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  1. Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, KCVO, Kt, KStJ (6 October 1853 – 10 December 1923) was an American-Canadian railway administrator who rose from modest beginnings as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (a predecessor of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) to become the president ...

  2. Apr 7, 2024 · Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy was a Canadian railway magnate. Born the son of Irish immigrants, he began railway service at the age of 16 out of Milwaukee and in 1882 joined the staff of the Canadian Pacific Railway as general purchasing agent. In 1891 he was appointed its vice.

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  4. Feb 24, 2008 · Thomas George Shaughnessy, first Baron Shaughnessy, railway executive (b at Milwaukee, Wis 6 Oct 1853; d at Montréal 10 Dec 1923). In 1869 Shaughnessy joined the Milwaukee Road as a clerk. On becoming manager in 1880, W.C.

  5. Thomas G. Shaughnessy had been made a knight bachelor on 17 Sept. 1901, created a kcvo in 1907, and elevated to the peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Shaughnessy on 1 Jan. 1916. He suffered a massive heart attack on 9 Dec. 1923 and died the following day.

  6. Oct 28, 2019 · Genealogy for Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, KCVO (1853 - 1923) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.

    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Elizabeth Bridget Nagle
    • Wisconsin
    • October 6, 1853
  7. Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy (1853-1923), Railway executive in Canada. Sitter in 6 portraits

  8. Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, KCVO, Kt, KStJ (6 October 1853 – 10 December 1923) was an American-Canadian railway administrator who rose from modest beginnings as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (a predecessor of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) to become the president ...