Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC, DL (August 6, 1820 – January 21, 1914) was a Scottish-born Canadian fur trader, financier, railroad baron and politician. He was born in the Morayshire town of Forres to Alexander Smith, a saddler, and Barbera Stuart. On leaving school at the age of 16, Smith was apprenticed to become a lawyer in the town clerk's office. He left Scotland in 1838 for Canada where he obta... more

Date of birth:

  • Aug 6, 1820

Date of death:

  • Jan 21, 1914 (age 93 years)

Country of nationality:

top ↑ top ↑

We can also tell you Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal is a…

If you know more about Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, you can add more facts here »

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution