Knighthood
The Right Honourable Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott - 3rd Prime Minister of Canada John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, QC, KCMG, lawyer, professor, businessman, politician and prime minister. Abbott was a leading authority on commercial law, a strong advocate of English Quebec’s business elite and an influential figure in many corporate and social organizations. He was the first Canadian-born prime minister, as well as the first to hold the position from the Senate rather than the House of Commons. He served as Canada's 3rd prime minister from 16 June 1891 to 24 November 1892. Early Life John Joseph Caldwell Abbott was born in...
Sir Sandford Fleming
Sir Sandford Fleming was an engineer and inventor, known for proposing worldwide standard time zones, Canada's postage stamp, surveying and map making, engineering much of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and being a founding member of the Royal Society of Canada and founder of the Royal Canadian Institute.
The Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper
Date of Birth 1821-07-02 Place of birth: Amherst, Nova Scotia Date of Death1915-10-30 Place of death: Bexleyheath, England Cause of death: Heart failure Sir Charles Tupper. 6th Prime Minister of Canada,Canadian Prime Minister and Premier of Nova Scotia, Father of Confederation Sir Charles Tupper Canadian Prime Minister and Premier of Nova Scotia, Father of Confederation Interment Information On October 30, 1915, in Bexleyheath, Tupper died of heart failure. He was the last of the original Fathers of Confederation to die, and had lived the longest life of any Canadian prime minister, at 94 years, four months. His body was returned...
The Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
Sir John Thompson was the fourth Prime Minister of Canada. He was only Prime Minister for 2 years when he suddenly died in office. His most significant contribution to Canada was the Canadian Criminal Code. Interment InfoAfter an elaborate funeral in England staged by Queen Victoria, his remains were transported back to Canada aboard the armoured cruiser HMS Blenheim, which was painted black for the occasion. He was buried on January 3, 1895 in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. From Collections Canada: John Thompson died in 1894, only two years after becoming prime minister. His shocking death, as...
Frederick Banting
Date of Birth 1891-11-14 Place of birth: Alliston, Ontario Date of Death 1941-02-21 Place of death: near Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland Cause of death: Airplane crash Also known as Sir Frederick Grant Banting Frederick Banting was the discoverer of insulin and winner of a Nobel Prize for medicine in 1923 shared with J.J.R. Macleod Inscription: FREDERICK GRANT BANTING1891 KBE 1941HENRIETTA E. BALL BANTING1912 M.A., M.D., FR, COC, LLD 1976 Interment Info Section 29, Lot 29, of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, in Toronto. Web references: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1941-sir-frederick-banting-dies-in-plane-crash https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-frederick-grant-banting
Sir Byron Edmund Walker
Sir Byron Edmund Walker was a wealthy banker who is best remember for his philanthropic support of the arts. He was a patron of many Canadian educational and cultural institutions such as the University of Toronto, National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario and Royal Ontario Museum. Date of Birth 1848-10-14 Place of birth: Caledonia, Upper Canada Date of Death 1924-03-27 Place of death:Toronto, Ontario Cemetery: Mount Pleasant, Toronto Interment InfoPlot N, Lot 4Mount Pleasant Cemetery"Sir Byron Edmund Walker died at his residence, “Long Garth,” 99 St. George Street, on March 27, 1924. The following day, before an immense...
The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald
Date of Birth 1815-01-11 Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland Date of Death 1891-06-06 Place of death: Ottawa, Ontario Cause of death:complications of stroke suffered on May 29 1891 Sir John A. Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada and a dominant figure in Canadian confederation. He was second longest serving Prime Minister and the only PM to win 6 majority governments. Educated: Royal Grammar, Kingston, Upper Canada; Oxford UniversityPrivate Occupation: LawyerPolitical Party: Conservative (formerly Liberal-Conservative)Term of Office: July 1, 1867 - November 5, 1873; October 17, 1878 - June 6, 1891Other Ministries: Pre-confederation Legislative Assembly; Receiver-General 1847-48; Attorney-General 1854-56,...