Life
1807-1885; brother of Edward Hincks [q.v.]; emig. to Canada, 1831; joined liberals; MP; Inspector general of public accounts; fnd. Montreal Pilot, 1844; member of Baldwin ministry; Premier, 1851-54; developed railway and commercial system; negotiated reciprocity treaty with US; passed Parl. Representation Act; governor of Barbados and Windward Isles, 1855-62; then British Guiana, 1862-69; KCMG, 1869; finance minister, 1869-73; wrote on Canadian politics. ODNB
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References
Belfast Public Library holds A Summary of Ancient and Modern History (1838) which may be by Hincks.
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Notes
Kith & Kin: Dictionary of National Biography [UK] lists Thomas Dix Hincks (1767-1857), Presbyterian divine; ed. TCD, left for Hackney new College, 1768; ord. by southern presbytery, 1792; lecturer at Royal Cork Institution and Fermoy Academy; classical master at Belfast Academical Inst.; professor of Hebrew, 1821-36; LLD, Glasgow, 1834; contributed Irish articles to Ree’s Cyclopaedia; educational manuals. This is the father of Francis and Edward Hincks.
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