John Bamlet Smallman

John Bamlet Smallman was an Irish-Canadian businessman (9 March 1849 – 14 February 1916).

Biography A son of James Knight Smallman and Eliza Switzer, John Bamlet Smallman was born in Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. In the 1850s, the family emigrated to London, Ontario (then London, Canada West, because Ontario had not been formed yet) where his father became a commission merchant. bringing his own nephew and two of Ingram's children into the business. It was incorporated in 1908.

Smallman suffered a nervous breakdown and two strokes. He died on 14 February 1916. His obituary stated that he never mixed in politics, was a member of First Methodist Church and supported the Children’s Aid Society and the Irish Benevolent Society. The bulk of his shares in his business were bequeathed to the Western University of London, Ontario.