Jonathan Belcher, 1st Chief Justice of Nova Scotia

One of his sons, Jonathan Belcher, was the Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

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Jonathan Belcher (July 23, 1710 – March 30, 1776) was an American lawyer, chief justice, and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, second son of Jonathan Belcher and Mary Partridge, he received an Bachelor of Arts degree in 1728 and an Master of Arts degree in 1731 from Harvard College. In 1730, he studied law in Middle Temple, London and was called to the English Bar in 1734. Admitted as a fellow-commoner to Trinity College, Cambridge, he received another Master's degree in mathematics from Cambridge University in 1733.[1] He received a third Master's degree from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

In 1754, he was sent to Nova Scotia to become the first Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. He resigned in 1776. From 1761 to 1763, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. He negotiated the peace that led to the Burying the Hatchet Ceremony (Nova Scotia).