The Colonial Despatches: Chancellor, Elisha

Chancellor, Elisha

According to this letter, Chancellor was an Englishman who arrived in 1851 with the intention of settling, but ended up leaving the colony in disgust, in reaction to the HBC’s apparent monopoly of Vancouver Island lands.

Biographical information for this person is not yet complete.

Mentions of this person in the documents

Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 3 February 1851, CO 305:3, no. 3885, 1.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 12 June 1851, CO 305:3, no. 5120, 373.

Places in this document

Vancouver Island

The Colonial Despatches Team. Chancellor, Elisha. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/chancellor.html.

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Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Chancellor, Elisha