Isaac Deschamps

Isaac Deschamps (c. 1722 – 11 August 1801) was a Canadian judge, and politician.

Born in Switzerland or England, Deschamps came to Nova Scotia in 1749. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1759 for Annapolis County and represented Falmouth Township from 1761 to 1770. In 1761, he was appointed judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and judge of probate for Kings County. From 1785 to 1788, he was the Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. He is buried in the Old Parish Burying Ground (Windsor, Nova Scotia).

References

"Isaac Deschamps". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.

Chief Justice of Nova Scotia

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