In 1809 he began studying law at Lincoln's Inn. He moved to London in 1804 to join his father and seek his fortune. Ewing, also writing essays and stories for local journals in his spare time. Galt spent a few months with the Greenock Custom House, at age 17, then became an apprentice and junior clerk under his uncle, Mr. John was educated at Irvine Grammar School alongside Henry Eckford, who was a lifetime friend, and William Spence. The family visited regularly but did not permanently rejoin him until 1789. He was a first cousin of Captain Alexander Allan. He was the father of Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt of Montreal, Quebec.īorn in Irvine, in Ayrshire, Galt was the son of a naval captain involved in the West Indies trade. Galt's Autobiography, published in London in 1833, includes a discussion of his life and work in Upper Canada. In 1829, Galt was recalled to Great Britain for mismanagement of the Canada Company (particularly incompetent bookkeeping), and was later jailed for failing to pay his son's tuition.

The company had been formed to populate a part of what is now Southern Ontario (then known as Upper Canada) in the first half of the 19th century it was later called 'the most important single attempt at settlement in Canadian history'. Galt was the first superintendent of the Canada Company (1826-1829). Galt has been called the first political novelist in the English language, due to being the first novelist to deal with issues of the Industrial Revolution. John Galt ( / ɡ ɔː l t/ – 11 April 1839) was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. Poetry, drama, short stories, travel writing

Annals of the Parish by John Galt