Robert Law

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Robert A. Law (c., 1788 – May 16, 1874) army officer and colonial administrator for the colony of Newfoundland, born in England and died in England.

Law joined the army at an early age as a volunteer and served in Europe and the West Indies. In 1834 he was appointed commander of the garrison in Newfoundland as major. His responsibilities also required him to play a political role between the departure of Governor John Harvey and the arrival of Sir John Gaspar LeMarchant where he assumed the role as colonial administrator. Law spent most of his time dispensing out relief to the victims of the 1846 fire at St. John's.

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Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

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