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Alexander Smith, Lord Strathcona (1820-1914) arrived in Canada from Scotland
in 1838 as an employee with the Hudson's Bay Company.
As a founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in 1885 he drove the historic "last spike" which marked the completion of the transcontinental railway.
Smith was also a great philanthropist and art collector. He was raised to the peerage in 1897 as "Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal", and he was also made Canadian High Commissioner to Britain.
(National Archives of Canada)
As a founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in 1885 he drove the historic "last spike" which marked the completion of the transcontinental railway.
Smith was also a great philanthropist and art collector. He was raised to the peerage in 1897 as "Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal", and he was also made Canadian High Commissioner to Britain.
(National Archives of Canada)