Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Peters, Arthur
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Dates of existence
1855-1908
History
Arthur Peters was born on 19 August 1855 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. His parents were James Horsefield Peters, Justice of the Supreme Court of P.E.I. and Master of the Rolls, and Mary Cunard, daughter of Sir Samuel Cunard who had major land holdings on P.E.I. and later founded the world famous Cunard Steamship Line. Arthur was educated at Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown and Kings College, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Following his studies he worked in a Charlottetown law office. He pursued further studies in England and upon his return in 1878 was admitted to the Bar of PEI. He was appointed a Queen
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD 22.1B; 22.12A
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
5 May 2005. Copied from PEIAIN 13 July 2015.
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Sources
RG25/Series20 (Premier's Office fonds)