Henry Sherwood | |
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 Henry Sherwood, QC | |
| 4th Premier of Canada West | |
| In office 1847–1848 | |
| Preceded by | William Henry Draper |
| Succeeded by | Robert Baldwin |
| 7th Mayor of Toronto | |
| In office 1842–1844 | |
| Preceded by | George Monro |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Boulton |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Brockville | |
| In office 1836–1841 | |
| Preceded by | David Jones |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Toronto | |
| In office 1843–1854 | |
| Preceded by | Isaac Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | John George Bowes |
| Alderman, Toronto Council | |
| In office 1841–1849 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1807 Augusta Township, Upper Canada |
| Died | July 7, 1855 (aged 47–48) Bad Kissingen, Bavaria |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse | Mary Graham Smith |
| Relatives | Ephraim Jones (grandfather) Levius Peters Sherwood (father) George Sherwood (brother) Samuel Sherwood (brother) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Britain |
| Branch/service | Upper Canada militia |
| Years of service | 1824 - 1855 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Unit | 4th Leeds Militia (1824) 1st West York Militia (1827) 2nd North York Militia (1838) |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Gallows Hill |
Henry Sherwood, QC (1807 – July 7, 1855) was a lawyer and Tory politician in the Province of Canada. He was involved in provincial and municipal politics. Born into a Loyalist family in Brockville in Augusta Township, Upper Canada, he studied law and was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1828. In 1838, he was appointed Queen's Counsel. Sherwood was part of the Family Compact, the inter-connected families of strong British and Loyalist sympathies which dominated the government of Upper Canada in the early years of the 19th century
Sherwood was a member of the provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, elected in 1836, and subsequently was elected to the Parliament of the Province of Canada, although defeated in his first election attempt in 1841. He held the positions of Solicitor-General of Canada West and Joint Premier of the Province of Canada. He was also involved in municipal politics in Toronto. He was elected to the town council of Toronto in 1841, and was elected to three annual terms as Mayor of Toronto by the council, serving from 1842 to 1844. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.
Sherwood was involved in two political riots. While serving his articles under the Attorney General of Upper Canada, he was one of the rioters in the Types Riot, which destroyed the printing press of William Lyon Mackenzie, publisher of the reform newspaper, the Colonial Advocate. The second riot occurred after his initial defeat in provincial elections in 1841, in which a man was shot dead. The assailant fired the shot from a tavern owned by Sherwood's brother, Samuel Sherwood.
Suffering from ill health, Henry Sherwood died in Bavaria in 1855 while travelling in Europe, at the age of 48.