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Middlesex Court House


Plaque Location
The County of Middlesex
The City of London
In front of the Court House
on the southwest corner of Dundas Street and Ridout Street
Coordinates: N 42 58.932 W 81 15.239 |
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Plaque Text
Erected in 1830, this building was modelled after Malahide Castle, near Dublin, Ireland, the ancestral home of Colonel Thomas Talbot, founder of the Talbot Settlement. The site was a part of the town plot set aside by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe after his visit to The Forks in February, 1793. Here he proposed to locate the provincial capital.
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Colonel The Honourable Thomas Talbot 1771-1853
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John Graves Simcoe 1752-1806
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