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	Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Smith was born in Forres, in Moray, Scotland, and briefly apprenticed to become a town clerk.
		Smith stayed in the region after 1870, and was responsible for negotiating the transfer of HBC land to the federal government (as well as coordinating the transfer of several specific land claims in the region).
		He was created Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, of Glencoe in the County of Argyll and of Mount Royal in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1897.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donald_Alexander_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal (2098 words)

	Smith, Donald Alexander, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
		Smith, Donald Alexander, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, fur trader, railroad financier, diplomat (b at Forres, Scot 6 Aug 1820; d at London, Eng 21 Jan 1914).
		Smith came to public attention in 1869 when sent to Fort Garry to assist in settling the terms of union between Louis RIEL's provisional government and Canada.
		Smith was a principal shareholder and, in 1887, president of the BANK OF MONTREAL, which was closely associated with the CPR.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007474 (403 words)

	Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal - TheBestLinks.com - August 6, April 24, Canada, Canadian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Donald Alexander Smith (August 6, 1820-January 21, 1914) was a Canadian fur trader, financier, railroad baron and politician.
		Smith was born in Forres, in Morayshire, Scotland, and briefly apprenticed to become a town clerk.
		In 1869, Smith was sent to Manitoba by the Canadian government to negotiate with Louis Riel, leader of the Red River Rebellion.
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	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Smith was rewarded for his deft negotiation with the nomination of chief commissioner, which brought him a salary of £1,500 and exempted him from the profit-sharing agreement he had negotiated.
		Smith’s troubles with Brydges may have pushed him to seek control of the HBC, which he would effectively achieve by 1889 when he was the principal shareholder and was elected governor.
		Smith and his daughter were protective of her reputation, and ensured under threat of legal action that passages regarding her native blood and her marital history were excised from several biographies.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41832 (7578 words)

	Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From 1871 to 1880 and from 1887 to 1896 Smith sat in the dominion Parliament.
		His break with John Macdonald at the height of the Pacific scandal (1873) was in part responsible for the downfall of Macdonald’s administration.
		A highly controversial figure, Strathcona was characterized by his enemies as a conniving self-seeker and by his admirers as a vigorous empire builder.
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	Lord Strathcona
		Smith was born at Forres, Moray, Scotland and joined the Hudson's Bay Company [HBCo] in 1838.
		He was knighted in 1886 and raised to the peerage as Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal in 1897.
		Strathcona's philanthropy, educational interests and imperial enthusiasms converged in 1909 when he established the Strathcona Trust, an endowment intended to promote military drill and physical training in the public schools of Canada.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /lord-strathcona.htm (278 words)

	Donald Alexander Smith Biography / Biography of Donald Alexander Smith Biography
		Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914), was a Canadian politician, diplomat, philanthropist, and business leader with extensive interests in the fur trade, railroads, and banking.
		Donald A. Smith was born on Aug. 6, 1820, at Forres, Morayshire, Scotland.
		Smith rose through the ranks of the Company and became a chief trader, a chief factor, a company troubleshooter, and finally, in 1869, head of the Montreal Department.
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	Strathcona and Mount Royal Donald Alexander Smith 1st Baron: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
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	Smith Donald Alexander 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Smith, Donald Alexander, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914), Canadian administrator.
		Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona, was a successful businessman and influential public administrator in late-19th and early-20th-century...
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	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL, DONALD ALEXANDER SMITH, 1ST BARON [Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron], 1820-1914, Canadian fur trader, financier, and railroad builder, b.
		He came into public notice in 1869 when he was sent by the government to deal with Louis Riel, leader of the Red River Rebellion.
		In 1886 he was knighted, and while serving (1896-1914) as Canadian high commissioner in England he was created baron (1897).
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	Smith, Donald Alexander, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
		Smith joined the Hudson's Bay Company in 1838 and began a hardship post in Labrador.
		Smith went there as a Hudson's Bay Company official, but he had private authority to act for the Canadian government.
		Smith bore it patiently and he successfully persuaded the Red River people to begin negotiations with Canada.
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	Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
		It was created in 1897, and again in 1900, each time for Donald Alexander Smith.
		At his death, the first barony became extinct, while, by the special letters patent creating the second title, the barony passed to a female heir.
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	Holland Henry Fox 1st Baron - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Holland, Henry Fox, 1st Baron (1705-1774), British statesman, born in London, and educated at Christ Church, University of Oxford.
		Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron (1773-1840), British statesman and writer, grandson of the 1st Baron Holland.
		Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), British political leader.
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	STRATHCONA AND MOUNT R... - Online Information article about STRATHCONA AND MOUNT R...
		August 1820, the second son of Alexander Smith (d.
		office with the support of Smith, who had been driven to rejoin the Conservatives by the over-cautious railway policy of the Liberals.
		syndicate of which Stephen was the chief director, and in which Smith, from the first largely interested, came more and more to the front.
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	Hudson's Bay Company - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The charter granted the company a monopoly over the Indian Trade, especially the fur trade, in the region watered by all rivers and streams flowing into Hudson Bay in northern Canada, an area known as Rupert's Land after the first director of the Company, Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
		On the way to the fort, he defeated three ships of the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Bay, the largest naval battle in the history of the North American Arctic.
		Current members of the board of directors of the Hudson's Bay Company are: David Colceugh, Yves Fortier, David Galloway, Paul Gobeil, Kerry Hawkins, George Heller, Barbara Hislop, James Hume, Donna Kaufman, Peter Kaursland, Thomas A. Knowlton, and Peter Mills.
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	Smith Donald Alexander 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Smith, Donald Alexander, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914), Canadian administrator, born in Scotland, Great Britain.
		Pope, Alexander (quotations): Death And Dying: I mount!
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		Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron, Canadian History, Biographies
		Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron[strathkO´nu] Pronunciation Key, 1820–1914, Canadian fur trader, financier, and railroad builder, b.
		Coming to Canada in 1838, he was hired by the Hudson's Bay Company, of which he later was governor (1889–1914).
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	Otter SurfBC Webzine :: Lord Strathcona"s Horse Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lord Strathcona was born Donald Alexander Smith in 1820 in Forres, Scotland.
		On the S.S. Monterey, "Strathcona's Horse" N.C.O.'s and mascot.
		During the Saskatchewan Rebellion he raised Steele's Scouts, a force made up of both Mounted Policemen and cowboys, and was placed in charge of the North West Mounted Police force that helped keep law and order in the Yukon during the height of the gold rush.
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	GLEN COE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1894 Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal purchased this area and built a stately mansion, Mount Royal.
		In 2002 Alistair MacDonald of Glencoe made a succesful eleventh-hour bid, and purchased the remaining lands of Lord Strathcona from his descendants.
		Well known residents of Glen Coe include Hamish MacInnes, veteran of Mount Everest expeditions, climbing consultant for such films as the Eiger Sanction and a mountain rescue pioneer.
	www.loadcorp.com /Glen_Coe (1366 words)

	GlobeAdvisor.com
		He went from being a newspaper baron with holdings in oil, gas and travel to the overseer of an electronic publishing monolith.
		> Donald Alexander Smith, First Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914): During his tenure as chief trader in Labrador for the Hudson's Bay Co., Smith boosted profits by continually reducing the amount of provisions he gave natives for their furs.
		His policies limited the supply of gunpowder for hunting and were blamed for reducing the Nascopie tribe by half, not to mention eliminating the Innu from the south shore of Labrador due to starvation, murder and cannibalism.
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	News Releases - Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, will be in attendance.
		Donald Smith was a man of vision who saw the possibilities of the west.
		The Honourable Ken Kowalski, Speaker of the Assembly, who is acting as host for the event said, "The Strathcona's have a long association with this province and have given much in both war and in peace.
	www.assembly.ab.ca /lao/speaker/news000516.htm (388 words)

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	Westminster Abbey - The Library and Archives - Canadian links with Westminster Abbey
		The names of Canadians who died in this battle in 1940 are inscribed in the Roll of Honour book in the Royal Air Force chapel and the Canadian flag appears furled in the stained glass window.
		Admiral Sir Charles Saunders (1713?-1775), who assisted James Wolfe in the capture of Quebec, was buried in the Islip chapel and a modern stone now covers his grave.
		Donald Alexander (Smith), 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914), philanthropist and governor of the Hudson Bay Company.
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	Smith, Donald Alexander, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
		Fur trader and railway financier (born on August 6, 1820, at Forres, Scotland; died on January 21, 1914, at London, England).
		Gifted with both shrewdness and compassion, he moved steadily upward in the company.
		At first, Riel was suspicious of him and kept him in Fort Garry under surveillance.
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