About Edgar Sydney Little
Lived 1885 – 1943 (aged 58). Edgar Sydney Little was a Canadian politician and wholesaler.
Edgar Sydney Little (November 5, 1885 – December 23, 1943) was a Canadian businessman and politician.
The son of Colonel John William Little and Kate Nicholson Little, he was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He was the fifth boy out of seven. The family lived at 245 Dufferin Avenue, across from Centre Park, now known as Victoria Park. Their home is today the site of the London Life Building. He attended Talbot Street School in the first year of the century and later Central Collegiate, and finally the University of Toronto. He majored in English, history and Business, and combined these with an interest in politics - his father being a mayor of London, Ontario, in the years 1895, 1896, and 1897.
E.S. Little was much interested in breeding pedigree livestock, and he made a specialty of Jersey cattle, and Shropshire sheep, exhibiting and winning prizes in all parts of Canada and the United States. He ranked high among the leaders in the movement to promote the keeping of better livestock on Ontario farms. He was president of Belvoir Stock Farms Limited, Delaware, Ontario. ) was designed and built by Thomas Stent, a noted architect, and had been previously owned by Helen Gibson Weld's grandfather, Richard Gibson (1840–1911).
E. S. Little had a heart attack followed by a stroke and died at the age of 58, December 23, 1943.
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Canadian politician (1885-1943)
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Edgar Sydney Little was born on 5 November 1885.
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Edgar Sydney Little died on 23 December 1943.
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Edgar Sydney Little was a politician and wholesaler.
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Edgar Sydney Little was Canadian.
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