Elmsley, John

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Elmsley, John

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        1801-1863

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        John Elmsley was born on May 19, 1801 in York, Upper Canada, the son of Chief Justice John Elmsley, the second Chief Justic of Upper Canada. Although born into one of Upper Canada's most prominent Anglican families, he converted to Catholicism in 1833 upon his marriage to Charlotte Sherwood, a Catholic. After his conversion, which was seen an incredibly shocking event at the time, he went on to co-found the College of St. Michael, and pledged his personal fortunes as mortgage security to permit St. Michael's Cathedral's consecration in 1848. He died in 1863 and is buried in the Cathedral crypt under St. Michael's statue, with his heart buried under St. Basil's Church at St. Michaels College on the grounds of U of T.

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        Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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