CENOTAPH THAT HANGS IN ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL
He was born in England, the son of Captain John Denison and Sophia Taylor. He travelled to Upper Canada and the town of York, Upper Canada, in 1796 with his parents and two brothers. He inherited the bulk of his family's property and, after the War of 1812, purchased and acquired land through marriage around what is now the Kensington Market neighborhood of Toronto. At the end of his life, he held 556 acres (2.25 km2) in York and was one of the wealthiest landowners in Canada West. He married four times and fathered thirteen children; he wed Esther Borden Lippincott (daughter of Richard Lippincott) in 1806, Maria Taylor in 1828, Elizabeth Eleanor Caldwell in 1835, and Mary Priscilla Coates in 1850.
In 1815, he built an estate named Belle Vue (including an orchard and farm) on the south side of Russell Creek, which followed the style of Georgian architecture. The 156-acre (0.63 km2) property on which he built his new home, lot 17 and the eastern portion of lot 18 ran north from present day Queen Street West to Bloor Street, and west from Lippincott Street to Augusta Avenue. Belle Vue (where the Kiever Synagogue now stands across from Denison Square) stood at the head of a mile-long carriage path, which is now Denison Avenue.
He served with the British militia in the War of 1812 and, from 1822 to 1837, organized and financed a voluntary cavalry troop, which he commanded during the Rebellions of 1837. The troop later became the Governor General's Horse Guards. In 1846, he was given command of the 4th Battalion of the Toronto militia, a post he held until his death at Toronto in 1853. Denison is buried at St. John's Cemetery on the Humber in Weston, Ontario.
He was born in England, the son of Captain John Denison and Sophia Taylor. He travelled to Upper Canada and the town of York, Upper Canada, in 1796 with his parents and two brothers. He inherited the bulk of his family's property and, after the War of 1812, purchased and acquired land through marriage around what is now the Kensington Market neighborhood of Toronto. At the end of his life, he held 556 acres (2.25 km2) in York and was one of the wealthiest landowners in Canada West. He married four times and fathered thirteen children; he wed Esther Borden Lippincott (daughter of Richard Lippincott) in 1806, Maria Taylor in 1828, Elizabeth Eleanor Caldwell in 1835, and Mary Priscilla Coates in 1850.
In 1815, he built an estate named Belle Vue (including an orchard and farm) on the south side of Russell Creek, which followed the style of Georgian architecture. The 156-acre (0.63 km2) property on which he built his new home, lot 17 and the eastern portion of lot 18 ran north from present day Queen Street West to Bloor Street, and west from Lippincott Street to Augusta Avenue. Belle Vue (where the Kiever Synagogue now stands across from Denison Square) stood at the head of a mile-long carriage path, which is now Denison Avenue.
He served with the British militia in the War of 1812 and, from 1822 to 1837, organized and financed a voluntary cavalry troop, which he commanded during the Rebellions of 1837. The troop later became the Governor General's Horse Guards. In 1846, he was given command of the 4th Battalion of the Toronto militia, a post he held until his death at Toronto in 1853. Denison is buried at St. John's Cemetery on the Humber in Weston, Ontario.
CENOTAPH THAT HANGS IN ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL
He was born in England, the son of Captain John Denison and Sophia Taylor. He travelled to Upper Canada and the town of York, Upper Canada, in 1796 with his parents and two brothers. He inherited the bulk of his family's property and, after the War of 1812, purchased and acquired land through marriage around what is now the Kensington Market neighborhood of Toronto. At the end of his life, he held 556 acres (2.25 km2) in York and was one of the wealthiest landowners in Canada West. He married four times and fathered thirteen children; he wed Esther Borden Lippincott (daughter of Richard Lippincott) in 1806, Maria Taylor in 1828, Elizabeth Eleanor Caldwell in 1835, and Mary Priscilla Coates in 1850.
In 1815, he built an estate named Belle Vue (including an orchard and farm) on the south side of Russell Creek, which followed the style of Georgian architecture. The 156-acre (0.63 km2) property on which he built his new home, lot 17 and the eastern portion of lot 18 ran north from present day Queen Street West to Bloor Street, and west from Lippincott Street to Augusta Avenue. Belle Vue (where the Kiever Synagogue now stands across from Denison Square) stood at the head of a mile-long carriage path, which is now Denison Avenue.
He served with the British militia in the War of 1812 and, from 1822 to 1837, organized and financed a voluntary cavalry troop, which he commanded during the Rebellions of 1837. The troop later became the Governor General's Horse Guards. In 1846, he was given command of the 4th Battalion of the Toronto militia, a post he held until his death at Toronto in 1853. Denison is buried at St. John's Cemetery on the Humber in Weston, Ontario.
He was born in England, the son of Captain John Denison and Sophia Taylor. He travelled to Upper Canada and the town of York, Upper Canada, in 1796 with his parents and two brothers. He inherited the bulk of his family's property and, after the War of 1812, purchased and acquired land through marriage around what is now the Kensington Market neighborhood of Toronto. At the end of his life, he held 556 acres (2.25 km2) in York and was one of the wealthiest landowners in Canada West. He married four times and fathered thirteen children; he wed Esther Borden Lippincott (daughter of Richard Lippincott) in 1806, Maria Taylor in 1828, Elizabeth Eleanor Caldwell in 1835, and Mary Priscilla Coates in 1850.
In 1815, he built an estate named Belle Vue (including an orchard and farm) on the south side of Russell Creek, which followed the style of Georgian architecture. The 156-acre (0.63 km2) property on which he built his new home, lot 17 and the eastern portion of lot 18 ran north from present day Queen Street West to Bloor Street, and west from Lippincott Street to Augusta Avenue. Belle Vue (where the Kiever Synagogue now stands across from Denison Square) stood at the head of a mile-long carriage path, which is now Denison Avenue.
He served with the British militia in the War of 1812 and, from 1822 to 1837, organized and financed a voluntary cavalry troop, which he commanded during the Rebellions of 1837. The troop later became the Governor General's Horse Guards. In 1846, he was given command of the 4th Battalion of the Toronto militia, a post he held until his death at Toronto in 1853. Denison is buried at St. John's Cemetery on the Humber in Weston, Ontario.
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