About William Hales Hingston
Lived 1829 – 1907 (aged 77). William Hales Hingston was a Canadian politician, banker, physician, writer and surgeon.
Sir William Hales Hingston (29 June 1829 – 19 February 1907) was a Canadian physician, politician, banker, and Senator.
Early life and education
William Hingston was born on 29 June 1829, in Hinchinbrooke near Huntingdon, Quebec, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel James Hingston and Eleanor McGrath. He studied medicine at McGill University, graduating MD, CM in 1851.
Honours and awards Hingston was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1895. Pius IX made him a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1875. Pope Leo XIII conferred on him the Cross "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice".
Death Hingston died at Montreal on February 19, 1907, and was buried in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery.
Their oldest son, William F. Hingston (1877–1964), was rector of Loyola College from 1918 to 1925.
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Mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1875-1877)
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William Hales Hingston was born on 29 June 1829 in Hinchinbrooke.
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William Hales Hingston died on 19 February 1907 in Montreal.
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William Hales Hingston was a politician, banker, physician, writer and surgeon.
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William Hales Hingston was Canadian.
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