Edward Mackay Edgar, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Mackay Edgar

Canadian banker and baronet

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1876

Date of Death: 07-Oct-1934

Profession: banker, stockbroker

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Edward Mackay Edgar

  • Sir Edward Mackay Edgar, 1st Baronet (27 February 1876 – 7 October 1934) was a Canadian-British banker. Mackay Edgar was born in Montreal and educated at McGill University.
  • He became a member of the Montreal Stock Exchange.
  • In 1907 he went to Britain on business and stayed, joining Sperling & Co Ltd, merchant bankers, of Moorgate Street, London, in 1908 and later becoming a senior partner.
  • In 1917, he became chairman of British Controlled Oilfields Ltd, remaining in the post until 1925.
  • He was created a baronet in the 1920 New Year Honours, largely due to his services to British-Canadian trade.His financial affairs ran into trouble in 1925 and he went into receivership, although this was rescinded the following year.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 powerboat racing, owning a number of winning boats.
  • He won the Harmsworth Trophy for two consecutive years (1912 and 1913) with his boat Maple Leaf IV. 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.

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