Person
Leander Van Hook Starr
- Slug
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- Alternative names
- Unknown
- Gender
- Assigned male at birth
- Nationality
- Canada
- Ethnicity
- Unknown
- Languages
- English
- Occupations
- Unknown
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in January 1837, Starr was a student in the Military Department at King’s in 1852-53. His father, the Hon. John Leander Starr, was a Canadian politician, businessman, magistrate, and former Lieutenant Colonel. Leander Starr became an Ensign in 1858 and served with the 13th Foot. He married Mary Rose Bradley in September 1857. He died in 1868 aged 31.