Portrait of John Dryden, 1892

Description
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
A black and white portrait photograph of John Dryden from "Prominent Men of Canada" edited by G. Mercer Adam. Canadian Biographical Publishing Company.
Notes
John Dryden was born on June 5, 1840 on Maple Shade Farm (a successful 200-acre property near the village of Winchester (Brooklin) at the north east corner of Thickson Road and the 7th Concession, Whitby Township, Upper Canada. He was the son of James Dryden and Elizabeth Marsh. He married Mary Lydia Holman, the daughter of a New York publisher in 1867 and they had three sons and five daughters.

John Dryden served as Deputy Reeve of Whitby Township from 1865 to 1868 and as Reeve in 1869-1870. In 1879 he was elected Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Ontario South and served as Ontario's Minister of Agriculture from 1890 to 1905. As well, he was prominent in business as president of the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway and a director of the Ontario Bank. Still, he loved farming and later took over management of Maple Shade Farm.

After his mothers death he became a prominent member of the Baptist Church. He died at Toronto on July 29, 1909 and is buried at Dryden Baptist Cemetery, Columbus, Ontario.
Publisher
Canadian Biographical Publishing Company
Date of Original
1892
Dimensions
Width: 6 cm
Height: 6 cm
Image Dimensions
Image Width: 6cm
Image Height: 6cm
Subject(s)
Local identifier
31-001-004
Language of Item
English
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a copy negative dated 1971.
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