A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
=McCullough, Charles Robert= (Hamilton, Ont.), was born in Bowmanville,
Ont., Feb. 18, 1865, educated at Private, Public and High Schools,
Bowmanville, and special schools in Belleville and Toronto. Married in
1897 to Eola Luxton, second daughter of George and Harriet Luxton, of
Hamilton. Children: Evan (deceased), Luxton and Kathleen. A member of
the Canadian Club of Hamilton, and the Hamilton Club, a Fellow of the
Royal Colonial Institute; Honorary President Assn. of Canadian Clubs,
teacher mercantile subjects, 1885-1903, founded Federated Business
Colleges, founded Business Educators’ Assn. of Canada, first President
of the latter; founder Canadian Club Movement in Hamilton, December 6,
1892; President Hamilton Canadian Club, 1895 and 1910; together with
John Cousins founded the General Council of Canadian Clubs and
Societies, Niagara Falls, N.Y., July, 1905; is President of the Ontario
Engraving Co., and Hamilton Conservatory of Music; one of the Founders
and first Governors Art Gallery of Hamilton; represented Collegiate
Institute on the Board of Education for three years; member of the
Canadian Manufacturers Assn., ex-Chairman Industrial Committee thereof;
Vice-President and Chairman of Executive Committee Win-the-War league of
Ontario, and President Win-the-War League of Hamilton; President Union
School Club of Bowmanville; gazetted Capt. 91st Regt., Canadian
Highlanders, 1907, and Lieut.-Colonel, 1916, organized the first
recruiting league in Hamilton, 1915, has done a great deal to promote
recruiting throughout the Province, at various points, especially in
connection with the Canadian Club of Hamilton and the Recruiting
Committee of the Citizens’ Service League in affiliation therewith.
Lieut.-Col. McCullough projected Semi-Centennial Celebration of Canada
for 1917 as far back as 1910. He believes that a mutual respect for, and
confidence in each other, should be entertained by the great English and
French-speaking peoples constituting the Canadian nation. Lieut.-Col.
McCullough has addressed various Canadian Clubs throughout the Dominion
and has done excellent work in inculcating a robust Canadian sentiment.
F. D. Monk, K.C., M.P., said a few years ago: “In initiating the
Canadian Club movement, Mr. McCullough has done a better work than any
politician since Confederation.” Lieut.-Col. McCullough’s recreations
are, skating, golfing, canoeing. In religion he is a member of the
Church of England and of the Church of the Ascension of Hamilton.
Colonel McCullough was an active, early promoter of a Union,
non-partizan Government. Made three public speaking tours of District of
Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, 1917-1918, as guest of
the American Red Cross.
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