Read, David Breakenridge

(1823- ). Born in August a, Ontario. Educated at Upper Canada College; studied law and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1845; practised his profe ion in Toronto; appointed Q.C., 1858; mayor of Toronto, 1858. Index : Mc On Mackenzie, 1; Mackenzie as a reformer, 5; on responsible government, 12. Bib. : Works: The Lives of the Judges of Upper Canada ; The Life and Times of General John Graves Simcoe ; The Life and Times of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock ; The Rebellion of 1837 ; The Lives of the Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada and Ontario . For biog., see Morgan, Can. Men .