Ian molson biography

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The Molson family of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was founded by John Molson, who immigrated to Canada in 1782 from his home in Lincolnshire, England.
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John Molson

18th and 19th-century Canadian businessman

John Molson (28 December 1763 – 11 January 1836) was an English-born brewer and entrepreneur in colonial Quebec, which during his lifetime became Lower Canada. In addition to founding Molson Brewery, he was responsible for building the first steamship and the first public railway in Canada, was a president of the Bank of Montreal, and established a hospital, a hotel, and a theatre in Montreal. Molson was also the "leader" (provincial grand master) of the freemason's lodge of Montreal up to three years before his death, from 1826 to 1833. The dynasty he founded, the Molson family, is still a wealthy and powerful force in Canada.

Early life

John Molson was born in 1763, in the parish of Moulton near Spalding, Lincolnshire, England.^[1] His father John Molson senior (1730–1770) had, in 1760, married Mary Elsdale (1739–1772), the eldest daughter of Samuel Elsdale (1704–1788), of Surfleet. Her brother, Robinson Elsdale (1744–1783), was a privateer, whose unpublished exploits formed the basis of the novel b

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Brewing up success

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If you’ve ever been in a bar, a beer store or a hockey rink, you’ll recognize the Molson name. Members of the family have been in the Canadian beer business since 1786; they also happen to be the current (and past) owners of the fabled Montreal Canadiens hockey team.

According to Helen Antoniou’s new book, Back to Beer… and Hockey: The Story of Eric Molson, the family retention of the brewery and its reacquisition of the Habs is due to the herculean efforts of one man — Eric Molson, her father-in-law.

This is an inside story, with all the advantages and disadvantages that the term implies. Antoniou was given unlimited access to Eric Molson and his papers, and interviewed many of his business associates. The one person who refused to be interviewed by her is R. Ian Molson, Eric’s cousin, who is portrayed as the greedy, Machiavellian villain of the story. His sid

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