Sydney Chilton Mewburn
Canadian politician
Intro | Canadian politician | |
Places | Canada | |
was | Lawyer Politician | |
Work field | Law Politics | |
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Birth | 4 December 1863, Hamilton | |
Death | 11 August 1956 (aged 92 years) |
Sydney Chilton Mewburn, PC (December 4, 1863 – August 11, 1956) was a Canadian lawyer, soldier, and politician.
Born in Hamilton, Canada West, he was the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence from October 12, 1917 - January 15, 1920 under Sir Robert Borden's Union Government in 1917. Mewburn was Commanding Officer (Colonel) of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (13th Royal Regiment as of 1910) and served during World War I, he was a Major General (and Adjutant-General) in the Canadian Army before his appointment as Minister of Militia in October 1917.