Molson, Harry Markland

Harry Molson

Born: August 9, 1856, Montreal, Canada East

Died: April 15, 1912, North Atlantic Ocean

Cause of death: Victim of the Titanic

Buried at: Not Interred

Burial plot: Body never recovered from the Titanic

Harry Markland Molson (August 9, 1856 – April 15, 1912) was a Canadian politician and entrepreneur. A member of the Molson family, he was Mayor of Dorval, Quebec. He died in the sinking of RMS Titanic in April 1912.

Mr Harry Markland Molson, 55, was born in Montreal, Canada on 9 August 1856, the son of William Molson and Helen Converse.

Molson was the fourth generation member of a family that had made a fortune in brewing beer, banking and building steamships. His great grandfather, John Molson, came to Canada in 1782. By 1817, just 10 years after Robert Fulton sent the first steamship up the Hudson, John Molson had five steamships plying the St. Lawrence.

Harry Markland Molson was educated in Montreal and, between 1873 and 1877, in Germany and Paris. He was not a member of the influential branch of the family. He inherited his fortune by accident when his uncle, John Henry Robinson Molson, unexpectedly died and left his money to his nephew. Harry Markland automatically found himself on the board of directors of Molson’s bank.

He was a director of the Canadian Transfer Co., Worshipful Master of Quebec’s oldest Masonic Lodge St-Paul’s lodge #374, Alderman for Montreal Mayor of Dorval, Commodore of Royal St-Lawrence Yacht Club, President of Canadian SPCA and Governor of the Montreal General Hospital.

Molson lived at 2 Edgehill Ave, Montreal, he also had a Westmount Summer residence Dorval, near Montreal. His clubs included Mount Royal, Montreal; St-James, Montreal; Royal Montreal Golf, Montreal; Montreal Jockey; Montreal Hunt Club, Montreal Junior and the Athenaeum, London, England.


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