Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

1820–1914 (age 94)

Biography

Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, rose from the fur trade to become a luminary of Canadian commerce, guiding the Hudson’s Bay Company with steady hand and championing the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway so that the vast dominion might be knit together.

He matched his business achievements with generous support for hospitals, scholarships, and civic causes on both sides of the Atlantic, and those who pause at Highgate Cemetery remember the dignified philanthropist whose legacy rests beside this tranquil London hill.

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