Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/George_Alexander_Drummond> ?p ?o. }
- George_Alexander_Drummond abstract "Sir George Alexander Drummond, KCMG CVO (11 October 1829 – 2 February 1910) was a Scottish-Canadian businessman and senator.Born in 1829 at Edinburgh, he was a younger son of the entrepreneurial stonemason, building contractor and city councillor, George Drummond, by his wife Margaret Pringle (b.c.1790). Drummond studied chemistry at Edinburgh University before coming to Montreal in 1854 to work for his brother-in-law, John Redpath, at Redpath Sugar.He married John Redpath's daughter, becoming a co-director of the family business with Peter Redpath, John's son. After the death of his first wife in 1884 he re-married Grace Parker, widow of Rev. George Hamilton (brother of John Hamilton). Lady Drummond served as the first president of the Montreal National Council of Women of Canada (http://www.mcw-cfm.org/history.htm) as well as President and co-founding member of the Women's Canadian Club. She is most famously known for her work with the Red Cross. (http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M988.98.2)In 1888, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Kennebec, Quebec. He served until his death in 1910. From 1887 to 1896, he was a vice-president at the Bank of Montreal and served as its president first as the de facto from 1897 and official starting in 1905.He helped found the St. Margaret's Home for Incurables in 1894, purchasing the house that had previously been built for Sir William Collis Meredith. As a member of the Citizen's League he sought to improve life in Montreal and he served as president of the Royal Edward Institute, a dispensary for the prevention of tuberculosis, founded in 1909 by Jeffrey Hale Burland (1861–1914). His recreations were mirrored in other positions he held, the first president of the Royal Canadian Golf Association (1895) and president of the Art Association of Montreal.He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1904 and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1908. He and his wife built a house in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, and kept a summer home (Gads Hill) at Cacouna and an estate, Huntlywood, which is now known as Beaconsfield, where they raised pure-breds and kept a private golf course for their friends. He and his family lived on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal's Golden Square Mile. He is buried in Mount Royal Cemetery.".
- George_Alexander_Drummond appointer John_A._Macdonald.
- George_Alexander_Drummond birthDate "1829-10-11".
- George_Alexander_Drummond birthPlace Edinburgh.
- George_Alexander_Drummond birthYear "1829".
- George_Alexander_Drummond deathDate "1910-02-02".
- George_Alexander_Drummond deathPlace Montreal.
- George_Alexander_Drummond deathPlace Quebec.
- George_Alexander_Drummond deathYear "1910".
- George_Alexander_Drummond office "Senator for Kennebec, Quebec".
- George_Alexander_Drummond party Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942).
- George_Alexander_Drummond successor Louis_Lavergne.
- George_Alexander_Drummond termPeriod George_Alexander_Drummond__1.
- George_Alexander_Drummond thumbnail George_Alexander_Drummond.jpg?width=300.
- George_Alexander_Drummond viafId "104467135".
- George_Alexander_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink M988.98.2).
- George_Alexander_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink large.php?accessnumber=II-136466&Lang=1&imageID=141480.
- George_Alexander_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink large.php?accessnumber=II-6840&Lang=1&imageID=148247.
- George_Alexander_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink large.php?accessnumber=II-94882&Lang=1&imageID=149110.
- George_Alexander_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink large.php?accessnumber=VIEW-2446.0&Lang=1&imageID=158949.
- George_Alexander_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink large.php?accessnumber=VIEW-2458&Lang=1&imageID=159009.
- George_Alexander_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink history.htm).
- George_Alexander_Drummond wikiPageID "5230338".
- George_Alexander_Drummond wikiPageRevisionID "589383813".
- George_Alexander_Drummond after Richard_B._Angus.
- George_Alexander_Drummond appointed John_A._Macdonald.
- George_Alexander_Drummond before Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal.
- George_Alexander_Drummond birthDate "1829-10-11".
- George_Alexander_Drummond birthPlace "Edinburgh, Scotland".
- George_Alexander_Drummond dateOfBirth "1829-10-11".
- George_Alexander_Drummond dateOfDeath "1910-02-02".
- George_Alexander_Drummond deathDate "1910-02-02".
- George_Alexander_Drummond deathPlace "Montreal, Quebec".
- George_Alexander_Drummond hasPhotoCollection George_Alexander_Drummond.
- George_Alexander_Drummond name "Drummond,George Alexander".
- George_Alexander_Drummond name "Sir George Alexander Drummond".
- George_Alexander_Drummond office "Senator for Kennebec, Quebec".
- George_Alexander_Drummond party Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867–1942).
- George_Alexander_Drummond placeOfBirth "Edinburgh, Scotland".
- George_Alexander_Drummond placeOfDeath "Montreal, Quebec".
- George_Alexander_Drummond predecessor Pierre-Étienne_Fortin.
- George_Alexander_Drummond shortDescription "Canadian politician".
- George_Alexander_Drummond successor Louis_Lavergne.
- George_Alexander_Drummond termEnd "1910".
- George_Alexander_Drummond termStart "1888".
- George_Alexander_Drummond title "President of the Bank of Montreal".
- George_Alexander_Drummond wife "Grace Julia Parker until his death".
- George_Alexander_Drummond years "1905".
- George_Alexander_Drummond description "Canadian politician".
- George_Alexander_Drummond description "Canadian politician".
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:1829_births.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:1910_deaths.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Alumni_of_the_University_of_Edinburgh.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Anglophone_Quebec_people.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Bank_of_Montreal_presidents.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Canadian_knights.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Canadian_senators_from_Quebec.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Candidates_in_the_1872_Canadian_federal_election.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Commanders_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867–1942)_senators.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Knights_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:People_from_Edinburgh.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Pre-Confederation_Canadian_businesspeople.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Redpath_family.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Scottish_businesspeople.
- George_Alexander_Drummond subject Category:Scottish_emigrants_to_pre-Confederation_Quebec.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type AnglophoneQuebecPeople.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Aristocrat109807754.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type CanadianKnights.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type CanadianSenatorsFromQuebec.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type CausalAgent100007347.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type CommandersOfTheRoyalVictorianOrder.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type CommandingOfficer109941964.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Emigrant110051975.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Holder110180178.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Knight110238375.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Lawgiver110249270.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Leader109623038.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Legislator110253995.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type LivingThing100004258.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type MaleAristocrat110285135.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Migrant110314952.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type MilitaryOfficer110317007.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Object100002684.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Officeholder110371450.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Official110372373.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Organism100004475.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Owner110389398.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type PeopleFromEdinburgh.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Person100007846.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Politician110451263.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type ScottishEmigrantsToPre-ConfederationQuebec.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Senator110578471.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Serviceman110582746.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type SkilledWorker110605985.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Traveler109629752.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Whole100003553.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type Worker109632518.
- George_Alexander_Drummond type YagoLegalActor.