The Reverend John Strachan in Cornwall

and

Right Reverend John Strachan 1778-1867

There are two plaques about this gentleman in The City of Cornwall.
Both can be seen on this page.

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2005

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Plaque Location

The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
The City of Cornwall
In front of a church on the north side of 2nd Street
between York Street and Augustus Street

Coordinates: N 45 01.049 W 74 43.928

Plaque Text

This pioneer clergyman, legislator and teacher was born in 1778 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and in 1799 came to Kingston as a tutor. In 1803, after entering the Church of England, he was ordained and appointed missionary at Cornwall. Here, in 1804-05, he built its first Anglican church. Shortly afterwards he opened a boys' school which became renowned for its high academic standards and eminent graduates. In 1812 he became Rector of York (Toronto), and subsequently a member of the province's executive and legislative councils. Appointed Upper Canada's first Anglican bishop in 1839, he died in 1867 and this church, commenced in 1869, is dedicated to his memory.

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2009

Plaque Location

The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
The City of Cornwall
At the entrance to
Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School
on Sydney Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets East

Coordinates: N 45 01.375 W 74 43.715

Plaque Text

Born in Scotland, Strachan came to Kingston in 1799. Ordained in 1803, he became rector of Cornwall and taught at its grammar school until named rector of York in 1812. In 1839 he was made first Anglican Bishop of Toronto. A central figure in the "Family Compact", he was a member of the Executive (1818-36) and the Legislative (1820-41) Councils. He promoted public schooling and, in 1827, secured a Charter for King's College of which he became first president. When, in 1849, King's College became the secular University of Toronto, he retired to found, in 1851, the Anglican Trinity College.

Related Ontario plaque
Cornwall Grammar School

Related Toronto plaques
The Bishop's Palace 1818
King's College
Trinity College

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