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John Mortimer Courtney, (July 22, 1838 – October 8, 1920) was a
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civil servant.


Biography

Born in
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,
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, he was the second son of John Sampson Courtney and Sarah Mortimer. Courtney worked at Mount's Bay Bank in Penzance, then in
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with the Agra Bank in
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and in
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,
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, and finally with Royal Bank of India. In 1869, he joined the
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, working under John Langton as a chief clerk and assistant secretary to the Treasury Board of Canada. In 1878, he was promoted to deputy minister and ''ex officio'' deputy receiver general and secretary to the Treasury Board. He was appointed Companion of the
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in 1898 and Companion of the
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in 1903. He retired in 1906. His brother Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith, was a British politician and man of letters.


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* 1838 births 1920 deaths British people in colonial India Colony of New South Wales people 19th-century Canadian civil servants 20th-century Canadian civil servants Canadian Companions of the Imperial Service Order Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Cornish diaspora People from Penzance Canadian federal deputy ministers {{Canada-gov-bio-stub