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He helped found the St. Margaret's Home for Incurables in 1894, purchasing the house that had previously been built for Sir
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and an estate (Huntlywood), in the part of the Island of Montreal now known as
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Photograph:George Drummond's House on Sherbrooke Street, Montreal, circa 1890
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in 1908. He and his wife built a house on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal's
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Photograph:George Drummond's House on Sherbrooke Street, Montreal, 1891
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Canadian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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president from 1897 and officially starting in 1905.
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The Honourable
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Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Richard B. Angus
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Kennebec, Quebec
Pierre-Étienne Fortin
Louis Lavergne
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