Like many early officials in Canada little is known of Stephen Heward beyond his roles as a public official in

Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of t ...

after serving earlier in the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gur ...

. Before and during his posting as Auditor General of Land Patents Heward held a number of posts: * Clerk of the Peace for the Home District 1811-1828? * Clerk of the Receiver General's Office 1815-1828 * Registrar General of the Court of Probate 1816-1828 * District Court Clerk for the Home District 1818-1828 Heward served during the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It ...

as Captain in the 3rd

York Militia The York Militia was a volunteer militia unit in Upper Canada formed after the passage of the Militia Act of 1793. Members of the York Militia were drawn from the settlers of York County, an area mostly made up of present-day Greater Toronto. T ...

and promoted as Major at end of the conflict.L. Homfray Irving, Honorary Librarian, Officers of the British Forces in Canada during the War of 1812-1815, Canadian Military Institute, Welland Tribune Print, 1908, page 67-69 For his military service he obtained land in

Simcoe County Simcoe County is located in the central portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. The county is just north of the Greater Toronto Area, stretching from the shores of Lake Simcoe in the east to Georgian Bay in the west. Simcoe County forms part of ...

Legacy

Heward Avenue in Toronto named for him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heward, Stephen 1777 births 1828 deaths People from Cumberland