Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG (February 3, 1843 – September 11, 1915) succeeded Lord Mount Stephen as President of Canadian Pacific Railway in 1888. He lived at the Van Horne Mansion in Montreal's Golden Square Mile.
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