Canada, owned largely by the Allan family [see Andrew Allan]. The bank held large investments in railways
Allan, Andrew Frederick Gault, and Alexander Walker
, after Sir Hugh’s death, his brother Andrew Allan, with the help of local investors among whom may have been
founders of the Montreal Sailors’ Institute [see Andrew Allan] and he served as its secretary for many years. When the institute, which attempted to save sailors from the temptations of the
board he rubbed shoulders with Sir Hugh Allan* and Andrew Frederick
materially from the defeat. In 1858 the North-West Transportation, Navigation and Railway Company, controlled by Howland, Allan Macdonell*, and
railway promoter, formerly of Picton, Ont., who had gained notoriety in Canada for his part in the Pacific Scandal [see Sir Hugh Allan
, England, rather than the competing Allan Line, much to the discomfiture of the Conservatives. With an annual grant of $750,000, paid jointly by Canada and the British government, the firm undertook to
confederation. The government of Andrew Rainsford Wetmore* was a coalition of Liberals and Tories who supported the union but who often had
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