjoyed for only a few weeks. He died at Toronto January 8, 1844, aged 69.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Austin Seton|title=Spadina: A Story of Old Toronto|year=1975|publisher=Boston Mills Press|location=Toronto|pages=90}}</ref>
== Charitable work ==
=== Home District Savings Bank ===
Banks in this period did not have savings accounts. In order to encourage the working poor of the city to save for periods of unemployment, the Lt. Governor pushed for the establishment of a Home District Savings Bank on June 5, 1830 "for the earnings of Journeymen Tradesmen, Mechanics, Servants, Labourers." Baldwin was one of the 7 directors.
=== Board of Health ===
Baldwin was the president of the York Board of Health established to contain the 1832 Cholera epidemic.
=== Toronto Mechanics Institute ===
Baldwin was elected the vice-president of the newly founded Toronto Mechanics Institute in 1830, and remained in that role until elected president in 1834 until 1837.
=== Toronto House of Industry ===
The day to day operations of the House of Industry were left to a three member “weekly committee” composed of Dr. Baldwin, the Baptist preacher Alexander Stewart, and John Powell, an attorney. Under Baldwin’s leadership, the House of Industry applied for, and was granted, 4 acres of land within the city, which it planned to cultivate with the help of its inmates. Although only granted 4 acres, the reformers had sought 50. The intent was clearly to establish an “agricultural colony” for the poor – most of whom were pauper emigrants – in keeping with the 1834 published suggestion of Baldwin's cousin James Buchanan (the British Consul and emigrant agent for Upper Canada in New York) for an “emigrant depot”.
==Architectural work==
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| [[Bank of Upper Canada]]
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| William Warren Baldwin
| [[Palladian architecture|Palladian]]
| 4
| 252 Adelaide St. E.
| [[Image:Bank of Upper Canada.JPG|100px]]
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| [[Osgoode Hall]]
| 1832–2005
| [[John Ewart (architect)|John Ewart]]/William Warren Baldwin (1832)
| [[Palladian architecture|Palladian]]
| 4
| 130 Queen Street West
| [[Image:1OsgoodeHallToronto.jpg|100px]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3226 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']
{{Members of the Reform Movement (Upper Canada)}}
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-'''William Warren Baldwin''' (April 25, 1775 – January 8, 1844) was a doctor, businessman, lawyer, judge, architect and reform politician in [[Upper Canada]]. He, and his son [[Robert Baldwin]], are recognized for having introduced the concept of "[[responsible government]]", the principle of cabinet rule on which Canadian democracy is based.
-== Early life ==
-William Warren Baldwin was born in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]] in 1775 of Robert Baldwin Sr., a Protestant gentleman farmer who went bankrupt in 1788. Despite their new poverty, William graduated from the medical school at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1797. Faced with the prospect of the uprising of the [[Society of United Irishmen]] in 1798, he came to Upper Canada with his father and family, arriving in July 1799. The family moved to Durham County, where he became a lieutenant-colonel in the Durham militia and a justice of the peace in 1800. William found few patients in Durham, so he moved to the town of York (Toronto) and took up other occupations. In 1803, he was admitted to the bar and, in 1809, he became a district court judge. He served several terms as treasurer for the [[Law Society of Upper Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3226}}</ref>
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-William married Phœbe Willcocks in 1803. She was the daughter of William Willcocks, and this advantageous marriage helped resolve much of the family's financial woes. Phœbe and her unmarried sister inherited the estate of their father in 1813, and their cousin Elizabeth Russell in 1822. William inherited his father Robert Baldwin Sr's 200 acre estate in 1817. With this wealth they built an estate in 1818 on the future site of [[Spadina House]] and laid out the grand avenue, [[Spadina Avenue|Spadina]], that was to link it to the city. The house burned down in 1835 and was rebuilt on the same foundations. The current building was built on the original foundations.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Austin Seton|title=Spadina: A Story of Old Toronto|year=1975|publisher=Boston Mills Press|location=Toronto|pages=74–81}}</ref>
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-In 1836, he became a member of the [[The Reform Movement (Upper Canada)|Constitutional Reform Society]] of Upper Canada. Lieutenant Governor Sir [[Francis Bond Head]] removed him from his appointments as judge. However, Baldwin, although he supported reform, did not endorse the [[Upper Canada Rebellion]], preferring to work through lawful means.
-[[File:SharonTemple.jpg|thumbnail|right|The Temple of the Children of Peace, Sharon, Ontario]]
-Having spoken directly with [[John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham|Lord Durham]] in 1838, and seeing that Durham had incorporated the call for "[[responsible government]]" in his official report, Baldwin was emboldened to resume direct political participation once more. He and 222 inhabitants of the Home district petitioned Sheriff [[William Botsford Jarvis|William Jarvis]] to call a public meeting to discuss Durham’s recommendation on responsible government in August 1839. Jarvis, however, was swayed by “the influential part of the inhabitants” and refused the reformers. The petitioners decided to call a meeting of the “friends of Responsible Government” for the 15th of October outside the city. When Dr Baldwin called the meeting to order, Jarvis led an [[Orange Order in Canada|Orange Tory mob]], which tore a fence apart, and began beating the defenseless crowd. Jarvis led a charge on the wagon on which Baldwin and Francis Hincks were perched, shouting “Down with them! Down with them!” The meeting broke up, but not before a nineteen-year old member of [[the Children of Peace]], David Leppard, was struck in the temple with a rock with such force that he was knocked from his wagon; he was to die soon after. The death - which was never punished - formed an alliance between the Baldwin family and the Children of Peace.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schrauwers|first=Albert|title=Union is Strength: W.L. Mackenzie, the Children of Peace and the Emergence of Joint Stock Democracy in Upper Canada|year=2009|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|pages=221}}</ref>
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-When Robert Baldwin gave up his seat in the riding of 4th York to take a seat in Hastings, the Children of Peace began a movement to draft Dr. Baldwin to accept the reform nomination to replace him. Dr Baldwin, however, was reticent about accepting. The violence of the Yonge Street Durham meeting had led to strenuous objections from his wife who was “quite terrified” at the thought of his re-entering politics. He ultimately accepted only when Robert quieted his mother’s fears in early August. He quickly abandoned the plan when Robert suggested that Louis LaFontaine run in his stead.
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-In late 1843, Sir [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe|Charles Metcalfe]], the Governor General, appointed Baldwin to the Legislative Council of the United Canadas. It was an honour he enjoyed for only a few weeks. He died at Toronto January 8, 1844, aged 69.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Austin Seton|title=Spadina: A Story of Old Toronto|year=1975|publisher=Boston Mills Press|location=Toronto|pages=90}}</ref>
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92 => '| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]',
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94 => '| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Toronto, Ontario]]',
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Unix timestamp of change (timestamp ) | 1396938313 |