George Alexander Drummond
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Sir George Alexander Drummond, KCMG, CVO (11 October 1829 – 2 February 1910) was a Scottish-Canadian businessman and senator.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he arrived in Canada in 1854 to work at Redpath Sugar.
In 1888, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Kennebec, Quebec. He served until his death in 1910.
From 1887 to 1896, he was a vice-president at the Bank of Montreal and served as its president first as the de facto from 1897 and official starting in 1905.
He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1904 and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1908.
He is buried in Mount Royal Cemetery.
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