with W. D. Reid, Henry Melville Whitney of Boston, and Benjamin

support of English-Canadian nationalism and believed in the importance of the country’s ties to Britain and its membership in the empire. But unlike other imperialists active in the historical movement

Laval, sent him to Rome to study at the Roman College (Pontifical Gregorian University), along with the brothers Louis-Honoré and Benjamin

primarily by English capital, assisted by subsidies of $10,000 each for 20 years from

Fielding spoke no French and the French negotiators spoke no English. This mission was successful; it marked a decisive step forward in trade relations between Canada and foreign countries. In August

visit to Edinburgh the following year, he was introduced to Eliza Symonds, an English miniature painter ten years his senior. In a memoir written for his grandchildren he recalled that “it was not exactly

 cents for a two- or three-hour lesson. Enrolment in these courses, which were given mainly in French, but sometimes in English, would continue to increase until 1914–15, when it reached 906. From 1910

school for a short time and was taught English by the Irish curé of the parish. At the age of 14 he went to Quebec; there he learned the trade of

, University of Halifax (which would ultimately fail in 1881). It also awarded, in 1875, a degree of bachelor of science and English literature to Grace Annie Lockhart, who thus became the first woman in the