The Grand Trunk president.

Sir Charles Rivers-Wilson, C. B., K. C. M.G., is the son of the late Melville Wilson & was born in London, Eng., 1831 . He was educated at Eton & at Balliol college, Oxford, where lie took his B.A. degree. He entered the British Civil Service as a clerk of the Treasury in 1856; was Private .Secretary to the Earl of Beaconsfield from 1868 to 1873; a Royal Commissioner to the Paris Exposition in 1878; & Finance Minister of Egypt, 1878 to 1879. He has been Comptroller General of the Office for the Reduction of the National Debt since 1874 & was appointed President of the G.T.R. of Canada in 1895. He holds the Medijidie order of the 1st class. He was created a C.B. in 1876 & a K.C. M.G. in 1880. He married 1st, in 1860, Caroline, daughter of' R. Cook, who died; & 2nd, in 1895, the Hon. Beatrice Violet Mary Mostyn, sister of the 7th Baron Vaux of Harrowden. His principal residence is 71 Pont street, London, S.W. Eng., & he is a member of the St. James, Marlborough, Arthurs and Garrick clubs.

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