- Richard B. Angus
Richard Bladworth Angus (
28 May ,1831 –17 September ,1922 ) was a Scottish-Canadian financier ,banker andphilanthropist .Early life
Angus was born and educated in
Bathgate ,West Lothian , Scotland, where as a young man he was employed by theManchester and Liverpool Bank . By 1857 he had secured a position with theBank of Montreal . He emigrated toNorth America and represented the bank in its offices inChicago andNew York City , prior to moving to the bank's headquarters in Montreal,Quebec in 1864. He rose quickly through the ranks, and by 1869 had become itsgeneral manager , a position he was to hold until 1879.Railway financier
Following this period, he relocated to St. Paul,
Minnesota to represent the interests of a group of railwayentrepreneur s that had acquired theSt. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway . This group formed the nucleus of asyndicate including Angus, George Stephen,James J. Hill , Duncan McIntyre,John Stewart Kennedy ,Donald A. Smith andNorman Kittson that was to subsequently oversee the construction of theCanadian Pacific Railway . Although the construction was fraught with financial peril, the CPR, completed in 1885, was an immediate financial success and made Angus a very wealthy man.Philanthropist and president of the Bank of Montreal
He was subsequently known for his philanthropic activities, notably his support of various Montreal hospitals and bequests to
McGill University . As a prominentScots-Quebecer , Angus also served as president of theSt. Andrew’s Society of Montreal .On
July 22 1910 , Angus, although already in his eighties, rejoined theBank of Montreal as president, a position which he held until November 1913.He had married Mary Anne Daniels (died
March 13 ,1913 ) onJune 13 ,1857 . They had three sons and six daughters.He died in
Senneville, Quebec on17 September 1922 . His remains were interred in Montreal'sMount Royal Cemetery .External links
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~qcmtl-w/AngusRichB.html A biography at rootsweb.com]
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