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Letter, 3 January 1882
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-173-0003
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3 January 1882 (Creation)
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- Drummond, George A. (George Alexander), Sir, 1829-1910
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(1829-1910)
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Sir George Alexander Drummond was born on October 11, 1829, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He was a Scottish-Canadian businessman and senator. He studied chemistry at Edinburgh University before coming to Montreal in 1854 to work for his brother-in-law, John Redpath, at Redpath Sugar. In 1888, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada, representing the senatorial division of Kennebec, Quebec, where he served until his death in 1910. From 1887 to 1896, he was a vice-president at the Bank of Montreal and later its president (1905).
In 1894, he helped found the St. Margaret's Home for Incurables. As a member of the Citizen's League, he sought to improve life in Montreal, and he served as president of the Royal Edward Institute, a dispensary for the prevention of tuberculosis. He was the first president of the Royal Canadian Golf Association (1895) and president of the Art Association of Montreal.
In 1857, he married Helen Elizabeth Redpath (d. 1883). In 1884, he re-married Grace Julia Parker. He died on February 2, 1910, in Montreal, Quebec.
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Letter from G.A. Drummond to John William Dawson.