Biography
He was the Marquess of Angelsey (6th) In 1912 he settled at Walachin BC, which he developed further from the start of the British Columbia Developmet Company.
He built a lavish home there complete with tennis courts and a swimming pool.
He lost money in the Turner Valley Oil Boom in Alberta.
In 1919 he was unable to finance the re-building of the flume at Walachin that caused the local economy there to collapse.
References
- Burke's Peerage and Baronatage (105th ed). (1975) London: Burke's Peerage Ltd.
- Burrows, R. in Railway Mileposts: British Columbia
- Weir, Joan (1995)
