HON WILLIAM HENRY POPE

William Henry Pope, eldest son of the Hon. Jos- eph Pope, was born at Bedeque, P,E.Io on May 29, 1825. He received his education in England, studied law in the office of the Hon. Edward Palmer, and at the Inner Temple, London, and was called to the Bar in 1847. The routine of his pro- fession had for him less of allurement, than the excitement of political life, in the controversies of which his pen played an important part. As editor of the "Islander" he grappled vigorously with important questions, that of the land tenure of the colony, of confederation which had begun to occupy men's minds and to furnish matter for discussion, and with other questions of almost equal importance. He did much to mould public opinion. In 1859 he was appointed Colonial Secretary. In 1863 he took his seat in the House of Assembly as representative of Belfast, and was invited to enter the Cabineta In furtherance of the settlement of the

"Land Question" he, in company with the Hon. Edward Palmer, visited London in 1865 and laid the case of the colony be» fore the British Government, He was also one of the Fathers of Confederation", that historic group of delegates who in 1864 assembled in Charlottetown and later in the same year met in Quebec, where Mr, Pope was named Secretary of the

Conference, While finding his chief pleasure in the strife

and turmoil of political life, he yet found time to keep hime self in the forefront of his profession. In 1875 he was appointed Judge of the Prince Country Court, which office he

held until his death. Mr. Pope, in association with his brother, Jas. C. Pope, was for many years a leading ship builder in the colony° He also found time in his busy life to gratifiy a deep seated love of knowledge, Of the early history of his own colony he was an enthusiastic student, and it is a matter for sincere regret that, because of his early death, the result of deep study and long years of cares ful research has been losto He died at Summerside on the 7th of October 1879, in the fifty-fifth year of his age, and is buried at Sto Eleanor’s. He married in 1851, Helen,grand~ daughter of Rev, Theophilus DesBrisey who had been appointed Rector of Charlottetown in 1775. They had eight children, the oldest son, Joseph Pepe, K.C»M.G., gave valued service on a national level, as Under Secretary of State for Canadao