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Montrealer R.A.C. Henry took a double degree - B.A. and B.Sc.- from McGill in 1912. In 1912 he joined the federal Department of Railways and Canals as an inspecting engineer, and in 1923 became the Director of the Bureau of Economics of the C.N.R. He returned to the Department of Railways and Canals as deputy minister in 1929. Henry became vice-president and general manager of Beauharnois Corporation in 1930 and vice-president of Montreal Heat, Light and Power in 1939; he held both positions until 1944. During World War II, he served as economic adviser, and later executive assistant to the Minister of Munitions, deputy minister of the Department of Reconstruction, and president of Defence Communications Ltd., a crown corporation formed to coordinate communications systems in Eastern Canada on behalf of the armed forces. Henry was also Canada's representative on the Transportation Equipment Committee, surveying transportation needs in liberated war areas. He was named chairman of the Air Transport Board in 1944, but resigned in 1948 to take up a post as executive vice-president of Marine Industries Ltd, a position he held until his death. From 1952 to 1954, he was consulting engineer to the St Lawrence Seaway Project.

William George Henry was a medical student at the Toronto School of Medicine from 1878-1880 before enrolling at McGill in 1880. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in 1883 with honourable mention. He was appointed to the resident staff of the Montreal General Hospital following graduation.

Frederick William Henshaw was born on July 22, 1822, in Montreal, Lower Canada.

He was a Montreal shipping and produce commission merchant from 1850 until his retirement. He joined the Board of Trade prior to 1869, and for many years he was a member of its council. In 1882-1883, he was president of the Board and in 1885 and 1887, he served on the Board of Arbitration. Throughout his business career, he took a prominent part in the welfare of the commerce of the city. In 1867, he was created a magistrate by Sir George Etienne Cartier and performed many public services in his magisterial capacity. In 1856, he was appointed vice-consul for the Republic of Uruguay and in 1870, he became full consul acting for the whole Dominion of Canada.

In 1850, he married Maria Louisa Scott (1831-1915). He died on June 7, 1906, in Montreal, Canada.

Samuel Henshaw was born on January 29, 1852, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

He was a natural historian and entomologist. He became a member of the Boston Society of Natural History in 1871 and served as its secretary, editor, and librarian from 1892 to 1901. Succeeding Dr. H. A. Hagen, he became an assistant in entomology and librarian of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (1891-1898). From 1903 to 1911, he was curator of the museum (his title was changed to the director), the position he held until November 1927. Henshaw was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Society of Naturalists and American Society of Zoologists. He was one of the founders of the Cambridge Entomological Club, which started publishing Psyche in 1874. Among his publications is the "List of Coleoptera of America North of Mexico" (1885).

George Hepburn was son of Isobel Dawson and George Hepburn, and cousin to Sir William Dawson.

James Hepburn was the son of Isobel Dawson and George Hepburn, and cousin to Sir William Dawson.