Hugh Allan
Canadian magnate and financier
Sir Hugh Allan was a Scottish-Canadian shipping magnate, financier and capitalist. By the time of his death, the Allan Shipping Line had become the largest privately owned shipping empire in the world. Wikipedia
Born: September 29, 1810, Saltcoats, United Kingdom
Died: December 9, 1882 (age 72 years), Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Children: H. Montagu Allan
Books: The "Times" and Its Correspondents on Canadian Railways: The Montreal Northern Colonization Railway Company, Pacific Railway Question ; Its History ; a Secret Page ; what Thirty-six Witnesses Proved ; what Sir Hugh Bought, Copy of Contract Between Hugh Allan & the Postmaster-general, for a Weekly Line of Ocean Steamers to Carry the Mails Between Liverpool and Canada, from 1st April, 1860 to the 1st January, 1867 [microform], and more
Grandchild: Martha Allan
Siblings: Andrew Allan
Parents: Alexander Allan and Jean Crawford