Biography
He was the grandson of William Hamilton Merritt, the promoter of the Welland Canal.
He was a mining engineer.
He was the promoter of the Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen Coal and Railway Company which hoped to build a line from Nicola Valley to Spences Bridge BC.
He was a railway contractor who had kept his supply camp at Forksdale BC.
He wanted to expoit the coal deposits near Forksdale BC.
Military Service
In 1885 he fought with the Militia in the Northwest Rebellion. Later he fought in the Boer War.
In 1903-1908 he commanded the Governor General's Footguards.
References
Woolliams, Nina G. (1979)
