page_title: Thomas Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy
caption_attribution_description: English: Alfred Thomas Shaughnessy, the son of Thomas Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy
context_page_description: Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy KCVO was an American-Canadian railway administrator who rose from modest beginnings as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad to become the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, serving in that capacity from 1899 to 1918. In recognition of his stewardship of the CPR and its contributions to the war effort during the Great War, Shaughnessy was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1916 as Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick.
context_section_description: Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy KCVO (6 October 1853 – 10 December 1923) was an American-Canadian railway administrator who rose from modest beginnings as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (a predecessor of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) to become the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, serving in that capacity from 1899 to 1918. In recognition of his stewardship of the CPR and its contributions to the war effort during the Great War, Shaughnessy was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1916 as Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick.
caption: Alfred Thomas Shaughnessy, the son of Thomas Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy
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