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Sir Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron

Sir Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron, M.P. (Quebec Country) (1843 – 1908) was photographed in May 1873. He was Sir John A. Macdonald’s Minister of Militia and enjoyed spending summers in […]

Hewitt Bernard, May 1868

Hewitt Bernard, brother of Lady Agnes Macdonald, worked as Sir John A. Macdonald’s private secretary for many years early in his career. In May 1868 Bernard was photographed […]

Louisa Macdonald

Louisa Macdonald, sister of Sir John A. Macdonald, remained close to her brother for all their lives; she died two years before him, in 1889.

Lady Agnes Macdonald and Daughter Mary

Lady Agnes Macdonald and her infant daughter Mary were photographed by William James Topley in Ottawa June 1869. Mary, diagnosed with hydrocephalus, and who would be Sir John […]

Portrait of James Coristine

This dignified, serene oil portrait of James Coristine was painted by J.C. Forbes in 1881.

Louis St. Laurent

Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was photographed by George Nakash in Ottawa, c. 1955.

Sir Charles Tupper, 1870

Sir Charles Tupper was at one time, the doctor of Sir John A. Macdonald. Later he became one of his cabinet ministers. Here he was in April 1870, […]

Thomas McGreevy

Hon. Thomas McGreevy (1827-1897), photographed by James Topley, also enjoyed spending summers with his family in St. Patrick. One summer, when renovations rendered Villa Les Rochers uninhabitable, McGreevy […]

Herbert Symington

Herbert James Symington, president of Trans Canada Airlines and a director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, owned Les Rochers and loved to spend summers there with his family […]

Lady Agnes Macdonald by William Notman

This photo of Lady Agnes Macdonald, photographed by William Notman, was reproduced and used as a calling card when she visited friends or during social outings.

Mary Macdonald 1893

Mary Macdonald, daughter of Sir John A. Macdonald, 1893. She is in mourning following the death of her father in 1891. Photographed in Ottawa by William James Topley.

Sir John Alexander Macdonald, 1872

Sir John A. Macdonald photographed in 1872, by William Topley. One year later, Macdonald would resign as Prime Minister in the aftermath of the Pacific Scandal. […]