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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Allan, James Bryce, 1861-1945
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Description area
Dates of existence
1861-1945
History
James Bryce Allan was born on June 13, 1861, in Montreal, Quebec.
His father Andrew Allan was a successful Scottish-born Canadian businessman and financier, co-owner of the shipping firm of Edmonstone, Allan & Co., and co-founder of the Merchant's Bank of Canada. James Bryce Allan was educated in England at Rugby School and Oxford University. He completed his legal education at Laval University, Quebec. He was a senior partner in the legal firm Campbell, Meredith & Allan in Montreal who represented the Allan family businesses. He became a K.C. (King's Counsel), and later retired to England.
He died unmarried in 1945 in England.