LC control no. | no2007015608 |
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Personal name heading | Bruce, R. Randolph (Robert Randolph), 1861-1942 |
Variant(s) | Bruce, Robert Randolph, 1861-1942 Bruce, 1861-1942 |
See also | Columbia Valley Irrigated Fruit Lands, Ltd. |
Found in | Windermere, British Columbia, [between 1911 and 1915]: t.p. (Columbia Valley Irrigated Fruit Lands, Ltd.); p. [4] (R. Randolph Bruce, B.Sc., C.E., F.R.G.S.) Columbia Valley Arts Internet website, Feb. 9, 2007 (Robert Randolph Bruce; Scottish agricultural/land developer, Windermere Valley; [founder] Columbia Valley Fruit Lands Company) Gov't House [B.C.] Internet website, Feb 9, 2007 (Robert Randolph Bruce; engineer, Lieutenant Governor (1926-31); b. 16 July 1861, St Andrew-Lhanbryde, Scotland; d. 21 February 1942, Montreal) McCord Museum Internet website, Feb 9, 2007 (Bruce; Robert Randolph Bruce; b. in Scotland 1861; emigrated to Canada ca. 1887; during 1890s photographed leading figures from Calgary area and was an amateur caricaturist; engineer by training, worked for Canadian Pacific Railway; invested in mines and agricultural land which he sold to new immigrants; lieutenant governor of British Columbia (1926-31); ambassador to Japan (1936-38); settled in Montreal upon returning, where he died in 1942) |