Second son of Daniel Augustus Nanton and Mary Louisa {Jarvis} Nanton
Augustus Meredith Nanton and Georgina Hope Hespeler were married at Galt (now Cambridge), Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario on December 7th, 1886
Widowed when Georgina died in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the age of 23, following childbirth in December 1887, and with an infant daughter to care for, Augustus married secondly to Ethel Constance Clark on November 17, 1894
Augustus Nanton was a partner in the financial firm Osler, Hammond and Nanton, based in Ontario. In 1883 he was sent by the firm to the west to investigate investment in farm mortgages. Renowned for his sound judgement, Nanton became a director for many companies, including the Canadian Pacific Railway, Great West Life and the Dominion Bank. He was also one of three members of the Canadian Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1913. He very soon became one of Winnipeg's 19 millionaires, but he also served his adopted city well, and was involved in various community projects
The bronze and copper Sun Dial which today is a prominent feature at the centre of St John's Anglican Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, was brought from England by Mr Nanton and originally stood in the grounds of his home off Roslyn Road in that city. The piece of art was crafted by John Bell in 1659 at London. Its inscription reads: “As tyme and houres passeth awaye, So doeth ye life of Man decaye"
Among his business dealings, Mr Nanton arranged financing of the Calgary & Edmonton Railway, which was sold subsequently to the C.P.R.. It was his close association with these two companies that led a village south of Calgary, Alberta, to name their community Nanton. Nanton was incorporated as a town in the summer of 1907
The Nanton family history dates back to England in the 1500s. The crest for the Alberta town which took the name was recognized by the College of Arms, London, England as a true crest of William Naunton, of Naunton Hall, Suffolk, England, granted to him in 1553. Another ancestor of Augustus Meredith Nanton, Sir Robert Naunton, had the same Coat of Arms; he was a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I and later, Secretary of State to King James I
The Town of Nanton, Alberta, officially adopted the Nanton Coat of Arms in 1983, with the consent of the Nanton family. Some changes were required to allow the Town use of the crest as opposed to its use by a knight. The creature on top of the helmet is known as a wyvern, a winged two-legged dragon with a barbed tail. On the shield below are three birds known as martlets, a heraldic bird with no feet
Committed to victory in the Great War, Augustus Meredith Nanton gave over half of his fortune to the war effort and worked himself to an early grave supporting Canadian soldiers in Europe, while maintaining Winnipeg's economy. In recognition of his war services he was knighted in 1917 by King George V and made a Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
Sir Augustus died in Toronto, in office as President of The Dominion Bank, but is most closely associated with Winnipeg, his home for over forty years and where he is buried
Augustus Meredith Nanton and Georgina Hope Hespeler were married at Galt (now Cambridge), Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario on December 7th, 1886
Widowed when Georgina died in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the age of 23, following childbirth in December 1887, and with an infant daughter to care for, Augustus married secondly to Ethel Constance Clark on November 17, 1894
Augustus Nanton was a partner in the financial firm Osler, Hammond and Nanton, based in Ontario. In 1883 he was sent by the firm to the west to investigate investment in farm mortgages. Renowned for his sound judgement, Nanton became a director for many companies, including the Canadian Pacific Railway, Great West Life and the Dominion Bank. He was also one of three members of the Canadian Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1913. He very soon became one of Winnipeg's 19 millionaires, but he also served his adopted city well, and was involved in various community projects
The bronze and copper Sun Dial which today is a prominent feature at the centre of St John's Anglican Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, was brought from England by Mr Nanton and originally stood in the grounds of his home off Roslyn Road in that city. The piece of art was crafted by John Bell in 1659 at London. Its inscription reads: “As tyme and houres passeth awaye, So doeth ye life of Man decaye"
Among his business dealings, Mr Nanton arranged financing of the Calgary & Edmonton Railway, which was sold subsequently to the C.P.R.. It was his close association with these two companies that led a village south of Calgary, Alberta, to name their community Nanton. Nanton was incorporated as a town in the summer of 1907
The Nanton family history dates back to England in the 1500s. The crest for the Alberta town which took the name was recognized by the College of Arms, London, England as a true crest of William Naunton, of Naunton Hall, Suffolk, England, granted to him in 1553. Another ancestor of Augustus Meredith Nanton, Sir Robert Naunton, had the same Coat of Arms; he was a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I and later, Secretary of State to King James I
The Town of Nanton, Alberta, officially adopted the Nanton Coat of Arms in 1983, with the consent of the Nanton family. Some changes were required to allow the Town use of the crest as opposed to its use by a knight. The creature on top of the helmet is known as a wyvern, a winged two-legged dragon with a barbed tail. On the shield below are three birds known as martlets, a heraldic bird with no feet
Committed to victory in the Great War, Augustus Meredith Nanton gave over half of his fortune to the war effort and worked himself to an early grave supporting Canadian soldiers in Europe, while maintaining Winnipeg's economy. In recognition of his war services he was knighted in 1917 by King George V and made a Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
Sir Augustus died in Toronto, in office as President of The Dominion Bank, but is most closely associated with Winnipeg, his home for over forty years and where he is buried
Second son of Daniel Augustus Nanton and Mary Louisa {Jarvis} Nanton
Augustus Meredith Nanton and Georgina Hope Hespeler were married at Galt (now Cambridge), Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario on December 7th, 1886
Widowed when Georgina died in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the age of 23, following childbirth in December 1887, and with an infant daughter to care for, Augustus married secondly to Ethel Constance Clark on November 17, 1894
Augustus Nanton was a partner in the financial firm Osler, Hammond and Nanton, based in Ontario. In 1883 he was sent by the firm to the west to investigate investment in farm mortgages. Renowned for his sound judgement, Nanton became a director for many companies, including the Canadian Pacific Railway, Great West Life and the Dominion Bank. He was also one of three members of the Canadian Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1913. He very soon became one of Winnipeg's 19 millionaires, but he also served his adopted city well, and was involved in various community projects
The bronze and copper Sun Dial which today is a prominent feature at the centre of St John's Anglican Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, was brought from England by Mr Nanton and originally stood in the grounds of his home off Roslyn Road in that city. The piece of art was crafted by John Bell in 1659 at London. Its inscription reads: “As tyme and houres passeth awaye, So doeth ye life of Man decaye"
Among his business dealings, Mr Nanton arranged financing of the Calgary & Edmonton Railway, which was sold subsequently to the C.P.R.. It was his close association with these two companies that led a village south of Calgary, Alberta, to name their community Nanton. Nanton was incorporated as a town in the summer of 1907
The Nanton family history dates back to England in the 1500s. The crest for the Alberta town which took the name was recognized by the College of Arms, London, England as a true crest of William Naunton, of Naunton Hall, Suffolk, England, granted to him in 1553. Another ancestor of Augustus Meredith Nanton, Sir Robert Naunton, had the same Coat of Arms; he was a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I and later, Secretary of State to King James I
The Town of Nanton, Alberta, officially adopted the Nanton Coat of Arms in 1983, with the consent of the Nanton family. Some changes were required to allow the Town use of the crest as opposed to its use by a knight. The creature on top of the helmet is known as a wyvern, a winged two-legged dragon with a barbed tail. On the shield below are three birds known as martlets, a heraldic bird with no feet
Committed to victory in the Great War, Augustus Meredith Nanton gave over half of his fortune to the war effort and worked himself to an early grave supporting Canadian soldiers in Europe, while maintaining Winnipeg's economy. In recognition of his war services he was knighted in 1917 by King George V and made a Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
Sir Augustus died in Toronto, in office as President of The Dominion Bank, but is most closely associated with Winnipeg, his home for over forty years and where he is buried
Augustus Meredith Nanton and Georgina Hope Hespeler were married at Galt (now Cambridge), Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario on December 7th, 1886
Widowed when Georgina died in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the age of 23, following childbirth in December 1887, and with an infant daughter to care for, Augustus married secondly to Ethel Constance Clark on November 17, 1894
Augustus Nanton was a partner in the financial firm Osler, Hammond and Nanton, based in Ontario. In 1883 he was sent by the firm to the west to investigate investment in farm mortgages. Renowned for his sound judgement, Nanton became a director for many companies, including the Canadian Pacific Railway, Great West Life and the Dominion Bank. He was also one of three members of the Canadian Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1913. He very soon became one of Winnipeg's 19 millionaires, but he also served his adopted city well, and was involved in various community projects
The bronze and copper Sun Dial which today is a prominent feature at the centre of St John's Anglican Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, was brought from England by Mr Nanton and originally stood in the grounds of his home off Roslyn Road in that city. The piece of art was crafted by John Bell in 1659 at London. Its inscription reads: “As tyme and houres passeth awaye, So doeth ye life of Man decaye"
Among his business dealings, Mr Nanton arranged financing of the Calgary & Edmonton Railway, which was sold subsequently to the C.P.R.. It was his close association with these two companies that led a village south of Calgary, Alberta, to name their community Nanton. Nanton was incorporated as a town in the summer of 1907
The Nanton family history dates back to England in the 1500s. The crest for the Alberta town which took the name was recognized by the College of Arms, London, England as a true crest of William Naunton, of Naunton Hall, Suffolk, England, granted to him in 1553. Another ancestor of Augustus Meredith Nanton, Sir Robert Naunton, had the same Coat of Arms; he was a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I and later, Secretary of State to King James I
The Town of Nanton, Alberta, officially adopted the Nanton Coat of Arms in 1983, with the consent of the Nanton family. Some changes were required to allow the Town use of the crest as opposed to its use by a knight. The creature on top of the helmet is known as a wyvern, a winged two-legged dragon with a barbed tail. On the shield below are three birds known as martlets, a heraldic bird with no feet
Committed to victory in the Great War, Augustus Meredith Nanton gave over half of his fortune to the war effort and worked himself to an early grave supporting Canadian soldiers in Europe, while maintaining Winnipeg's economy. In recognition of his war services he was knighted in 1917 by King George V and made a Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
Sir Augustus died in Toronto, in office as President of The Dominion Bank, but is most closely associated with Winnipeg, his home for over forty years and where he is buried
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