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Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
(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
Canadian House of Commons
. 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
Aberdeen University
. He lived in Montreal's
Golden Square Mile
. In 1895, he purchased an estate in
Scotland
, building and living at
Glencoe House
. In 1905, he purchased the
Island of Colonsay
including
Colonsay House
, where his descendants still live. He kept a house in
London
and after his appointment as Canadian High Commissioner leased
Knebworth House
from 1899 until his death. His funeral was held at
Westminster Abbey
, where a memorial stands to his memory.
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