John Kenneth Leveson Ross CBE (1876 - 1951) was a Canadian businessman, sportsman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for winning the first United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1919 with his Hall of Fame colt, Sir Barton.
Known as "Jack," he was born in Lindsay, Ontario, the only child of Kingston, New York native Annie Kerr and her husband James Ross, a wealthy co-founder of the Canadi...
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John Kenneth Leveson Ross CBE (1876 - 1951) was a Canadian businessman, sportsman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for winning the first United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1919 with his Hall of Fame colt, Sir Barton.
Known as "Jack," he was born in Lindsay, Ontario, the only child of Kingston, New York native Annie Kerr and her husband James Ross, a wealthy co-founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway. With the family living in Montreal, Jack Ross was sent to study at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec then at McGill University. He played for the McGill ice hockey team and was a member of the university's Canadian football championship team.
Jack Ross, in cooperation with prominent Montreal businessman, Sir Herbert Holt and others, established Côte St. Luc Realties in 1911 which built the town of Hampstead, Quebec. On his father's death in 1913, Jack Ross inherited a substantial fortune as well as his father's...
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