Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

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human peer of the United Kingdom politician railway executive

Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, was a prominent Scottish-Canadian businessman, politician, and philanthropist best known for his role in building the Canadian Pacific Railway and driving its last spike.

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Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal canonical 2
Lord Strathcona 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politician ⓘ
railway executive ⓘ
birthDate 1820-08-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Forres NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Highgate Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1885-11-07 ⓘ
deathDate 1914-01-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Forres Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
fullName Donald Alexander Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor driving the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
leadership in the Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
role in building the Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
Privy Council of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryContribution financed Strathcona's Horse regiment in the Second Boer War ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent drove the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia ⓘ
notableWork financing the Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
philanthropy donations to hospitals and universities in Canada and the United Kingdom ⓘ
endowed the Strathcona Trust for physical training in schools NERFINISHED ⓘ
major benefactor of McGill University ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Member of the British House of Lords ⓘ
Member of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Isabella Sophia Hardisty NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleCreated 1900 ⓘ

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Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) → namedAfter → Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal ⓘ
Strathcona Provincial Park → namedAfter → Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal ⓘ
Strathcona Music Building → namedAfter → Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Strathcona