ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810-188 2) , Canadian financier, was born on Sept. 29, 181o, at Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland. He emi grated to Canada in 1826, and in 1831 entered the employ of the chief shipbuilding and grain-shipping firm of Montreal, of which he became a junior partner in 1835. In 1853 he organized the Allan line of steamships, plying between Montreal, Liverpool and Glasgow; till his death he was closely associated with the commercial growth and prosperity of Canada, and in 1871 was knighted in recognition of his services. In 1872-73 he obtained from the Canadian Government a charter for building the Cana dian Pacific railway, but the disclosures made with reference to his contributions to the funds of the Conservative Party led to the Pacific scandal (see CANADA, History), and that company was soon afterwards dissolved. He died in Edinburgh on Dec. 9 1882.
See J. C. Dent, Canadian Portrait Gallery 0880.