Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-01
lord MOUNT STEPHEN
DIES IN ENGLISH HOME
Pioneer Railroad Constructor
Was First President of
Canadian Pacific.
lDy Assoclatcd Prcss. !


LONDON. Nov, 3o.--Lord Mount
in Canada and first pres!acuc of the
Canadian Pacific railroad company
died last ui.;ht at his country resi-
dcnce. Brochct Hail. at Iia;Hcid.
Hertfordshirc. lie was >. Years old.
Lord Mount Stephen CGcorg-
stephen, ilrst Baron Mount stephen.
was born on June ;. 1929. :. Furrcs.
in BanEsh,rc, Scotland, IL. son o:
William stephen. u carpenter.
The lie story II Lord .;teihc. was
romance o! carly struggles against
pCverty. II a rapid rise TO ,m.ucuCc
after he Clmc 10 Canada in 1850. OF
pioneer work ia railroad construction
which eliminated in the injecting
of the Atlantic and the pacInc hy the
Canadian IaC!Hc Halfway. ut the ac-
QUESTION OF S6.uUp,ouo fortune. much
OF which Ia gave away 10 c.ntives.
and hnalIy OF an old axe :. ut as =
peer in "a historic home hnown As
tBrOcket Hail H,rttcrGSEirc. in Eng
land, whicn had at Times boon &C
England lo-G MelbCurne ana Lord
PalmcrStuu.
Played Barefoot Ia streets.
As Il boy, stephen played ltrrfuC;cd
in the streets OF his native village.
WAS shepherd OH the nearby b!oa!.
moora and tA.n d diapers clcrk
Coming To Canada, he entered the
store OF IN uncle in Montreal. Il c4otn
merchant whom he ultimately bought
out. lie invested h.s savings in Bank
OF Montreal stock, becoming ouc o,
its arscst shareholders and HnaIly IS
president.
About ;Hs time stephen camc into
business relations with Donald smith
cousin, whu Afterwards became Lord
Strathcona Saith Interested HIN in
tho construction oi a railway 10 thc
Canadian Wrst, which he krc Is.
through his association with it as
rosi@tNt soN"IHor o; Ihe Hudsom ;jaH
Company.
Lains Late J. !. uin.
SMITH and stephen joined force :
with the late j. J. niIi. and the TITO
= acquired tho 81. Eaul anu Pacific RAN
road which had failed and had FALLEN
into The hands OF lis Dutch bond
holders The line WAS built through
from st. Paul to Winnipeg
Tho Importance OF this carly vuu-
ture on the Subsequent d.Nelop:UCut
OF the Canadian Yves, lay in the
fact that ii made The building o. the
Canadian Pacific possible. as supple I.
for the construction gangs Cpcrat:n.:
III Inc oth'i wise inaccessible pra!.IC
section passed over II. Acknowledge
ment OF his part in the or.rinat!on
and consumma tion OF III, cunud!un
Facilc came from the shareholders
who elected stephen the first prcs!-
dent OF tho company. ana from the
King. who. on accommodation o. tn.
government cf Canada, conferred n
baronetcy on him IN 1855 and Il peer
aE" In 1851 II" retired from the
presidency in l>>S. ana soon artcr-
wards went 10 live III England Be-
fore leaving Canada. Lord Mount
stephen divided his forum" amoai,
relatives IN Montreal retaining
enough 20 support him 10Y the rest
Of his itfs. Previously he had con-
tributed 81 0oo,Nno 60 tho rouud,,sE OF
the Royal Victoria Hospital. Of Non
;rcal.
loro Mount stephen. whose ,iuo
becomes oNtmct at h,a ,.a,N. ,ua.-
ri,d in lSo3. Nuuio charlotte dar.
Ter % horj"min Knno. %, Mou,ra al
she died In 1895 In 1877 d. married
clan. daughter %! Captain J.. g.
Tufncll. J.. :. u London