Lt. -Col The Hon. Christopher Alexander Hagerman was a Canadian militia officer, politician, and judge. Known as 'Handsome Kit', he was born at the Bay of Quinte, Adolphustown, the son of United Empire Loyalist Major Nicholas Hagerman (1761-1819) J.P. , and his wife Anne (1758-1847), sister of Judge Alexander Fisher of Adolphustown.

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  • Lt. -Col The Hon. Christopher Alexander Hagerman was a Canadian militia officer, politician, and judge. Known as 'Handsome Kit', he was born at the Bay of Quinte, Adolphustown, the son of United Empire Loyalist Major Nicholas Hagerman (1761-1819) J.P. , and his wife Anne (1758-1847), sister of Judge Alexander Fisher of Adolphustown. His grandfather, Christopher Hagerman (b.1721), either of Dutch or German extraction, had fought for George III at the Battle of Culloden and the Battle of Quebec (1759). In 1807 Hagerman began his career in the law offices at Kingston, Ontario of his father, one of the first appointed barristers in Upper Canada. He served in his father's militia regiment during the War of 1812, becoming the aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Gordon Drummond, who regarded him highly, later gaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Having grown up outside John Strachan's inner circle, his military service and association with Drummond gave him the entree he needed for political success. After the war he was appointed the lucrative position of Collector of Customs at Kingston, also representing the riding of Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada. Called to the Bar of Upper Canada in 1815. In 1829, he was appointed solicitor general for the province and, in 1837, he became attorney general. He was a leading member and advocate of the Family Compact, a staunch conservative and well known for his loyalty to the Church of England. He was appointed judge for the Court of Queen's Bench in 1840. Hagerman was an excellent and skilled orator and conversationalist. He was a powerfully built man, both bumptious and aggressive, and on one occasion horse whipped Robert Fleming Gourlay. As popular as he was within the Family Compact (he was a particular favourite of John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton), he was thoroughly hated by those outside the circle. He was married three times and died at Toronto in 1847.
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  • Attorney General of Upper Canada
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  • 1837–1840
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  • Lt. -Col The Hon. Christopher Alexander Hagerman was a Canadian militia officer, politician, and judge. Known as 'Handsome Kit', he was born at the Bay of Quinte, Adolphustown, the son of United Empire Loyalist Major Nicholas Hagerman (1761-1819) J.P. , and his wife Anne (1758-1847), sister of Judge Alexander Fisher of Adolphustown.
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  • Christopher Alexander Hagerman
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