Harry molson biography

Woods, Shirley E.. "1 The Molson Story". The General: A History of the Montreal General Hospital, edited by Joseph Hanaway and John H. Burgess, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016, pp. 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773598645-005

Woods, S. (2016). 1 The Molson Story. In J. Hanaway & J. Burgess (Ed.), The General: A History of the Montreal General Hospital (pp. 3-14). Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773598645-005

Woods, S. 2016. 1 The Molson Story. In: Hanaway, J. and Burgess, J. ed. The General: A History of the Montreal General Hospital. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773598645-005

Woods, Shirley E.. "1 The Molson Story" In The General: A History of the Montreal General Hospital edited by Joseph Hanaway and John H. Burgess, 3-14. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773598645-005

Woods S. 1 The Molson Story. In: Hanaway J, Burgess J (ed.) The General: A History of the Montreal General Hospital. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press; 2016. p.3-14. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773598645-005

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The Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, with 2,227 passengers and crew onboard; on April 15, 1912, the tragic collision with an iceberg claimed over 1,500 lives, mostly among the second and third class passengers.

Among the first class passengers were two Canadian businessmen; Charles Melville Hays and Harry Markland Molson.

Charles Melville Hays was born in 1856 and educated in the United States. He worked on several railways in the U.S.A. before coming to Canada in 1896. He was the General Manager of the Grand Trunk Railway, from 1896 to 1909 with the exception of a period in 1901 when he was president of the Southern Pacific Railway. In 1905 he became president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, which was largely his own creation. In 1909, he was appointed president of the Grand Trunk Railway and retained this office until his death on the Titanic.  Charles was the husband of Clara J. Gregg and father of four daughters.  Learn more about Hays in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.

Harry Markland Molson, also born in 1856, was the great grandson of John Molson, founder of the famous Canadian brewery.  He lived in Montreal and was former Mayor of Dorval and a member of the board of directors for the Molson Bank. You can learn more about the Molson family by reading the Dictionary of Canadian Biography online.

Library and Archives Canada has some records relating to both these gentlemen:

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Harry Markland Molson (9 de agosto de 1856, Montreal, Quebec, Canadá​ - 15 de abril de 1912, océano Atlántico) fue un banquero y empresariocanadiense.​

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Era hijo de William Markland Molson (1833–1913) y su esposa Helen Converse.

Su abuelo, John Molson, llegado a Montreal en 1782, había establecido su célebre cervecería, la cervecería Molson, sobre los márgenes del río San Lorenzo en 1786. Después fundaría una de las primeras compañías de transporte marítimo canadiense y, en 1817, poseía una flota de cinco barcos de vapor que había producido en su propio astillero.​ John Molson también destacó en el mundo bancario.

Harry Markland Molson estudió en Montreal, por supuesto, pero igualmente en Alemania y en París​ entre 1873 y 1877.​ No pertenecía a la rama más influyente de la familia Molson y había heredado su fortuna inesperadamente cuando uno de sus tíos, John Henry Robinson Molson, decidió de modo intempestivo legarle toda su fortuna. Heredó al mismo tiempo la función de director del consejo de administración del Banco Molson.

Fue director de la Canadian Transfer Corporation​ y ocupó un alto cargo en la logia masónica más antigua de Saint-Paul, número 374. Fue concejal de la ciudad de Dorval​ (a las afueras en aquellos tiempos, pero hoy fusionada con Montreal). También fue comodoro del Club náutico real de San Lorenzo y gobernador del Hospital General de Montreal.

Vivía en el n.º 2, Edgehill Avenue, en Westmount y tenía otra residencia en Dorval. Frecuentaba el club Mont-Royal, el club Saint-James, el club de golf Royal Montreal, el Montreal Jockey, el club de caza de Montreal y la Saint-George Society.​ Tenía reputación de playboy y hedonista.​

Había sobrevivido a otros accidentes en el mar; en 1900 logró escapar del naufragio del Scotsman nadando en el golfo de San Lorenzo.​ Cuatro años

Canadian politician (1856–1912)

Harry Markland Molson (August 9, 1856 – April 15, 1912) was a Canadian politician and entrepreneur. A member of the Molson family, he was Mayor of Dorval, Quebec. He died in the sinking of RMS Titanic in April 1912

Molson was born August 9, 1856, son of William Markland Molson (1833–1913) and Helen Augusta Converse (1834–1919), in Montreal, Canada East. Although Harry Molson was not a prominent member of the influential branch of the Molson family, he serendipitously inherited his fortune from his childless uncle, John Henry Robinson Molson (1826–1897), who was former owner of Molson Brewery and President of Molson Bank (1889–1897).

Harry Molson went to England for business in February 1912, and had booked passage to return to Canada at the end of March on the Allan Line ocean liner, SS Tunisian. Molson was persuaded by fellow businessman, Major Arthur Peuchen, to extend his stay in England and sail home with him on Titanic's maiden voyage. He occupied First Class stateroom C-30.

He was Governor of Montreal General Hospital, and on the board of directors for the Molson Bank.

Molson was last seen aboard Titanic, removing his shoes and planning to swim to a ship's light he said he saw off the port bow. His body was never recovered and identified.

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