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• Barker, William   b. 1819  d. July 11, 1894
  Canadian Frontiersman. Discovered the major gold claim beginning the 1862 Cariboo Gold Rush on Williams Creek near Barkerville, B.C.
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Block F, Plot 13, E 16
   
• Barnard, Francis Jones    b. 1829  d. July 10, 1889
  Founder of British Columbia-Barnard Express (BX) stagecoach company serving the Cariboo gold fields; father of Sir Frank S. Barnard MP for Yale, B.C. (1879-1886).
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Block H, Plot 69, W 28
   
• Barnard, Sir. Frank Stillman    b. May 16, 1856  d. April 11, 1936
  Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1914-1919). MP for Cariboo (1888-1896).
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Block H, Plot 69, W 28
   
• Beaven, Robert    b. January 20, 1836  d. September 18, 1920
  Premier of British Columbia (1882-1883). Mayor of Victoria (1892-1893, 1896).
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
   
• Brewster, Harlan Carey   b. November 10, 1870  d. March 1, 1918
  Premier of British Columbia (1916-1918), died in office .
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section R
   
• Carr, Emily    b. December 13, 1871  d. March 2, 1945
  Artist, Author
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Block H, Plot 85, E 15
   
• Davie, Alexander Edmund Batson 'A.E.B.'    b. November 24, 1847  d. August 1, 1889
  Premier of British Columbia (1887-1889), died in office. Older brother of Premier Theodore Davie.
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Block C, Plot 5, W 29
   
• Davie, Theodore    b. March 22, 1852  d. March 7, 1898
  Premier of British Columbia (1892-1895). Chief Justice, British Columbia Supreme Court (1895-1898), died in office. Younger brother of Premier A.E.B. Davie
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Block C, Plot 21, W 29
   
• De Cosmos (Smith), Amor (William Alexander)    b. August 20, 1825  d. July 4, 1897
  Premier of British Columbia (1872-1874), MP for Victoria (1872-1882).
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Block A, Plot 68, E 32
   
• Dewdney, Sir Edgar    b. 1835  d. March 9, 1916
  Builder of the pioneer Dewdney Trail across southern British Columbia., 1865. Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories, Canada (1881-1888). Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Canada (1892-1897).
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section T
   
• Douglas, Sir. James    b. August 15, 1803  d. August 2, 1877
  First Colonial Governor of British Columbia. Governor of Colony of Vancouver Island (1851-1863), First Governor of the Colony of British Columbia (1858-1864). Established the Hudson's Bay Co. at Fort Victoria, 1843. He started in the northern fur trade with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. At Fort Vancouver (now Washington state) he became Chief Trader in 1835 and Chief Factor in 1839. He was assigned to build up Fort Victoria when it became clear the lower Columbia River area would be ceded...[Read More]
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section H
   
• Dunsmuir, James    b. July 8, 1851  d. June 6, 1920
  Premier of British Columbia (1900-1902); Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1906-1909); Vancouver Island coal baron; builder of Hatley Castle (Royal Roads Univ.).
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section H
   
• Dunsmuir, Robert    b. August 31, 1825  d. April 12, 1889
  Vancouver Island coal baron; builder of Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria. Colonial legislator; father of Hon. James Dunsmuir.
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section H
   
• Elliott, Andrew Charles    b. 1828  d. April 9, 1889
  Premier of British Columbia (1876-1878).
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section H
   
• Finlayson, Roderick    b. March 16, 1818  d. January 20, 1892
  Hudson's Bay Company official, commander of Fort Victoria, 1844. HBC Chief Factor (1859-1872). Considered the "Father of Victoria." Mayor of Victoria (1878).
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section B
   
• Gray, John Hamilton    b. 1814  d. June 5, 1889
  A Father of Confederation. Premier of New Brunswick (1856-1857). Judge, British Columbia Supreme Court (1873-1889). He died in office.
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section B
   
• Johnson, Byron Ingemar    b. December 10, 1890  d. January 12, 1964
  Premier of British Columbia.
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section T, family mausoleum, on the west side of the road.
   
• McBride, Sir. Richard    b. December 15, 1870  d. August 6, 1917
  Premier of British Columbia (1903-1915). McBride was the first B.C.-born premier and the only one ever to be knighted. He died in London while serving as B.C.'s Agent General there. McBride, B.C. named for him.
  Cause of death: Bright's disease
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section R
   
• McNeill, William   b. 1801  d. September 3, 1875
  Coastal sea captain. Master of the Hudson's Bay Co. steamer, S.S. Beaver. Discovered Victoria harbour in 1837. Port McNeill on Vancouver Island is named for him.
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section B
   
• Pemberton, Joseph Despard    b. July 23, 1821  d. November 11, 1893
  Surveyor-General of Vancouver Island for the Hudson's Bay Company (1851-1864). Once owned the largest estate in Victoria, now the Victoria Golf Course. Victoria streets and town of Pemberton, B.C. are named for him.
  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  Plot: Section B
   

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