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John Ogilvy was born in Scotland and came to Canada where he became a partner in the firm of Parker, Gerrard and Ogilvy. His firm traded extensively at Michilimackinac and later joined Forsyth, Richardson and Co. to form the XY Company as one of its main directors. In 1804 he signed the agreement under which the XY Company and the NWC united. Toward the end of his career he was appointed a commissioner, under the terms of the Treaty of Ghent, for determining the boundaries of British North America and died while performing this task.

Campbell Patrick Ogilvie was born on March 21, 1854, in Crediton, Devon, England.

He was a civil engineer and naturalist. He was also a great traveller and frequently visited South America, where he was interested in railways and land development. He served as a director of the Central Argentine Railway, the Primitiva Gas Company of Buenos Aires, and other South American Companies. He was also a director and Deputy Chairman of the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company of South Wales and had large coal and iron interests in Russia. In 1891, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1910, he edited and read a paper entitled "Argentina from a British Point of View," for which he received the Society’s Silver medal. Ogilvie was also a Fellow of the Linnean Society and a member of the British Society. He was a keen student of fish life and acted as honorary curator of the Yarmouth Museum.

In 1900, he married Martha Emma Luise Frolich (1871–1930). He died on May 22, 1927, in Westminster, Middlesex, England.

Henry Vining Ogden received his M.D., C.M. from McGill University in 1882. During his medical student years, Ogden lived with Dr. William Osler, Dr. Frank Buller, Edmund J.A. Rogers and George Cantlie at 1351, St. Catherine Street in Montreal. The friendship with Osler continued until his death.