Editing Charles Tupper (section)

==Early life, 1821–1855==
Charles Tupper Jr. was born on July 2, 1821, in [[Amherst, Nova Scotia]], to Charles Tupper Sr. and Miriam Lowe, {{née}} Lockhart. He was a descendant of [[Richard Warren]], a ''Mayflower'' Pilgrim who signed the [[Mayflower Compact]].<ref name="ODNB">{{cite DCB |first=Phillip |last=Buckner |title=TUPPER, Sir CHARLES |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/tupper_charles_14E.html |volume=14 |access-date=September 17, 2015}}</ref> Charles Tupper Sr. (1794–1881) was the co-pastor of the local [[Baptist church]]. He had been ordained as a Baptist minister in 1817, and was editor of ''Baptist Magazine'' 1832–1836. He was an accomplished Biblical scholar, and published ''Scriptural Baptism'' (Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1850) and ''Expository Notes on the Syriac Version of the Scriptures''.<ref>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Tupper, Charles|year=1889}}</ref>

Beginning in 1837, at age 16, Tupper attended Horton Academy in [[Wolfville, Nova Scotia]], where he learned [[Latin]], [[Ancient Greek|Greek]], and some French.<ref name="ODNB"/> After graduating in 1839, he spent a short time in [[New Brunswick]] working as a teacher, then moved to [[Windsor, Nova Scotia]], to study medicine (1839–1840) with Dr. Ebenezer Fitch Harding.<ref name="ODNB"/> Borrowing money, he then moved to [[Scotland]] to study at the [[University of Edinburgh Medical School]]: he received his MD in 1843.<ref name="ODNB"/> During his time in [[Edinburgh]], Tupper's commitment to his Baptist faith faltered, and he drank [[Scotch whisky]] for the first time.<ref name="ODNB"/>

Returning to Nova Scotia in 1846, he broke off an engagement that he had contracted at age 17 with the daughter of a wealthy Halifax merchant, and instead married [[Frances Tupper|Frances Morse]] (1826–1912), the granddaughter of Colonel Joseph Morse, a founder of [[Amherst, Nova Scotia]].<ref name=lady>{{cite news |title=Lady Tupper Dead. Her Husband Served Canada As Premier And High Commissioner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/05/12/archives/lady-tupper-dead-her-husband-served-canada-as-premier-and-high.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 12, 1912 }}</ref><ref name="ODNB"/> The Tuppers had three sons (Orin Stewart, [[Charles Hibbert Tupper|Charles Hibbert]], and [[William Johnston Tupper|William Johnston]]) and three daughters (Emma, Elizabeth Stewart (Lilly), and Sophy Almon).<ref name="ODNB"/> The Tupper children were raised in Frances' [[Anglican]] denomination and Charles and Frances regularly worshipped in an Anglican church, though on the campaign trail, Tupper often found time to visit Baptist meetinghouses.<ref name="ODNB"/>

Tupper set himself up as a physician in Amherst, Nova Scotia and opened a [[Pharmacy|drugstore]].<ref name="ODNB"/>