MP Hume Blake Cronyn

1864 - 1933  (68 years)

• Name	Hume Blake Cronyn
  Prefix	MP
  Born	28 Aug 1864	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
  	Member of Parliament - London
  Occupation	1927	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	president of Mutual Life
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-283609
  Died	19 Jun 1933	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Woodland Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario   [1]
  Person ID	I283609	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Hume Blake Cronyn (August 28, 1864 \endash June 19, 1933) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. Born in London, Canada West, the son of Verschoyle Cronyn (who was the son of Benjamin Cronyn) and Sophia Eliza Blake (who was the daughter of William Hume Blake), Cronyn was educated at Dr. Tassie's grammar school in Galt, Ontario and at the University of Toronto where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1889. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1889 and practised law in London. In 1907 he was appointed general manager of The Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation. He was also a General Manager of the Canada Trust Company and a Director of the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada. While at the University of Toronto he enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and served during the North-West Rebellion of 1885 and fought in the Battle of Cut Knife. Afterwards he joined the 7th Fusiliers, and served as Major from 1899 to 1907. He was elected to the House of Commons as a Unionist in the riding of London in the 1917 election. An Anglican, he married Frances Amelia Labatt, second daughter of John Labatt, in 1892. He had three sons and two daughters, including Hume Cronyn the actor. Asteroid (12050) Humecronyn is named in his honour. The Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory at The University of Western Ontario was built in his memory by his widow Frances Amelia Cronyn (née Labatt). "Hume Cronyn (Politician) - Wikipedia". 2022. En.Wikipedia.Org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume_Cronyn_(politician).

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126910990/hume-blake-cronyn.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Aug 1864 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Member of Parliament - London - - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Occupation - president of Mutual Life - 1927 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Jun 1933 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth