The Lyman Pharmaceutical Company was established by George Wadsworth and Lewis Lyman in Montréal. In 1805 it was known as Lewis & Lyman. Later changes in title were Hedge & Lyman (1819); William Lyman & Co. (1836); Lymans, Savage & Co. (1855); Lymans Clare & Co. (1860); and Lyman, Sons & Co. (1879). In 1908 the name Lymans Ltd. was adopted and a joint-stock company was organized which replaced the earlier partnership associations. At one time it was the largest wholesale drug firm in Canada (as well as the oldest) and the third largest in North America. The company continued until 1951.

John Scrimger, D.D. was born in Galt, Ontario in 1849, and educated at University of Toronto (B.A. 1869, M.A. 1871) and Knox College (D.D., 1873). He came to Montréal to serve as pastor of Calvin Church and lecturer in the Presbyterian College, and in 1882 he joined the College's permanent staff. He was appointed Principal in 1904, and held this position until his death in 1915. His son was Francis Scrimger, M.D. and one of his daughters married Walter Lyman, of the pharmaceutical firm.

Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch was born on April 18, 1862, in London, England.

He was a British traveller, businessman, and Liberal politician. He was educated at Eton College, the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Although he was called to the bar from the Middle Temple in 1887, he eschewed a career in law in favour of working for his family business, Lynch Brothers, founded in Baghdad in 1841. It exported goods from Britain to Mesopotamia. Lynch became the company's chairman in 1896. He was elected at the 1906 general election as Member of Parliament for Ripon but was defeated at the January 1910 general election. He bequeathed a large number of middle-eastern artifacts to the British Museum. Photographs by Lynch are held by the British Library and the Conway Library at The Courtauld Institute of Art. He wrote the book, "Armenia, Travels and Studies" (2 vols., 1901).

He died unmarried on November 24, 1913, in Calais, France.

Lynch was from Toronto and served in the army.

William Warren Lynch was born on September 30, 1845, in Bedford, Quebec.

He was a lawyer, politician, and judge. He attended Stanbridge Academy and the University of Vermont in Burlington. He received a scholarship from McGill College in 1862 but had to abandon his studies because of poor health. He worked on the family farm while teaching locally and in 1865, he returned to McGill College to study law. He graduated in 1868 (BCL) with the Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medal for excellence in Roman law and was called to the Quebec bar. In 1869, he started practicing law in Knowlton and later in Sweetsburg. In 1870, he became editor of the Cowansville Observer. He was also Mayor of the Township of Brome, and Warden of the county. In 1871, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Brome and moved to Knowlton. A Conservative, he was acclaimed in 1875 and re-elected in 1881 and 1886. He was Solicitor-General in the cabinet of Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau and later was appointed commissioner of railways and commissioner of crown lands. He was made a Queen's Counsel by the Quebec government in 1879 and the Federal government in 1881. In 1889, he was appointed a Judge of the Superior Court for the District of Bedford. He received honorary doctorates from Bishop’s College in 1883 and McGill University in 1904.

In 1874, he married Ellen Florence Pettes (1850–1926). He died on November 23, 1916, in Knowlton, Quebec.