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portrait by john singleton copley george iii jonathan belcher , father charles lawrence montague wilmot charles morris 30 march 1776 boston , massachusetts halifax , nova scotia church of england 240px governor scotia supreme court of nova scotia chief justice of the nova 23 july 1710 1760 1754 jonathanbelcherbycopley.jpg jonathan belcher -lrb- jurist -rrb-
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jonathan belcher -lrb- jurist -rrb-

jonathan belcher -lrb- july 23 , 1710 -- march 30 , 1776 -rrb- was a british-american lawyer , chief justice , and lieutenant governor of nova scotia .
born in boston , massachusetts , the second son of jonathan belcher and mary partridge , belcher entered harvard college , where in 1728 he received a bachelor of arts degree .
in 1731 he proceeded to master of arts , also at harvard .
in 1730 , he entered the middle temple , london , to read law , and in 1734 was called to the english bar .
in the mean time he had been admitted as a fellow-commoner to trinity college , cambridge , where in 1733 he received another master 's degree in mathematics .
he later received a third master 's degree from the college of new jersey -lrb- now princeton university -rrb- .
in 1754 , belcher was sent to nova scotia to become the first chief justice of the nova scotia supreme court , and he also served on the nova scotia council .
on july 28 , 1755 , he published a document which concluded that deportation of the acadians was both authorized and required under the law .
he died in office in 1776 .
from 1761 to 1763 , he was also lieutenant governor of nova scotia .
he negotiated the peace that led to the burying the hatchet ceremony in nova scotia .
