Charles John Brydges

Charles John Brydges

Charles John Brydges was born in London, England, on 23 February 1827, the son of Thomas and Mary Brydges. He was baptized 30 May 1827 at Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England. As a young man he learned railway management with the London and South Western Railway. In 1852 he came to Canada to become the managing director of the Great Western Railroad which was incorporated to build a line from Burlington Bay to Lake Huron. From 1862 to 1874 he was general manager of the competing Grand Trunk Railway. Afterwards he became one of the Commissioners of the Intercolonial Railway which connected Montreal, Quebec with Halifax, Nova Scotia. From 1879 until his death he was a Land Commissioner for the Hudson’s Bay Company in Winnipeg.

He died in Winnipeg on 16 February 1889.

References

  • The Letters of Charles John Brydges, 1879-1882, Hudson’s Bay Company Land Commissioner edited by Hartwell Bowsfield. Hudson’s Bay Record Society, Volume 31, ISBN 0920224016, Winnipeg, 1977.
  • The Letters of Charles John Brydges, 1883-1889 by E. J. Rea (1981).

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