Thomas Mercer Jones
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| birth_date = 1795
| birth_place = England
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1868|10|02}}
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| monuments = Ontario Historical Plaques: Thomas Mercer Jones, 1795–1868
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| occupation = Businessman and Banker
| years_active = 53
| employer = Canada Company and later Bank of Montreal
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| known_for = Inspiring Stratford, Ontario's name.
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| title = Co-Commissioner of the Canada Company
| term = 1829–1850
| predecessor = William Allan
| successor = Frederick Widder
| party = Family Compact and later Colborne Clique
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| opponents = Colborne Clique and later Family Compact{{force plural}}
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| spouse = Elizabeth Mary Strachan
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Thomas Mercer Jones (1795 – 2 October 1868) was an English-born administrator who arrived in Upper Canada in the 1820s and was employed as a commissioner of the Canada Company based in Goderich. A series of internal conflicts led to his dismissal in 1852. He died in Toronto.
External links
- [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4515 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online]
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Category:English emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
Category:Immigrants to Upper Canada
Category:Province of Canada people
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