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- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal abstract "Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC, DL (6 August 1820 – 21 January 1914) was a Scottish-born Canadian who became one of the British Empire's foremost builders and philanthropists. He became commissioner, governor and principal shareholder of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was president of the Bank of Montreal and with his first cousin, Lord Mount Stephen, co-founded the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and afterwards represented Montreal in the Canadian House of Commons. He was Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1896 to 1914. He was chairman of Burmah Oil and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. He was chancellor of McGill University (1899-1914) and Aberdeen University. He lived in Montreal's Golden Square Mile. In 1895, he purchased an estate in Scotland, building and living at Glencoe House. In 1905, he purchased the Island of Colonsay including Colonsay House, where his descendants still live. He kept a house in London and after his appointment as Canadian High Commissioner leased Knebworth House from 1899 until his death. His funeral was held at Westminster Abbey, where a memorial stands to his memory.In reference to his reputation as a magnanimous philanthropist, King Edward VII called him "Uncle Donald": his will was valued at $5.5 million. During his lifetime, and including the bequests left after his death, he gave away just over $7.5 million plus a further £1 million (not including private gifts and allowances) to a huge variety of charitable causes across Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. He personally raised Lord Strathcona's Horse, who saw their first action in the Boer War. He funded the building of Leanchoil Hospital. He and his first cousin, Lord Mount Stephen, purchased the land and then each gave $1 million to the City of Montreal to construct and maintain the Royal Victoria Hospital. He endowed the Lord Strathcona Medal and donated generously to McGill University, Aberdeen University, the University of Manchester, Yale University, the Prince of Wales Hospital Fund and the Imperial Institute. At McGill, he started the Donalda Program for the purpose of providing higher education for Canadian women, building the Royal Victoria College on Sherbrooke Street for that purpose in 1886. He also built the Strathcona Medical Building at McGill and endowed its chairs in pathology and hygiene.".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal alias "Sir Donald Alexander Smith".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal birthDate "1820-08-06".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal birthName "Donald Alexander Smith".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal birthPlace Forres.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal birthPlace Scotland.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal birthYear "1820".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal citizenship Canada.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathDate "1914-01-21".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathDate "1915-01-21".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathPlace England.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathPlace London.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathYear "1914".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathYear "1915".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal networth "2.8867635E7".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal residence London.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal restingPlace Highgate_Cemetery.
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- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal after George_Alexander_Drummond.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal after William_Christopher_Macdonald.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal after "Extinct".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal after "Thomas Skinner".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal after "Unknown".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal after Margaret_Charlotte_Howard,_2nd_Baroness_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal before Charles_Francis_Smithers.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal before Charles_Gordon,_11th_Marquess_of_Huntly.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal before Eden_Colvile.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal before James_Ferrier_(politician).
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal before "New Creation".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal birthDate "1820-08-06".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal birthName "Donald Alexander Smith".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal birthPlace Forres.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal birthPlace Scotland.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal caption "Lord Strathcona circa 1870-1880".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal children "Margaret Charlotte".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal citizenship "Canada".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal dateOfBirth "1820-08-06".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal dateOfDeath "1915-01-21".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathCause "Heart disease, bronchial catarrh and heart failure".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathDate "1914-01-21".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathPlace England.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal deathPlace London.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal hasPhotoCollection Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal name "(The Right Honourable)".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal name "Strathcona And Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Of".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal name "The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal networth "2.8867635E7".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal otherNames "Sir Donald Alexander Smith".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal placeOfBirth "Forres, Scotland".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal placeOfDeath "London".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal residence "28".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal restingPlace Highgate_Cemetery.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal shortDescription "Canadian politician".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal signature "Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Signature.svg".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal spouse "Isabella Sophia Hardisty".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal title Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal title High_Commission_of_Canada_to_the_United_Kingdom.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal title Rector_of_the_University_of_Aberdeen.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal title "Chancellor of McGill University".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal title "Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal title "Member of Parliament from Montreal West".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal title "Member of Parliament from Selkirk".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal title "President of the Bank of Montreal".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal years "1871".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal years "1887".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal years "1889".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal years "1896".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal years "1897".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal years "1899".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal years "1900".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal description "Canadian politician".
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal description "Canadian politician".
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- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:1914_deaths.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Alumni_of_St_John's_College,_Cambridge.
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- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Barons_in_the_Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom.
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- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Canadian_railway_entrepreneurs.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Canadian_university_and_college_chancellors.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Chancellors_of_McGill_University.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Deputy_Lieutenants_of_Argyllshire.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society_(Statute_12).
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Governors_of_the_Hudson's_Bay_Company.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:High_Commissioners_of_Canada_to_the_United_Kingdom.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Independent_Conservative_MPs_in_the_Canadian_House_of_Commons.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Knights_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George.
- Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal subject Category:Knights_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order.