Hume Cronyn
Politician
1864 – 1933
Who was Hume Cronyn?
Hume Blake Cronyn was a Canadian politician and lawyer.
Born in London, Canada West, the son of Verschoyle Cronyn and Sophia Eliza Blake, Cronyn was educted at Dr. Tassie's grammar school in Galt, Ontario and at the University of Toronto where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1889. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1889 and practised law in London. In 1907 he was appointed general manager of The Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation. He was also a General Manager of the Canada Trust Company and a Director of the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada.
While at the University of Toronto he enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and served during the North-West Rebellion of 1885 and fought in the Battle of Cut Knife. Afterwards he joined the 7th Fusiliers, and served as Major from 1899 to 1907.
He was elected to the House of Commons as a Unionist in the riding of London in the 1917 election.
An Anglican, he married Frances Amelia Labatt, second daughter of John Labatt, in 1892. He had three sons and two daughters, including Hume Cronyn the actor.
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- Born
- Aug 28, 1864
London - Also known as
- Hume Blake Cronyn, Sr.
- Hume Blake Cronyn
- Parents
- Spouses
- Frances Amelia Cronyn
(1892 - )
- Frances Amelia Cronyn
- Children
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- University of Toronto
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Jun 19, 1933
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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