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Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal GCMG GCVO PC DL FRS (6 August 1820 – 21 January 1914), known as Sir Donald A. Smith between May 1886 and August 1897, was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman who became one of the British Empire's foremost builders and philanthropists. He became commissioner, governor and principal shareholder of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was president of the Bank of Montreal and with his first cousin, George Stephen (later Lord Mount Stephen), co-founded the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and afterwards represented Montreal in the House of Commons of Canada. He was Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1896 to 1914. He was chairman of Burmah Oil and the Anglo-Persian Oil Compa

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rdfs:label	دونالد سميث، بارون ستراثكونا الأول وجبل رويال (ar) Donald Smith, 1. Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (de) Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (en) Donald Alexander Smith (fr) Смит, Дональд, 1-й барон Страткона (ru) Donald Smith, 1:e baron Strathcona och Mount Royal (sv)
rdfs:comment	Donald Alexander Smith (6 août 1820 en Écosse - 21 janvier 1914 à Londres) est un négociant de fourrure, financier, magnat du chemin de fer, homme politique et philanthrope canadien. En hommage à ses actions, il a nommé baron Strathcona et Mont-Royal. (fr) دونالد ألكسندر سميث، بارون ستراثكونا الأول وجبل رويال (6 أغسطس 1820 – 21 يناير 1914)، المعروف باسم السير دونالد أ. سميث بين مايو 1886 وأغسطس 1897، كان رجل أعمال كنديًا، المولد، وأصبح أحد أبرز بناة الإمبراطورية البريطانية ومن فاعلي الخير. أصبح مفوضًا ومحافظًا ومساهمًا رئيسيًا في شركة خليج هدسون. كان رئيسًا لبنك مونتريال، وشارك مع ابن عمه الأول، ، في تأسيس سكة حديد المحيط الهادئ الكندية. تم انتخابه لعضوية وبعد ذلك مثّل مونتريال في مجلس العموم الكندي. كان من 1896 إلى 1914. كان رئيس مجلس إدارة وشركة النفط الأنجلو-فارسية. كما كان مستشارًا لجامعة ماكجيل (1889-1914) وجامعة أبردين . (ar) Donald Alexander Smith, 1. Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC (* 6. August 1820 in Forres, Schottland; † 21. Januar 1914 in London) war ein kanadischer Politiker, Diplomat, Bankier und Unternehmer. Nach seiner Emigration nach Kanada arbeitete er über drei Jahrzehnte lang im Dienste der Hudson’s Bay Company als Pelzhändler, stieg danach zum Hauptaktionär auf und war schließlich Vorsitzender des Unternehmens. Er beteiligte sich maßgeblich an der Canadian Pacific Railway und war Präsident der Bank of Montreal. Ab 1870 war er auf Provinz- und Bundesebene politisch tätig, von 1896 bis zu seinem Tod war er Hochkommissar Kanadas im Vereinigten Königreich. Smith gehört zu den einflussreichsten kanadischen Persönlichkeiten Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. (de) Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal GCMG GCVO PC DL FRS (6 August 1820 – 21 January 1914), known as Sir Donald A. Smith between May 1886 and August 1897, was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman who became one of the British Empire's foremost builders and philanthropists. He became commissioner, governor and principal shareholder of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was president of the Bank of Montreal and with his first cousin, George Stephen (later Lord Mount Stephen), co-founded the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and afterwards represented Montreal in the House of Commons of Canada. He was Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1896 to 1914. He was chairman of Burmah Oil and the Anglo-Persian Oil Compa (en) Donald Alexander Smith 1:e baron Strathcona och Mount Royal, född den 6 augusti 1820 i Forres, Skottland, död den 21 januari 1914 i London, var en kanadensisk finansman och politiker. Smith fick genom förmedling av sin morbror John Stewart 1838 anställning i Hudson-bay-kompaniets tjänst, organiserade pälsverkshandeln i Labrador och steg så småningom till kompaniets verkställande direktör (1868). Sedan kompaniet samma år överlåtit sina territoriella rättigheter till kronan och i samband därmed Riels uppror 1869 utbröt, utsågs Smith av Kanadas regering till utomordentlig kommissarie med vidsträckta fullmakter för upprorets undertryckande och undersökning av de missförhållanden, som föranlett resningen. Han löste denna uppgift med överlägsen takt och skicklighet, fungerade en tid bortåt som (sv) Дональд Александр Смит, 1-й барон Страткона и Маунт-Ройал (англ. Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal; 6 августа 1820, , Великобритания — 21 января 1914, Лондон) — британский и канадский предприниматель, политик, дипломат и филантроп. Многолетний деятель Компании Гудзонова залива, занимавший в ней посты верховного комиссара, директора и губернатора, президент Bank of Montreal и Burmah Oil/Anglo-Persian Oil, один из создателей и руководителей Канадской Тихоокеанской железной дороги. Личный посланник премьер-министра Канады в переговорах 1870 года с метисами Ред-Ривер, впоследствии депутат Законодательного собрания Манитобы и Палаты общин Канады и Верховный комиссар Канады в Великобритании. Член Тайного совета королевы для Канады (1896), рыцарь-командор (1886) и рыцар (ru)
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