Wright, Harry George (Hamilton, Ont.), Manufacturer, is the surviving partner and President of the E. T. Wright Company, Ltd., Tinware, founded in 1883, Mr. E. T. Wright having died in 1908, with whose passing the firm suffered the loss of a man whose practical knowledge and mechanical ability had done much to lay the foundations of the present flourishing business. Mr. H. G. Wright is well known throughout Canada, having represented the firm for many years on the road, where the many friends made in his younger days still know him best as “Harry.” Energetic and aggressive, he has always been the life of the concern since its inception. Coming as he does of good Devonshire fighting stock, it is not surprising to find that two of Mr. Wright’s sons are taking an active part in the Great War. Captain George Craig Wright, Vice-President of the firm, has just returned from the front, having served from the first and being the first officer to enlist in the Fourth Battalion of the City of Hamilton in 1914. He was the only officer of that battalion left at the battles of Langemarcke and Ypres, who was not either wounded, captured or killed. For efficient conduct he was promoted to his present rank and, although home on furlough, is acting as Brigade Major to the Sixth Brigade on the Niagara Peninsula. Mr. Gordon Wright, the Treasurer, has received his commission as a Lieutenant in the Thirteenth Royals. The subject of this sketch was born at Bethany, Pa., December 11, 1855, the son of Thomas W. Wright, and came to Hamilton five years later, where he received his education in the Public School and Commercial College. In 1889 he married the daughter of George Craig, of R. Hay & Company, Toronto, Ont., and has five children—George Craig, Kate, H. Gordon, Phyllis and Jack Edwin. Mr. Wright is a Liberal in politics and a Methodist in religion. His recreations are golf and bowling, and he is a member of the following clubs: Hamilton, Commercial, Royal Yacht and Victoria Curling, all of Hamilton, and the Ontario, of Toronto.
Robertson, William Robert (St. Catharines, Ont.), son of James J. and Elizabeth Robertson. Was born at Hamilton, Ont., on June 28th, 1875, where he received his education. Married September 17th, 1905, to Maud, daughter of P. J. O’Neil, of Merritton, Ont., and has one son (William.) Is the Superintendent of the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway, and a member of the Masonic Order, Engineer’s Club, Toronto, and St. Catharines Club. Mr. Robertson has always been interested in amateur sports and was manager of the St. Catharines Hockey Team 1908-13; President of the Niagara District Baseball League, 1910-14. He has been identified with all patriotic movements and took a leading part in raising funds for war purposes. He is Secretary-Treasurer of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission; Secretary of St. Catharines Recruiting League and was Military Representative on the Conscription Tribunal at St. Catharines. Mr. Robertson holds the rank of Lieutenant in the Provincial Corps Guides.
Innes, Hugh Patterson, K.C., Barrister-at-Law of Simcoe, Ont., is a prominent figure in the politics of Western Ontario. He is a son of William P. and Marion (Livingstone) Innes and was born at Dundas, Ont. on Sept. 14th, 1870. His father is an eminent manufacturer and capitalist who was one of the pioneers of the canning industry in this country, and is now a Director of Dominion Canners, Limited. The subject of this sketch was educated at the public and High schools of Simcoe, Norfolk county, and studied for the legal profession at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. He was called to the Bar of Ontario on graduation in 1893, and has since practised at Simcoe, where he acts as Town solicitor and legal adviser for the Molsons Bank, Dominion Canners, Ltd., and other important institutions. He has also been a public and High school trustee for the town and was made a King’s Counsel in 1908. In the latter year he was the candidate of the Conservative party at the general elections for the Ontario Legislature and was elected. Subsequently he voluntarily resigned his seat to become the candidate of his party for the House of Commons in the Federal riding of Norfolk and was nominated in the spring of 1915, the date of the contest at that time being uncertain. In the autumn of 1917, however, after Union Government was formed it was necessary for Sir Robert Borden to ask certain Conservative candidates to make the sacrifice of withdrawing from the field in order to permit the election of prominent Liberals who had given their support to Union Government. Mr. Innes was one of these and his course in stepping aside assured the election of Hon. W. A. Charlton as a Liberal-Unionist representative of Norfolk. Nevertheless his election to the Commons at some future day may be regarded as a certainty. Mr. Innes is a Presbyterian and a member of the following lodges: Norfolk No. 10; A.F. & A.M. and Past Master Ezra Chapter, No. 23; Royal Arch Masons. On June 29th, 1898, he married Mabel M., daughter of His Honor Judge Livingstone of Norfolk County and has eight children, Margaret Livingstone; Hugh Paterson, Jr.; Robert T. L.; Helen M.; Constance M.; Grace L.; James S.; and Edith V. Innes.
Williams-Taylor, Sir Frederick, LL.D. (Montreal, Que.), General Manager Bank of Montreal, is one of the outstanding figures in the financial world of Canada. During his eight years as Manager of the Bank’s London, England Branch, Sir Frederick was notably successful in financing many Canadian municipal and corporate undertakings in that market. Recently his abilities have been devoted to war-time financing in Canada. On both sides of the Atlantic, therefore, he has had wide experience in the flotation of high-class Canadian issues. In addition to being expert in all financial matters, Sir Frederick is possessed of marked personality and exceptional social charm. Born at Moncton, New Brunswick, October 23, 1863, the son of Ezekiel Moore Taylor and Rosalind Beatty. Sir Frederick entered the service of the Bank of Montreal in 1878; since then he has been successively Assistant Inspector, Head Office, 1897; Joint Manager, Chicago, 1903; Manager, London, Eng., 1906, and General Manager, November, 1913. The distinguished subject of this sketch was awarded a silver medal by the Royal Society of Arts for his paper, “Canadian Loans in London,” before the Royal Colonial Institute, 1912; was knighted, 1913, and received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick, 1915. As a young man he won distinction in many forms of athletics, including rowing, tennis, squash and snow-shoeing. Sir Frederick married Jane Fayrer, daughter of Joshua Henshaw, Esq., Montreal, 1888, by whom he has one son, Lieutenant Travers Williams-Taylor, 13th Hussars, B.E.F., and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Duff Frazier, of 17 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y., and “Uplands,” Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. In addition to being General Manager of the Bank of Montreal, Sir Frederick is a Director of the Allan Steamship Company, Ltd., and the Liverpool and London & Globe Insurance Company, Ltd.; Director and member Executive Committee, Royal Trust Company, and Vice-President of the Canadian Bankers’ Association. His clubs include Mount Royal, St. James and University, Montreal, Que.; Rideau, Ottawa, Ont.; York, Toronto, Ont.; Metropolitan and Down Town, New York, N.Y.; St. James, Bath, City of London, Ranelagh and Swinley Forest Golf, all of London, Eng. Sir Frederick resides at 686 Mountain Street, Montreal.
Law, Bonnar B. (Yarmouth, N.S.), late member of Parliament for Yarmouth County, N.S., was the son of William and Mary A. Law, of Yarmouth, and was born in Douglas, Mass., U.S.A., July 29, 1855. After graduating from the Yarmouth Public School, Mr. Law entered on a commercial career and was one of the successful merchants in his home town. For thirteen years he was a Director of the Exchange Bank of Yarmouth, until its absorption by the Bank of Montreal, and for six and a half years a town Councillor of Yarmouth. Mr. Law was a Director of the Canadian Wood Working Co., of the Yarmouth Hospital Society and of the Yarmouth Cemetery Co., as well as a trustee of the Yarmouth Public Library and of the Yarmouth Y.M.C.A. Mr. Law lost his life in the burning of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa, February 3, 1916. He was first elected to the House of Commons at a by-election, December 3, 1902, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Mr. Thomas B. Flint as Clerk of the House of Commons. The fact that the late member for Yarmouth County was elected to the House of Commons at Ottawa for a fourth term, with the largest majority ever given a candidate from that Constituency, testified to the esteem in which he was held by those who knew his worth. Mr. Law married Agnes M., daughter of Capt. Joseph B. Lovett, and had an only child, Dorothy I. Law. He was a Methodist in religion and a Liberal in politics.