Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr.
Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr. (September 1818 in Kent, England – 2 March 1859 in Savannah, Georgia, USA) was a banker, businessman, mathematician.[1]
Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr. established the first life insurance company in Canada 21 August 1847; the Canada Life Assurance Company.[1][2] The firm was incorporated in 1849. The first head office was in Hamilton, Ontario on the top floor of the Mechanics' Institute on James Street North near Merrick, where Eaton's now stands. The head office remained in Hamilton until 1900, when the new president George Cox moved it to Toronto.[1]
He was the father of telephone pioneer Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr..[3]
External links
- Hamilton Gallery of Distinction: Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr.
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr. at Find a Grave
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bailey, Thomas Melville (1981). Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791-1875). W.L. Griffin Ltd.
- ↑ "Chronolgy of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Ontario". Retrieved 2007-02-05.
- ↑ Houghton, Margaret (2003). The Hamiltonians, 100 Fascinating Lives. James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers Toronto. p. 6. ISBN 1-55028-804-0.