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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 47785, member: 33"]It think he is Sir Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, who was the publisher of the<i> Montreal Star</i> newspaper. The signature, then, is <b>Atholstan</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at this Wikipedia article about him. The photo is similar:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Graham,_1st_Baron_Atholstan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Graham,_1st_Baron_Atholstan" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Graham,_1st_Baron_Atholstan</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Longer (and very interesting) biographical sketch from the <i>Dictionary of Canadian Biography</i>:</p><p><a href="http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/graham_hugh_1848_1938_16E.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/graham_hugh_1848_1938_16E.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/graham_hugh_1848_1938_16E.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one has a photo of him also:</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gCE-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA10&lpg=RA6-PA10&dq=%22atholstan%22+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=LrehldHRWD&sig=XNrdzy6j_EN_UR0R2DCCWjqmiHU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22atholstan%22%20montreal%20star&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gCE-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA10&lpg=RA6-PA10&dq=%22atholstan%22+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=LrehldHRWD&sig=XNrdzy6j_EN_UR0R2DCCWjqmiHU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22atholstan%22%20montreal%20star&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=gCE-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA10&lpg=RA6-PA10&dq="atholstan"+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=LrehldHRWD&sig=XNrdzy6j_EN_UR0R2DCCWjqmiHU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q="atholstan" montreal star&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=I604AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA13-PA32&lpg=RA13-PA32&dq=%22atholstan%22+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=Q8doaYGbdf&sig=cb2Tb8xa-5WMI9lFjloDbN6NOUY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22atholstan%22%20montreal%20star&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=I604AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA13-PA32&lpg=RA13-PA32&dq=%22atholstan%22+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=Q8doaYGbdf&sig=cb2Tb8xa-5WMI9lFjloDbN6NOUY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22atholstan%22%20montreal%20star&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=I604AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA13-PA32&lpg=RA13-PA32&dq="atholstan"+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=Q8doaYGbdf&sig=cb2Tb8xa-5WMI9lFjloDbN6NOUY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q="atholstan" montreal star&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a more recent article about the house where he lived. at the bottom it includes a photo of him as a young man. There are photos from 1910 and 2012 of the house. It's interesting how little it has changed:</p><p><a href="http://mtltimes.ca/social-life/hugh-graham-house/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mtltimes.ca/social-life/hugh-graham-house/" rel="nofollow">http://mtltimes.ca/social-life/hugh-graham-house/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fig[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 47785, member: 33"]It think he is Sir Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, who was the publisher of the[I] Montreal Star[/I] newspaper. The signature, then, is [B]Atholstan[/B]. Look at this Wikipedia article about him. The photo is similar: [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Graham,_1st_Baron_Atholstan[/URL] Longer (and very interesting) biographical sketch from the [I]Dictionary of Canadian Biography[/I]: [URL]http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/graham_hugh_1848_1938_16E.html[/URL] This one has a photo of him also: [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=gCE-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA10&lpg=RA6-PA10&dq=%22atholstan%22+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=LrehldHRWD&sig=XNrdzy6j_EN_UR0R2DCCWjqmiHU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22atholstan%22%20montreal%20star&f=false']https://books.google.com/books?id=gCE-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA10&lpg=RA6-PA10&dq="atholstan"+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=LrehldHRWD&sig=XNrdzy6j_EN_UR0R2DCCWjqmiHU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q="atholstan" montreal star&f=false[/URL] [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=I604AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA13-PA32&lpg=RA13-PA32&dq=%22atholstan%22+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=Q8doaYGbdf&sig=cb2Tb8xa-5WMI9lFjloDbN6NOUY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22atholstan%22%20montreal%20star&f=false']https://books.google.com/books?id=I604AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA13-PA32&lpg=RA13-PA32&dq="atholstan"+montreal+star&source=bl&ots=Q8doaYGbdf&sig=cb2Tb8xa-5WMI9lFjloDbN6NOUY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_sLVcScBtOayATjvYKgCA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q="atholstan" montreal star&f=false[/URL] Here is a more recent article about the house where he lived. at the bottom it includes a photo of him as a young man. There are photos from 1910 and 2012 of the house. It's interesting how little it has changed: [URL]http://mtltimes.ca/social-life/hugh-graham-house/[/URL] Fig[/QUOTE]
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