Henry Nathan Starnes (1816 - 1896)

Born 13 Oct 1816 in Kingston, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Stuart) Starnes — married 5 Aug 1840 in Montreal, Lower Canada

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1896 at age 79 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Mayor of Montreal 1856 - 1858, 1866 - 1868. See also profile on his brother-in-law, Jean-Louis Beaudry, who also served as Mayor of Montreal.

Henry was educated at Montreal Academical Institution and was for several years a partner of the firm of Leslie, Starnes and Co., wholesale merchants in Montreal. He represented Châteauguay in the Legislative Assembly from 1858 until 1863, when he retired. He became a member of the executive council, province of Quebec, in 1878, speaker of the legislative council in 1879, was commissioner of railways in 1882-1884 and commissioner of public works for a short time in 1887. In his business career, he was manager of the Ontario Bank in Montreal, was president of the Metropolitan Bank, and was a director of several companies. He died in Montreal and was buried at Notre-Dame-des-neiges.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ R. E. Rudin, “STARNES, HENRY,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 12, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 14, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/starnes_henry_12E.html.

• WikiTree profile Starnes-265 created through the import of chisholmroberts.ged on Dec 19, 2011 by Chris Chisholm.
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #17719982 (accessed 10 November 2022)
  Memorial page for Henry Starnes Famous memorial (13 Oct 1816-3 Mar 1896), citing Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada (plot: Section C00006); Maintained by Find a Grave.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to René L. Sicotte for starting this profile.