Richard B. Angus

Scottish-Canadian financier, banker and philanthropist

1831 CE to 1922 CE

Richard Bladworth Angus (28 May 1831 – 17 September 1922) is a Scottish-Canadian financier, banker and philanthropist.

He is a co-founder and vice-president of the Canadian Pacific Railway; President of the Bank of Montreal; President of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal; President of the Montreal Art Association and co-founder and President of the Mount Royal Club.

He was the natural successor to Lord Mount Stephen as President of the CPR in 1888, but did not desire the position; and he twice refuses a knighthood.

The CPR Angus Shops are named for him, as is one of the later CP Ships.

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