In the public schools of Winchester Alexander G. Cameron laid the
foundation for his education. He was a student in the Morrisburg
Collegiate Institute and received his law training in McGill
University, from which he was graduated B. C. L. with the class
of 1910. He at once entered upon the practice of law. His name
is also well known in the business world, being a director of
several commercial enterprises.
Mr. Cameron is known in military circles, being a captain in
the Fifth Royal Highlanders of Canada. His political allegiance
is given to the conservative party, and he is prominent in club
circles, his membership being in the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht
Club, the Manitou Club, the Kaniwakee Golf Club, the Beaconsfield
Golf Club, the University Club, the Montreal Club and the
Montreal Art Association. He is a Presbyterian in religious
belief.
GILBERT SCOTT.
Gilbert Scott was for many years a resident of Montreal and
a witness of its development and progress. He came to rank
prominently among the representatives of commercial and
financial interests and for an extended period was a member of
the Dow Brewery Company of this city. He was born at Chagford,
Devonshire, England, April 16, 1820. In early life he was a clerk
in a bank in London and came to Montreal in 1845. In the ’60s he
entered into partnership with William Dow, a well known Montreal
brewer and continued in active connection with the business until
his life’s labors were ended on the 9th of June, 1891, when he
was seventy-one years of age. The other members of the firm at
various times were John Harris, A. C. Hooper, J. Philip Scott,
son of Gilbert Scott, Angus Hooper and Major George Hooper.
Capable management led to the continuous growth and success of
the business until the year 1912, when the Dow Brewery became a
part of the National Breweries Company.
Gilbert Scott was connected officially with many large financial
and commercial institutions and was well posted upon financial
and commercial matters, but his fund of knowledge went further
and made him familiar with many other questions and interests
of the day. He was a director of the Bank of Montreal;
senior partner of the Dow Brewery Company; president of the
Intercolonial Mining Company; vice president of the Shedden
Company; a director of the North British and Mercantile Insurance
Company, and of the Canada Sugar Refining Company.
Mr. Scott was married to Miss Janet Cooper of London, England,
who died in 1875. He was survived by one son, James Philip, who
was a member of the Dow Brewery Company from 1876 until his
death, in 1898, and four daughters.
Mr. Scott was a member of St. Paul’s Lodge of Masons and was
always loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft. He had
vivid recollections of the important points in the history of
Montreal, from the time when he located here in 1845, until his
death. As a man, he possessed many attractive social qualities
and was beloved by a large circle of friends.
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