HINCKS, SIR FRANCIS (1807-1885), Canadian states man, was born at Cork, Ireland, and migrated to Canada, where he settled in business at Toronto. After ten years of political life he became premier of Canada (1851-54), and co-operated with Lord Elgin in negotiating the reciprocity treaty of 1854 with the United States. In 1855 he was chosen governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands, and subsequently governor of British Guiana. He was finance minister (1869-73) in the cabinet of Sir John Macdonald. In 1879 the failure of the Consolidated Bank of Canada, of which he was president, led to his being tried for is suing false statements. Though found guilty on a technicality (see Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association, April 1906), judgment was suspended and his personal credit remained unim paired. He died on Aug. 18, 1885.