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Name
  
Frank Baillie


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Born
  
August 9, 1875 (
1875-08-09
)
Toronto, Ontario

Occupation
  
financier and industrialist

Died
  
January 2, 1921, Toronto, Canada

Sir Frank Wilton Baillie, KBE (August 9, 1875 – January 2, 1921) was a Canadian industrialist who played a significant role in establishing the modern steel industry in Canada. During World War I, he turned his attention to the production of military aeroplanes, and was knighted for his contributions to the war effort. He was the first Canadian to be made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Frank Wilton Baillie Frank Wilton Baillie 1913 1980 Genealogy

In 1903 Sir Frank Wilton Baillie started up with Frank Porter Wood (his neighbour on Crescent Road, Toronto) and his brother James W. Baillie, a brokerage firm, Baillie Brothers and Company (later Baillie, Wood, and Croft), which operated on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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Frank Wilton Baillie Wikipedia