Mountstephen
BARON GEORGE STEPHEN, born in Dufftown, Scotland, in 1829, son of William Stephen. hen. He went to Canada in 1850 and succeeded in the dry-goods business, and became successively director, vice-president, and president of the Bank of Montreal. He also turned his attention to railroad development, and co-operated in completing the Canadian Pacific railway, of which he was the head from 1881 till 1888. He was made a baronet in 1886 and a baron in 1891. In 1887 he gave $500,000 toward the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal.