1820 - 1915
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Canadian Philanthropist
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| First Name |
Donald
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| Middle Name |
Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona And Mount
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| Last Name |
Royal
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| Birthday |
6th August, 1820
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| Birthplace |
Forres, Scotland
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| Died |
21st January, 1915
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| Buried |
Highgate Cemetery
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Nationality |
Canadian
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| Occupation Text |
Diplomat, businessman
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| Occupation |
Philanthropist
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Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal GCMG GCVO PC DL FRS (6 August 1820 – 21 January 1914), was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman who became one of the British Empire's foremost builders and philanthropists. He became commissioner, governor and principal shareholder of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was president of the Bank of Montreal and with his first cousin, Lord Mount Stephen, co-founded the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and afterwards represented Montreal in the House of Commons of Canada. He was Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1896 to 1914. He was chairman of Burmah Oil and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. He was chancellor of McGill University (1889–1914) and the University of Aberdeen.
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