Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 687 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

ALLAN, See also:SIR See also:HUGH (1810–1882) , See also:Canadian financier, was See also:born on the 29th of See also:September 1810, at See also:Saltcoats, See also:Ayrshire, See also:Scotland, the son of See also:Captain See also:Alexander Allan, a shipmaster. He emigrated to See also:Canada in 1826, and in 1831 entered the employ of the See also:chief See also:shipbuilding and See also:grain-See also:shipping See also:firm of See also:Montreal, of which he became a junior partner in 1835. In 1853 he organized the Allan See also:Line of steamships, plying between Montreal, See also:Liverpool and See also:Glasgow; till his See also:death he was closely associated with the commercial growth and prosperity of Canada, and in 1871 was knighted in recognition of his services. In 1872–1893 he obtained from the Canadian See also:government a See also:charter for See also:building the Canadian Pacific railway, but the disclosures made with reference to his contributions to the funds of the Conservative party led to the Pacific See also:scandal (see CANADA, See also:History), and that See also:company was soon afterwards dissolved. He died in See also:Edinburgh on the 9th of See also:December 1882. See J. C. Dent, Canadian Portrait See also:Gallery (1881).

End of Article: ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796) 		[next]
ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries