Robert T. Davies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian racehorse owner
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Robert T. Davies
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- Davies (May 19, 1849 - March 22, 1916) was a Canadian businessman and thoroughbred and standardbred racehorse owner and breeder. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he studied at Park School and Upper Canada College, in the early 1870s Robert Davies married Margaret Anne Taylor, the daughter of John Taylor, owner of paper mills in Todmorden Mills, Ontario, just north of Toronto.
- By the turn of the century, they had eight children and owned a large home at 244 Don Mills Rd (now Broadview/O'Connor) in Todmorden Mills they called "Chester Park." Davies' brother Thomas Davies owned the Don Brewery at Queen Street at the Don River, which Robert helped manage.
- In 1877, Robert Davies founded the competing Dominion Brewery only two blocks to the west on Queen Street.
- Ten years later, his success led to the selling of shares in the company to a group of investors arranged by a London, England banking house.
- After his wife's family encountered financial difficulties, in 1901 Davies acquired most of the Taylor family holdings in the Don Valley, including two paper mills and the Don Valley Brick Works.
- By the time of his death in 1916, Robert Davies was one of the wealthiest people in Toronto.
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