Fonds 38 - Hugh McLennan

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Hugh McLennan

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CA CAC 38

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  • 1913 (Creation)
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    McLennan, Hugh, 1887-1915

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(1887-1915)

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Hugh McLennan (no relation to Hugh MacLennan the Canadian novelist) was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, third child of five and only son of wealthy industrialist John Stewart McLennan. With the exception of a few years in Boston starting in 1894, the family lived in Cape Breton and on their Montreal estate, “Petersfield,” built in Westmount in 1902. Summers were always spent in Louisbourg, Cape Breton, where his father was passionately interested in the history of the fort there. Hugh went to McGill University from 1905 to 1907 for a degree in architecture, probably staying downtown with his father’s sister, Isabella, “Aunt Belle” in his grandfather’s home at 50 Ontario Street; she donated over a million dollars to McGill, enough for construction of the library that bears her name. In 1912 his mother died of appendicitis. In January of 1915, his father remarried with Grace Seely Henon, widow of an Egyptologist.
Hugh eventually headed to Paris to study at the École des Beaux Arts before enlisting in the Canadian Army. He became a sergeant in the Fifth Battery, Second Brigade of the Canadian Field Artillery. While in France, he wrote a diary and many letters home which are now in the library at the University of British Columbia, along with a letter from his cousin Durie describing his last days. In May of that year Hugh, was killed by enemy shell fire while taking part in operations near St. Jean northeast of Ypres in Belgium. In 1918, his uncle Bart (Lt. Col. Bartlett McLennan, brother of his father), who had been awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his services during the Battle of Ypres, was killed near Amiens in France during a personal reconnaissance mission over land that was to be attacked in a few days. Years later, in 1929, Hugh’s family established the Hugh McLennan Memorial Travelling Scholarship to be granted to an outstanding graduating architecture student at McGill.

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Hugh McLennan's sisters donated the drawings to the CAC.

Les soeurs de Hugh McLennan ont remis les dessins à la CAC.

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"Architectural Drawings, 1913, 31 drawings." Untitled ink and watercolour student drawings of sculptural and architectural details are found in the archive.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1913, 5 dessins." Aquarelles et dessins à l'encre sans titre réalisés par McLennan à l'époque où il était étudiant et représentant des détails de sculpture et d'architecture.

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Born in Montreal, Hugh McLennan (d. 1915) studied arts at McGill University and architecture at the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He died in battle in the First World War. In 1929 the McLennan family established the Hugh McLennan Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to an outstanding graduating student in Architecture at McGill University who showed promise of creative ability.

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Hugh McLennan (1887-1915) est né à Montréal et il a étudié les arts à l'Université McGill et l'architecture à l'Académie des beaux-arts de Paris. Il est mort au champ d'honneur pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. En 1929, la famille McLennan a créé la Bourse Hugh McLennan Memorial remise tous les ans à un étudiant en architecture de l'Université McGill particulièrement doué dans le domaine de la création.

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40

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Q71844132

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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71844132

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