William Herbert "Cappy" Kidd

1915 - 1987  (~ 72 years)

• Name	William Herbert "Cappy" Kidd
  Born	CA 1915	Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	law, military
  Military	WW2 - Royal Canadian Artillery
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-164774
  Died	1987
  Person ID	I164774	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  WILLIAM H. KIDD, Q.C. c.1915-1987 William Herbert "Cappy" Kidd was born in Napanee, Ontario and graduated from Queen's University in 1937. He served as a major in the Royal Canadian Artillery in Europe during the Second World War returning to Canada in 1945. In 1946 he entered the Law School at the University of British Columbia and set up practice in Vancouver in 1950. From there he moved to Ottawa where he served as the national secretary of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He came to Galt from Ottawa in 1954. He was a senior partner in the local firm of Hancock, Kidd and Charlton and served on the Board of Directors of Renison College at the University of Waterloo and of Wilfrid Laurier University. He also served on the Stratford Festival Board of Directors for six years and was elected to serve a two year term as president of the Ontario Bar Association in 1978. Mr. Kidd died on July 11, 1987. Source: Obituaries Cambridge Reporter Monday July 13, 1987. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

  
  

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  Born - CA 1915 - Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth