Lord Beaverbrook Flashcards
When and where was Lord Beaverbrook born?
1879 in Maple Ontario
What was Lord Beaverbrooks birth name?
Maxwell Aiken
When LB was one, where did his family move?
Newcastle (Miramichi)
How did LB make his fortune?
selling bonds in the 1900s
During WW1, what did LB do?
He represented the Canadian Government in Britain
When did LB become a Lord?
1917
Why did he change his name to LB?
named after the little stream he played in as a child and Lord Miramichi would be too difficult for people to pronounce
When was the LB statue built?
1957
Where did the money for the statue come from?
School children’s pocket change paid for 1/3 of the statue, LB paid for the rest
when and where did LB die?
1964 in the UK
What is a Lord?
operates much like the senate in Canada. In his time only men could be Lords, and the title would be passed down. Now it’s appointed by merit and cannot be passed on
