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After his political retirement, Osler continued to have an active involvement in
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Osler was married twice. He married his first wife, Isabella
Lammond Smith, in 1868. Smith and Osler had two children who died in infancy and Smith died in 1871. In 1873, Osler married Annie Farquarson (1848 – 1910). The couple had six children; three daughters and three sons. Osler’s grandson,
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Beginning in the 1880s, Osler began working in the transportation industry through railways. Osler was the founder and managing director of the
Ontario and Qu'Appelle Land Company Limited. His business expertise and connections led to his presidency of the Ontario and Quebec Railway followed by a
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Jr) and together they launched their own firm specializing in stockbroking, investment, and insurance services. Osler often served as a financier in numerous business ventures. Throughout the 1880s to 1890s, Osler greatly increased his financial influence through a combination of investments,
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was valued at nearly $ 4 million. In the years prior to his death, Osler had promised money to his friends to support various funds and causes which were posthumously covered by his estate.
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in the early 1900s. Osler began his involvement on a trip to Egypt from 1906 to 1907 where he met
Charles T. Currelly, archaeologist and future director of the
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to the cause. Through Osler’s and others influence, the Crown passed the Royal
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Due to his financial success, many believed that Osler should enter politics. Osler began his political career in the 1892
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family with a long naval tradition. Edmund's great grandfather, Edward Osler, was variously described as either a
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and gained a directorship with the bank in 1881. He would become the bank’s president in 1901.
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westward railway expansions, and western land grants. Osler was an early shareholder of the
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and others, Osler participated in the campaign to found an art museum in
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after Osler's death; today the site of Craigleigh Gardens.
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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
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The Manitoba Morning Free Press (15 February 1899).
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