Samuel Leonard Tilley
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The Honourable Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley KCMG PC |
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| 4th & 7th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | |
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In office 11 November 1885 – 21 September 1893 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Premier | Andrew George Blair |
| Preceded by | Robert Duncan Wilmot |
| Succeeded by | John Boyd |
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In office 15 November 1873 – 11 July 1878 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Premier |
George Edwin King John James Fraser |
| Preceded by | Lemuel Allan Wilmot |
| Succeeded by | Edward Barron Chandler |
| Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick | |
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In office 19 March 1861 – 21 September 1865 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor |
John Manners-Sutton Arthur Hamilton-Gordon |
| Preceded by | Charles Fisher |
| Succeeded by | Albert James Smith |
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| Born | 8 May 1818 Gagetown, New Brunswick |
| Died | 25 June 1896 (aged 78) Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Hanford (1843–1862, her death) Alice Chipman (1867–1896, his death) |
| Religion | Church of England |
Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley KCMG CB PC (May 8, 1818 – June 25, 1896) was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family. As a pharmacist, he went into business as a druggist.
Born in Gagetown, New Brunswick, Tilley was the son of storekeeper Thomas Morgan Tilley and Susan Ann Peters. On May 16, 1843 he married Julia Ann Hanford in Saint John, New Brunswick; they had eight children. Hanford died in 1862, leaving Tilley a widower. On October 22, 1867, he married Alice Starr Chipman in St. Stephen, New Brunswick; they had two children, including future New Brunswick premier Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley. Samuel Leonard Tilley died in 1896 on June 25.
Samuel Leonard Tilley entered politics as an activist in the temperance movement. As a result of the 1848 recession, caused in part by Britain's economic policies, he became an advocate for responsible government. Tilley later joined the New Brunswick Colonial Association, which advocated for the colony's own control over its public expenses, the establishment of a public school system, government control of public works, and "honest government" in general.
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