Roderick Finlayson

Roderick Finlayson
Born (1818-03-16)March 16, 1818
Loch Alsh (Kyle of Lochalsh), Scotland
Died January 20, 1892(1892-01-20) (aged 73)
Victoria, British Columbia

Roderick Finlayson (March 16, 1818 – January 20, 1892) was a Canadian Hudson's Bay Company officer, farmer, businessman, and politician.

Born in Loch Alsh (Kyle of Lochalsh), Scotland, Finlayson came to North America in 1837. He moved to Lower Canada into an apprentice clerk position with the Hudson’s Bay Company.

As an HBC clerk, Finlayson worked under Charles Ross in the building of Fort Victoria in 1843-1844. Upon Ross's death, which he mentions with sympathy in his autobiography, Finlayson took charge of Fort Victoria. After Chief Factor James Douglas arrived from Fort Vancouver in 1849, Finlayson was reassigned to second in command. Also in 1849 he married Sarah Work, one of John Work's Metis daughters. In 1850 Finlayson was promoted to the rank of Chief Trader, and in 1859 to Chief Factor.[1] Finlayson was one of the few to see Victoria grow from bare ground to the Capital of British Columbia.

References

  1. ↑ Watson, Bruce McIntyre (2010). Lives Lived West of the Divide: A Biographical Dictionary of Fur Traders Working West of the Rockies, 1793-1858. Kelowna, BC: University of British Columbia, Okanagen. pp. 357, 1075. ISBN 978-0-9810212-7-0.


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