Hugh Allan
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Sir Hugh Allan, KCMG (September 29, 1810 – December 9, 1882) was a Scottish-born Canadian financier and shipowner. In 1826, he emigrated to Canada and worked for a shipbuilding company in Montreal, Lower Canada, where he later founded the Allan Line of steamships. He became the richest man in Canada later on, and he bribed Sir John A. Macdonald for the contract for the Canadian Pacific Railway by suscribing over $360,000 for the re-election in 1872, but plans fell through in 1873 after the Pacific scandal.
Sir Hugh became one of the wealthiest men in the world and on his death, the shipping line was passed on to his son, H. Montagu Allan.
[edit] External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Biography of Hugh Allan
- Website of Philip Chandler - the great grandson of Hugh Allan
Categories: Canadian business biography stubs | 1810 births | 1882 deaths | Canadian knights | Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George | People from Montreal | Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople | Scottish migrants to pre-Confederation Canada | Scottish businesspeople | Shipping magnates
