Herbert Samuel Holt

Banker, Chivalric Order Member

1856 – 1941

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Who was Herbert Samuel Holt?

Sir Herbert Samuel Holt was an Irish-born Canadian civil engineer who became a businessman, banker, and corporate director with a ruthless business reputation. He was President of the Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal Light, Heat & Power, and a director of some 250 companies worldwide, with assets valued at around $200 million. On his death, the Montreal Gazette described him as "the richest man in Canada", but he was also one of the most reviled. Among his peers in the Golden Square Mile, "everyone respected his business ability, but nobody liked him personally". Holt was one of the founders of the Town of Hampstead, Quebec

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Born
Feb 12, 1856
Geashill
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Lived in
  • Montreal
Died
Sep 29, 1941
Montreal

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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