William Badgley

William Badgley
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
In office 1847–1854
Personal details
Born	27 March 1801 Montreal, Lower Canada
Died	24 December 1888 (aged 87) Montreal, Quebec
Relations	Francis Badgley, father

William Badgley (27 March 1801 – 24 December 1888) was born in Lower Canada, educated there, and admitted to the Lower Canadian bar in 1823. He became a judge and attorney general for Canada East.

He was also the founder of a law firm now known as the Montreal office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.

From 1855 to 1857 he was professor of law at McGill College and was the first dean of the Faculty of Law.

He was the son of Francis Badgley (1767–1841), a merchant with family business connections to the London fur trade. He was a brother to Francis and Elizabeth, wife of William Molson.

References

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• "William Badgley". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.