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词条 Charles Blair Gordon
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  1. Life and career

  2. References

  3. External links

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Charles Blair Gordon depicted on the first 1935 Bank of Montreal, 10 dollar note printed.}}Sir Charles Blair Gordon, GBE (22 November 1867{{spaced ndash}}30 July 1939) was a Canadian banker, manufacturer and diplomat.[1][2][3]

Life and career

Educated at the High School of Montreal, Gordon founded the Standard Shirt Company, organized Dominion Textiles in 1904, and in 1909 became president of Dominion Glass.[2] In 1913, he was appointed a director of the Bank of Montreal, and in 1927 became the bank's president.[2]

From 1918 to 1921, he was Acting Chairman (Canadian War Mission) to the United States of America in Washington.[2] In 1917, for his contributions, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and in 1918 was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the order.[3]

Gordon was one of the founders of the Town of Hampstead, Quebec[4]

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                 before=Vincent Meredith|                 after=Huntly Redpath Drummond|                 years=1927-1939}}
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References

1. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA20 | title=Who's Who in the British War Mission in the United States of America | publisher=E. J. Clode | author=Tracy, Louis | year=1917 | pages=20}}
2. ^{{cite encyclopedia | title=Sir Charles Blair Gordon | encyclopedia=Canadian Encyclopedia | publisher=Historica Dominion | accessdate=7 April 2013 | author=Rider, Peter E. | year=2012 | url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/sir-charles-blair-gordon}}
3. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdQvAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA41 | title=Who's Who in the British War Mission in the United States of America | publisher=E. J. Clode | year=1918 | pages=41}}
4. ^Town History, Town of Hampstead website

External links

  • {{Cite DCB|last=Brown |first=Robert Craig |year= 2016|origyear= |title=Gordon, Sir Charles Blair |volume=16 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gordon_charles_blair_16E.html}}
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