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George Edwin King
George Edwin King (October 8, 1839 – May 7, 1901) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, second and fourth Premier of New Brunswick, and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
King was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he received a B.A. in 1859 and a M.A. in 1862. He then served under articles to a senior lawyer in Saint John, Robert Leonard Hazen, was made an attorney in 1863, and
Edwin Henry King
Edwin Henry King (December 1828 – April 14, 1896) was a Canadian banker.
Born in Ireland, King emigrated to Canada in 1850. He joined the Bank of Montreal in 1857, became general manager at age 35. He held the manager position from 1863 to 1869 and was president of the bank from 1869 to 1873, the youngest person to hold that position.
King was ruthless in his promotion of the Bank of Montreal and was described as "a little god who dares to