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Sir Hugh Allan ( September 29 , 1810 – December 9 , 1882 ) was a Scottish -born Canadian financier and shipowner. In 1826 , he emigrated to Canada and worked for a shipbuilding company in Montreal , Lower Canada , where he later founded the Allan Line of steamships. He was given the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway , but plans fell through in 1873 after the Pacific Scandal . Allan became one of the wealthiest men in the country and on his death, the shipping line was passed on to his son, H. Montagu Allan . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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