Benjamin Bullivant was appointed by the native of what city as the first Attorney General of the Dominion of New England?
Benjamin Bullivant Benjamin Bullivant was appointed by Joseph Dudley as the first Attorney General of the Dominion of New England.
Bernard Devlin Bernard Devlin, QC, MP (December 15, 1824 – February 7, 1880) was an Irish-born lawyer, counsel to the Abraham Lincoln administration of the United States Government during the most northerly engagement of the United States Civil War, Quebec-based political figure and Canadian parliamentarian, and peer and political competitor of Thomas D'Arcy McGee. A champion of many causes, generally of a liberal persuasion, his abilities as a criminal advocate and oratorical skill established for him a wide reputation throughout the then-Dominion of Canada, and his motto: ""justice and equality to all classes and creeds, undue favor to none"" was far in advance of the tenor of the times.