Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC, DL (6 August 1820 – 21 January 1914) was a Scottish-born Canadian fur trader, financier, railroad baron and politician. Smith was born in Forres, in Moray, Scotland to Alexander Smith, a saddler, and Barbera Stuart. On leaving school at the age of 16 he briefly apprenticed to become a lawyer in the town clerk's office. He married Isabella Sophia, Baroness Strathcona... More

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  • Jan 21, 1914 (age 93 years)

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