Thomas Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Railway administrator
Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1853
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Date of Death: 10-Dec-1923
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Thomas Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy
- Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy (6 October 1853 – 10 December 1923) was an American-born Canadian railway administrator who rose from modest beginnings as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Milwaukee and St.
- Paul Railroad (a predecessor of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
- Paul and Pacific Railroad) to become the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, serving in that capacity from 1899 to 1918.
- In recognition of his stewardship of the CPR and its contributions to the war effort during the Great War, Shaughnessy was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1916 as Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick.
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