| LC control no. | no 90022960 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, Baron, 1820-1914 |
| Variant(s) | Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, Baron Strathcona and, 1820-1914 Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount, 1820-1914 Smith, Donald Alexander, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, 1820-1914 Strathcona and Mount Royal, Lord, 1820-1914 |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Birth date | 18200806 |
| Death date | 19140121 |
| Affiliation | Hudson's Bay Company |
| Profession or occupation | Businessmen Politicians |
| Found in | Willson, B. The great company, 1900: t.p. (introduction by Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, Baron, 1820-1914) Willson, B. The life of Lord Strathcona & Mount Royal, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., 1915: pp. 2-3 (Donald Alexander Smith; b. Forres, 6 Aug., 1820) p. 580 (d. 21 Jan., 1914) Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, 30 Jan., 2014 (Smith, Donald Alexander, first Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal; businessman and politician in Canada; b. Forres, Moray, 6 Aug., 1820; in the spring of 1838, he emigrated to Canada to seek employment with the Hudson's Bay Company; used his own funds and those of the trusts he managed to purchase Hudson's Bay Company shares for himself; moved quickly through the posts of chief commissioner and director to become its governor in 1889; knighted in 1886 and created Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal of Glencoe and Colonsay in 1897; d. London, 21 Jan., 1914) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36132> |
| Associated language | eng |
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