Alexander Grant Dallas
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Alexander Grant Dallas (25 July 1816 – 3 January 1882) was a Chief Factor in the Hudson's Bay Company and superintendent of the Columbia District and New Caledonia from 1857 to 1861,{{cite bcgnis|id=7560|title=Dallas Bank}} then superintendent of Fort Garry in what was to become Manitoba from 1862 to 1864.{{cite bcgnis|id=20320|title=Dallas (community)}} He was later the Governor of Rupert's Land. He married Jane Douglas on 9 March 1858. She was a daughter of James Douglas, Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island.
Legacy and honors
He is the namesake of Dallas Bank in Esquimalt Harbour, Dallas Mountain on San Juan Island, and Dallas Road in Victoria, British Columbia.{{cite web |title=BC Geographical Names |url=https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/7560.html |website=apps.gov.bc.ca |access-date=1 September 2023}}
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External links
- [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5461 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online]
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years=3 February 1862 – 1864
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Category:Hudson's Bay Company people
Category:People from Rupert's Land
Category:Pre-Confederation British Columbia people
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