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Thomas Charles Patteson was born October 5, 1836 in Patney, Wiltshire, England. He arrived in Canada at the age of 22 in 1858 where he began to study law. In 1862 he was called to the bar and for the following four years worked as a partner in the law firm of Ross, Lauder and Patteson. In 1866 he joined Mr. F.W. Kingstone's law practice firm. In 1867 Thomas Patteson married Marie Louise Jones (b. 1845, d. 1941) of Port Hope, Ontario. The Pattesons had three children; Godfrey Barkworth (b. 27 October, 1867); Rose Louise (b. 18 October 1874); and Christine Millicent (Daisy) (b. circa 1877). Patteson was eventually appointed Ontario's first Assistant Provincial Secretary until 1872 when he was invited by Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald to become the Managing Editor and later proprietor of the Toronto newspaper, the Mail. In 1879 he was appointed Postmaster of Toronto. Thomas Patteson owned racehorses and was the founder of the Ontario Jockey Club. He bred cattle and sheep on his farm in Eastwood, Ontario (the former Admiral Henry Vansittart property). Patteson died at his home in Toronto in 1907.
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Patney, Wiltshire, England (1836)
Toronto, Ontario
Eastwood, Ontario (1890s)