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his staunch adherence to the British Crown, and in 1774-75 was arrested by the rebels and thrown into prison, where he was con- fined a long time and cruelly treated. Fi- nally escaping, he joined the Second Bat- talion of New Jersey Volunteers, famous in Royalist annals. Taking part in the battle of Bunker Hill, he received a bullet through both cheeks. Upon the conclusion of peace he embarked at New York with a large party of Loyalists and removed to New Brunswick, where they located.

The subject’s father was a man whose charities were many and without ostentation, —a man of rare ability and most successful in business. He did a large wholesale busi- ness, had a very extensive foreign trade and during his active business life was one of the leading shippers of Island products. He was also largely interested in real estate in the Canadian northwest near Edmondton.

W. F. H. Carvell attended St. Peter’s Bay School at Charlottetown until he ma- triculated in 1878 at the University of King’s College, Windsor. Nova Scotia, where he took his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1883. He then began the study of law under the late Malcolm McLeod, barrister at Char- lottetown, but about a year and a half later discontinued his studies for a more active life, and engaged in business in New York city, from 1886 to 1889. In the last named year he was married to Miss Alice Isabell, daughter of the late John Haws, at the pro- Cathedral in Liverpool, England. Then returning to Charlottetown he re-entered the law office of Mr. McLeod, where he com- pleted his law studies, while at the same time acting as private secretary to his father, then the Lieutenant-Governor. He com- pleted his law studies in March, 1904, and was subsequently called to the bar and en-

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tered on the practice of his profession at Charlottetown. '

Mr. Carvell has always taken an active part in political affairs and wields a definite influence among those with whom he comes in contact. He is also a prominent mem- ber of the Masonic Order. He and his wife have one child, their daughter, Mary, who was born at Government House on February 6, 1892.

Frederick Parker Carvell, the youngest brother of the immediate subject of this sketch, was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on June 10, 1865, and re- ceived his education in St. Peter’s Bay School. On July '2, 1881, he entered the employ of Carvell Brothers and was ad- mitted to the firm as a partner in 1891, upon the retirement of his father from active par- ticipation in the business. Carvell Brothers are 'wholesale grocers and dealers in general produce, in which they command a large and profitable trade, and in addition are general steamship agents, having represented at va- rious periods the following well known lines: The Nickerson line, plying between Prince Edward Island and Boston, Massachusetts; the Quebec & Gulf Port Steamship Com- pany, running between Montreal and the Gulf ports; the Atlantic lines; Three River Steamship Company. They also represent the Guardian Fire Insurance Company, the Boston Marine, the Stadaeona Fire, and other well known and reliable companies. In the early years of the business they shipped many cargoes of grain by sailing vessels to Europe.

\On June 11, 1890, Mr. F. P. Carvell married Miss Alexandra Matilda Harriet, the second daughter of the late Lieutenant Edward Carey, R. N. Mr. Carvell is a member of the Masonic order, and has also