Barony of Strathcona and Mount Royal | |
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![]() ![]() Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Argent on a Bend indented between four Cross Crosslets Gules three Maple Leaves Or; 2nd and 3rd, Gules on a Fess Argent between a Demi-Lion rampant Or in chief and a Canoe of the last with four Men rowing proper in the stern a Flag of the second flowing towards the dexter inscribed with the letters NW Sable in base a Hammer surmounted of a Nail in saltire of the last Crest: On a Mount Vert a Beaver eating into a Maple Tree proper Supporters: Dexter: a Trooper of the Regiment of Strathcona's Horse proper; Sinister: a Navvy standing on a Railway Sleeper chaired and railed all proper Contents | |
Creation date | 26 June 1900 |
Creation | Second |
Created by | Queen Victoria |
Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
First holder | Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal |
Present holder | Alexander Howard, 5th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal |
Heir apparent | The Hon. Angus Howard |
Remainder to | 1st Baron's daughter, then to her heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
Status | Extant |
Seat(s) | Colonsay House |
Motto | Above the crest: Perseverance Below the shield: Agmina Ducens[ citation needed ] |
Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, of Mount Royal in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, and of Glencoe in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created in 1900 for the Scottish-born Canadian financier and politician Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, [2] with remainder in default of legitimate male issue to his only daughter, Margaret Charlotte. Smith had already been 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 1897, with remainder to the legitimate male issue of his body. [3] This title was also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Upon his death in 1914, the barony of 1897 became extinct, while he was succeeded according to the special remainder in the barony of 1900 by his daughter, who became the second Baroness. She was the wife of Robert Jared Bliss Howard, a surgeon. Their eldest son, the third Baron, represented North Cumberland in the British House of Commons as a Unionist from 1922 to 1926. He also served in the National Government as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1931 to 1934 and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1934 to 1939. The latter's son, the fourth Baron, succeeded in 1959 and served under Margaret Thatcher as a Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence from 1979 to 1981. His son, the fifth Baron, succeeded in 2018.
Through his estate, the first Baron bequeathed nearly $2 million to educational institutions, including $500,000 to Yale University. [4] Accordingly, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, a classroom and administration building on Yale's campus, is partially named in his honour.
The family seat is Colonsay House on the Isle of Colonsay, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. (Donald) Angus Ruaridh Howard (b. 1994).
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Baron Glenconner, of The Glen in the County of Peebles, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for Sir Edward Tennant, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Salisbury in the House of Commons as a Liberal and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. Lord Glenconner was succeeded by his second son, the second baron. The latter was succeeded in 1983 by his eldest son, the third baron, who bought the island of Mustique. As of 2014, the titles are held by the third baron's grandson, the fourth baron, who became the next-to-youngest peer in the realm when he succeeded in August 2010.
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal,, known as Sir Donald A. Smith between May 1886 and August 1897, was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman who became one of the British Empire's foremost builders and philanthropists. He became commissioner, governor and principal shareholder of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was president of the Bank of Montreal and with his first cousin, George Stephen, co-founded the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and afterwards represented Montreal in the House of Commons of Canada. He was Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1896 to 1914. He was chairman of Burmah Oil and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. He was chancellor of McGill University (1889–1914) and the University of Aberdeen.
George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen,, known as Sir George Stephen, Bt, between 1886 and 1891, was a Canadian businessman. Originally from Scotland, he made his fame in Montreal and was the first Canadian to be elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was the financial genius behind the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Strathcona is a 19th-century variation of "Glen Coe", a river valley in Scotland. The word was invented for use in the title Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, first used for Donald Smith (1820–1914), a Canadian railway financier, in order to avoid association with the Massacre of Glencoe of 1692.
Glencoe Lochan is a tract of forest, surrounding a small lake or lochan, located just north of Glencoe village in the Scottish Highlands. It was planted in the 1890s by Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, with trees transplanted from the Pacific Northwest of Canada.
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Lord Smith may refer to:
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