The Kingston Chronicle

The Kingston Chronicle was a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada from 1819 to 1833.[1]

For the successor paper, see The Kingston Chronicle & Gazette.

History

The Chronicle came into existence at the beginning of 1819, under the control of John Alexander Macauley and Alexander John Pringle. Nearing the end of 1818, Stephen Miles, a founder and then current publisher of The Kingston Gazette, had become embroiled with some local trouble. A Scottish land agent named Robert Gourley, whose anti-Family Compact views Miles had supported, had become increasingly violent in his dealings with Kingston locals. Miles had withdrawn his support, and felt the man's brunt turned against him. As his entrenchment in the politics of the situation deepen, Miles decided to oust himself and sell his stake to Macauley and Pringle, whom kept him on as printer.[2] For more information on Stephen Miles, please see the Kingston Gazette.

Born October 17, 1792, Macauley also served as Deputy Postmaster of Kingston and a Justice of the Peace during his time owning and editing the Chronicle,. He served as a trustee of the Midland District Grammar School, an officer of the local militia, chairman of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, warden of St. George's Church, agent for the Bank of Upper Canada in Kingston, president of the Mechanics' Institute, legislative councillor, surveyor-general, civil secretary, inspector-general, and president of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District in the 1840s. Macauley was married twice, first to Helen Macpherson in October 1833, and then to Sarah Phillis Young in March 1853. Like Miles, he too had had run-ins with Gourley, and espoused his views in a letter in the Gazette, as well as editorials for the Chronicle. Macauley died in Kingston, August 10, 1857.[3]

Alexander Pringle was born 1777 and died in Kingston on September 1850. His obituary listed him as Clerk of the District Court for the United Counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. He was also cited as co-creating the first agricultural society in 1818 for the same United Counties, and served as an inspector to the Kingston Penitentiary, and was a Justice of the Peace for the Midland District.

The paper remained under their control until July 1, 1824, when it passed into the hands of James Macfarlane. The Chronicle continued until 1833, when it was superseded by The Kingston Chronicle & Gazette.

See also

References
  1. Gilchrist, J. Brian. (1987). Inventory of Ontario newspapers, 1793-1986. Micromedia Ltd. ISBN 0888925964. OCLC 20393950.
  2. Osborne, Brian S., 1938- (1988). Kingston : building on the past. Butternut Press. ISBN 092157505X. OCLC 17876462.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Armstrong, Alvin. (1973). Buckskin to broadloom : Kingston grows up. Kingston Whig-standard. OCLC 1500564.
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