Rt. Hon. Edward Ellice

Commercial Role

Hudson's Bay Company (Canada) Director

Notes

Played a key role in effecting the union in Canada of the North-West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821; towards the end of his life in 1863, and amid considerable controversy, he sold his interest at a great profit to the International Finance Society.

Sources

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (Toronto, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 1959-; http://www.biographi.ca/index-e.html), vol. V, 1801-1820 and for Edward Ellice, vol. IX, 1861-1870.