Edward Mackay Edgar
Sir Edward Mackay Edgar | |
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Born | Montreal, Canada | 27 February 1876
Died | 7 October 1934 England | (aged 58)
Occupation | Banker |
Sir Edward Mackay Edgar, 1st Baronet (27 February 1876 – 7 October 1934) was a
Mackay Edgar was born in
His financial affairs ran into trouble in 1925 and he went into receivership, although this was rescinded the following year. He left Sperlings at this time and organised his own company, E. Mackay Edgar Ltd, with offices in London, Montreal and New York City. This ended when he retired due to ill-health, but in 1928 he returned with a new company, Beeston's Trust Ltd, which folded during the Depression and in 1931 he again went into receivership.
Mackay Edgar was also a notable figure in
Mackay Edgar's only son, John, was killed in a car accident in July 1925 and the baronetcy therefore became extinct upon his death.
Mackay Edgar and his wife, Ethel Beatrice (née Pinder), a fellow native of Montreal whom he married in 1902, are buried in the cemetery in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire.
Footnotes
- ^ "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 31830". The London Gazette. 19 March 1920. p. 3432.
References
- Obituary, The Times, 9 October 1934
- Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges, "Paths of glory: The Maple Leaf legacy", The Automobile, March 2015.