the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario from 1878 to 1881, where he won several academic prizes. He was a railway engineer in Manitoba. He served in the suppression of the 1885 Riel rebellion and in the Boer war in South Africa, where he was mentioned in dispatches four times. He served as assistant adjutant-general at militia headquarters and as a musketry officer during World War I. Archives There is a Cartwright Family Fonds with the Ontario provincial archives, consisting of documents from 1799 to 1913. The documents were generated by Richard Cartwright, his sons John Solomon Cartwright and the Reverend Robert David Cartwright, Robert's wife Harriet (Dobbs) Cartwright and their son, Sir Richard Cartwright. Notes References External links Cartwright family fonds, Archives of Ontario 1835 births 1912 deaths Canadian Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Canadian Ministers of Finance Canadian Ministers of Trade and Commerce Canadian senators from Ontario Canadian people of Anglo-Irish descent Canadian people of English descent Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Liberal Party of Canada MPs Liberal Party of Canada senators Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Canadian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada People from Kingston, Ontario Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West