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THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Royal Family UPDATED, WITH A FINAL CHAPTER on the Collapse of the Eaton's Retail Empire THE EATONS THE ROYAL HOUSE OF EATON r ROBERT EATON MARGARET SARAH ELIZA JANE EATON MARY ANNE JOHN EATON MARGARET ? -1893 YOUNG EATON 1819-1861 EATON 1827-1895 HERBISON (Died at Twenty) 1833-1897 I ROBERT WELLINGTON• LILY Five ROBERT YOUNG EATON HAZEL Eight EATON CARMAN Other 1875-1956 IRELAND Other 1864-1930 Children President (1922-1942) 1889-1965 Children (An Eaton's Superintendent) MARGARET• JOHN JOHN WALLACE EATON PHYLLIS ERSKINE ROBERT EATON CRAIG EATON HUBERT 1912-1990 FINLAYSON 1915-1942 1912- DUNN (Ran Montreal Store) d. 1997 (Killed at Dieppe) ROBERT FINLAYSON EATON WILLIAM WALLACE EATON DEREK EATON CYNTHIA CAROL• YVES FORTIER 1937- 1947- 1951- EATON (Ambassador to (An Eaton's Merchant) (Eaton's Store Manager) 1936-- the United Nations) EDWARD YOUNG (1)T ILLIE ROBINSON WILLIAM FLETCHER GERTRUDE NORAH EATON (Died in Her Twenties) EATON COOK 1863-1900 (2) MABEL ECKHARDT 1875-1935 d. 1942 MARJORIE I H.S. ALICE EATON E. BROWSE NOEL BEATTIE Three EATON COULSON (Divorced and Reverted EATON Other 1892-1952 to Maiden Name) (Eaton's Executive) Children Three Children (1) HARRIETMcGAW • EDWARD EATON (Divorced) (2)N ANCY GOSSAGE T NANCY EATON 1961-1985 (Murdered) TIMOTHY CRAIG• (1) MARTHA WADDIE JOHN DAVID EATON SIGNY EDGAR• (1) MILDRED EATON (Divorced) 1909-1973 HILDUR ALLISON JARVIS PAGE 1903-1986 (2) GEORGINA KEARNS President (1942-1969) STEFANSSON EATON d. 1968 (3)I SABELLA MANNING 1913-1992 1912-1988 (2)I RENE MONK JOHN CRAIG (1)C ATHERINE BURDICK FARR FREDRIK STEFAN EATON CATHERINE EATON (2)SHERRILL TAYLOR REID 1938- MARTIN 1937- (3) SALLY HORSFALL President (1977-1988) ASHLEY and ALEXANDRA FREDRIK D'ARCY EATON FLORA ROB (Both Adopted) 1963- CATHERINE COAKLEY EATON 1965- JOHN DAVID LISA SIGNY CATHERINE JEFFREY HENRY CRAIG VICTORIA EATON BELTON EATON SHIER EATON GORDON 1960- 1961- 1963- One Child JENNIFER JOHN CRAIG REILLY STEFAN BUSTER ROBERT LAUREL EATON EATON SHIER SHIER SHIER EATON EATON JOHNEATON T MARGARETCRAIG 1784-1834 l 1796-1848 I I I i I NANCY T GEORGE JAMES EATON RACHEL MARGARET ROBERT TIMOTHY MARGARET EATON YOUNG 1832-1904 FREEMAN EATON REID EATON WILSON I (Timothy's Partner in 1824-1900 1815-1896 1834-1907 BEATTIE Kirkton and St. Marys) (First President) 1841-1933 Six Children Seven Children JOHN WELDON EATON Four (Ran Competing Store) Other Children I I ALAN YOUNG EATON DIANA NORA PAUL 1916- FISHLEIGH EATON VAN DER (Eaton's Executive) 1913- STRICHT Three One Children Child MARGARET CHARLES Three Children JOSEPHINE THOMAS JOHN CRAIG EATON FLORA ELIZABETH ELDRIDGE Who Died EATON BURNSIDE (Sir John) 1876-1922 McCREA EATON BURDEN as Infants 1865-1943 President (1907-1922) (Lady Eaton) 1867-1952 1879-1970 MARG:�T I ��JAM Three ALLAN BURNSIDE IRIS BURNSIDE BURDEN AVERYBISHOP Other 1898-1937 1895-1915 Lusitania (War Ace) Children Drowned on the ARTHUR MARISE BISHOP BISHOP l GILBERT McCREA (1) MARJORIE FLORENCE MARY FRANK EVLYNEATON RUSSEL EATON MASTON EATON McEACHREN 1920-1989 PAYTON 1915-1985 (2) MARIA MAROSI 1919- d. 1995 (Adopted) d. 1976 TIMOTHY CRAIG EATON NANCY ANNE EATON GILBERT McEACHREN SIGNY Three 1940- 1943- 1947-1984 1953- Children (Adopted) THOREDGAREATON T NICOLE COURTOIS GEORGE ROSS EATON TERRIE McINTOSH 1 1945- 1942- President (1988-1997) I I CLEOPHEE THOR EDMUND JAMES MICHAEL DAVID EATON EATON EATON EATON EATON THE, EATONS THE RISE AND FALL OF CANAD�S ROYAL FAMILY ROD McQ1JEEN REVISED EDITION odd Copyright© 1998, 1999 by Rod McQueen All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Published in 1999 by Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited 34 Lesmill Road, Toronto, Canada M3B 2T6 180Varick Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10014 Distributed in Canada by: General Distribution Services Ltd. 30 Lesmill Road, Toronto, Ontario M3B 2T6 Tel. ( 416) 445-3333 Fax ( 416) 445-5967 Email [email protected] Distributed in the United States by: General Distribution Services Inc. 85 River Rock Drive, Suite 202, Buffalo, New York 14207 Toll-free Tel.1-800-805-1083 Toll-free Fax 1-800-481-6207 Email [email protected] First published in hardcover in 1998 by Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited 03 02 01 00 99 1 2 3 4 5 Cataloguing in Publication Data McQueen, Rod, 1944- The Eatons: the rise and fall of Canada's royal family Rev. ed. ISBN 0-7737-6078-4 1. Eaton family. 2. T. Eaton Co. I. Title. HF5465.C34E34 1999 381'.141'092271 C99-931517-X Cover Design: Angel Guerra Text Design: Andrew Smith Page Composition:Joseph Gisini/ Andrew Smith Graphics Inc. Printed and bound in Canada Canada THE CANADA CouNCit LE CoNSEJL DES ARTS FOR TH£ AP.TS I OU CANADA SINCE 1957 OEPUIS 1957 We acknowledge for their financial support of our publishing program the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP). CONTENTS . /"' Preface to the Paperback Edition . • • . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . IX Introduction ........ .......................................... 1 1 Timothy: The Governor ................................... 7 2 Sir John: The Merchant Prince ............................ 29 3 R.Y.: The Interregnum ................................... 49 4 Lady Eaton: The Dowager Queen .......................... 73 5 John David: The Reluctant Ruler .......................... 93 6 The Firm That Time Forgot ............................. 113 7 The Boys: Born to Rule ................................. 133 8 Lost in the Sixties ...................................... 149 9 Bob Butler: The Commoner ............................. 167 10 Earl Orser: The Executioner ............................. 185 11 Four Boys, One Brain ................................... 203 12 Going Down With George ............................... 225 13 Sunset on the Empire ................................... 253 14 Bankrupt ............................................. 271 Appendix .................................................. 293 Notes ..................................................... 295 Bibliography ............................................... 309 Index .........- ............................................ 315
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