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• Lieutenant-Colonel John By, R.E., 1779-1836
  Born in London, England, about 1779, By graduated from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1799. He was attached to the Royal Engineers in Canada (1802-1811) and later served in the Peninsular War. By was sent to Canada in 1826 to superintend the construction of an Ottawa River – Lake Ontario waterway from "Bytown" (Ottawa) to Kingston. The 123-mile-long Rideau Canal, built as a military route and incorporating 47 locks, 16 lakes, two rivers and...

• Sir Edward Peacock, G.C.V.O. 1871-1962
  A native of St. Elmo, Ontario, Edward Peacock joined the Dominion Securities Corporation, a prominent Canadian investment firm, in 1902, and in 1907 came to London to establish their European office. He played a leading part in British and Canadian financial affairs, becoming a director of the Bank of England (1921-24 and 1929-46), Baring Brothers and Co., Limited (1924-54) and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (1926-61), among other institutions. In recognition of his services to...