Hugh Ryan (railway magnate)

The Honourable
Hugh Ryan
Portrait commissioned in 1898
BornJuly 1832
Doon, County Limerick, Ireland
Died13 February 1899
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Burial placeMount Hope Catholic Cemetery
CitizenshipCanadian
Occupation(s)Railway magnate
Industrialist
Organizations
SpouseMargaret Ryan (née Walsh)
ChildrenJohn Thomas Ryan (son)
Patrick William Ryan (son)
Alphonso Martin Ryan (son)
Mary Alice Ryan (daughter)
Marguerite Teresa Ryan (daughter)
Parents
  • Martin Ryan (father)
  • Margaret Conway (mother)
FamilyJohn Ryan (brother)
Alice Ryan (sister)
Margaret Isabelle Doheny (niece, goddaughter)
Helen Margaret Ryan
(niece, goddaughter)
Maya Asha McDonald
(descendant)
Signature

The Honourable Hugh Ryan[1] (July 1832 – 13 February 1899) was an Irish-Canadian railway magnate, industrialist, banker, philanthropist and eldest son of John Patrick Ryan and Margaret Conway.[2][3][4][5] His family immigrated to Montreal, Canada, from Limerick, Ireland, in 1841 during the first wave of Irish-Catholic immigration after selling Gortkelly Castle to another branch of the Ryan clan.[6][7][8] He was dubbed "Canada's wealthiest and greatest railroad contractor".[9][10][11]

  1. ^ The Inter Ocean (6 November 1901). "The Whirl of Society". Newspapers.com. Chicago, Illinois, USA. p. 6.
  2. ^ Rutherford, Paul; Berton, Pierre (1970). "The National Dream: The Great Railway 1871-1881". International Journal. 26 (1): 278. doi:10.2307/40201035. ISSN 0020-7020. JSTOR 40201035.
  3. ^ Stagg, Ronald J. (1994). "RYAN, HUGH – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. The University of Toronto.
  4. ^ Public Services and Procurement Canada (1 December 1880). "Hearing on tendering contracts for the Canadian Pacific Railway" (PDF). publications.gc.ca. Government of Canada.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Stagg, Ronald J. (1990). "The Biography of Hugh Ryan". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 12. University of Toronto/Université Laval.
  7. ^ Tipperary Live, Reporter (5 July 2018). "Gortkelly Castle, extending to 72 acres, Tipperary". www.tipperarylive.ie.
  8. ^ The Irish Aesthete (2023-01-09). "Exploring Gortkelly Castle". The Irish Aesthete.
  9. ^ The Kingston Whig-Standard (13 February 1899). "Death of Hugh Ryan: Canada's Wealthiest and Greatest Railway Contractor". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario, Canada. p. 4.
  10. ^ The Weekly British Whig (16 February 1899). "Remembering the Great Hugh Ryan". The Weekly British Whig. Kingston, Ontario, Canada. p. 11.
  11. ^ The Halifax Herald (21 December 1887). "Hugh Ryan, the Millionaire Railway Contractor". The Halifax Herald. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. p. 3.