See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

HUGH See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• SIR HUGH ALLAN (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

ALLAN (1810–1882)  , See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian financier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 29th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1810, at See also:

• SALTCOATS (pop. 8120)

Saltcoats, See also:

• AYRSHIRE

Ayrshire, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, the son of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Allan, a shipmaster . He emigrated to See also:

• CANADA

Canada in 1826, and in 1831 entered the employ of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain-See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping See also:

• FIRM

firm of See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal, of which he became a junior partner in 1835 . In 1853 he organized the Allan See also:

• LINE

Line of steamships, plying between Montreal, See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool and See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow; till his See also:

• DEATH

death he was closely associated with the commercial growth and prosperity of Canada, and in 1871 was knighted in recognition of his services . In 1872–1893 he obtained from the Canadian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter for See also:

• BUILDING

building the Canadian Pacific railway, but the disclosures made with reference to his contributions to the funds of the Conservative party led to the Pacific See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal (see CANADA, See also:

• HISTORY

History), and that See also:

• COMPANY

company was soon afterwards dissolved . He died in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1882 . See J . C . Dent, Canadian Portrait See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery (1881) .