Alexander Tilloch Galt
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, GCMG, PC (September 6, 1817 – September 19, 1893) was a politician and a father of Canadian Confederation.
He was born in Chelsea, England, the son of Scottish novelist and colonizer, John Galt by his wife Elizabeth, only daughter of Alexander Tilloch. He was a first cousin of Sir Hugh Allan of Montreal.
Alexander Galt is interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec. In Lennoxville, Quebec, the Alexander Galt High School was named in his honour.
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