Gabriel George Ludlow

Gabriel George Ludlow
1st Mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick
In office
May 18, 1785 – 1795[1]
Preceded byInaugural holder
Succeeded byWilliam Campbell
Personal details
Born(1736-04-16)April 16, 1736
Queens County, Long Island, Province of New York
DiedFebruary 12, 1808(1808-02-12) (aged 71)
Saint John, Colony of New Brunswick
Spouse
Ann Verplanck
(m. 1760)
RelationsGeorge Duncan Ludlow (brother)
Gulian Verplanck (brother in-law)
Edward Hunter Ludlow (grandson)
ChildrenGabriel Verplanck Ludlow
Parent(s)Gabriel Ludlow
Frances Duncan Ludlow

Gabriel George Ludlow (April 16, 1736 – February 12, 1808) was a Loyalist[2] military officer and politician who served as the first mayor of Canada's oldest incorporated city, Saint John, in then-colonial New Brunswick.

  1. ^ Hopkins, J. Castell (John Castell) (1898). Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. Toronto : Linscott Pub. Co. p. 297. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "The Loyalist Founders of St. John". The Burlington Free Press. November 22, 1889. p. 7. Retrieved May 1, 2024.