  aylesworth bowen perry, c.m.g. (august 21, 1860 â february 14, 1956) served as the sixth commissioner of the royal canadian mounted police, from august 1, 1900, to march 31, 1923.r.g. macbeth project gutenberg ebook of "policing the plains: being the real-life record of the famous north-west mounted police" http://d.scribd.com/docs/10nkl6ombkbtn5ganonf.pdf ==early life== aylesworth perry was born at violet, near napanee, ontario, on august 21, 1860. his father william perry was a justice of the peace, deputy-reeve, and member of the lennox and addington county council. william perry operated a flour mill and sawmill on mill creek in violet and approximately half of his acres was under cultivation. william perry married eleanor fraser in 1848. eleanor fraser was the daughter of isaac fraser, a magistrate, a militia colonel, and a onetime member of the legislative council. he attended highschool in napanee in 1876. he was educated as part of the first class at the royal military college of canada in kingston, ontario, student #13, one of the âold eighteen.â since cadets received their numbers based on their standings in the entrance examinations, he was 13 of 18. at fifteen, he was one of the youngest students at rmc. he graduated at the top of his class receiving the governor-generalâs gold and silver medals.old 18 bios, royal military colleges club foundation, kingston http://www.rmcclubfoundation.ca/english/pdfs/old18bios.pdf he received a commission and was gazetted as a lieutenant in the royal engineers of the imperial british army. a serious accident prevented him from attending the convocation ceremonies. the commandant of royal military college of canada secured a six month healing period before perry reported to the royal engineers in england.http://qschooner.com/abperrybio.html ==career== he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the royal engineers. when the royal engineer's medical staff determined that perry's leg was not yet properly healed, his commanding officer advised him to return to canada. he subsequently resigned his commission. he worked as a surveyor in what is now northern ontario. from 1881 to 1882 perry worked with the geological survey of canada in [[ottawa, 
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