Hello From Toronto: Discovering Casa Loma And Sir Henry Pellatt, The Fascinating Man Behind Torontos Castle
As part of my Celebrate Toronto article series I have set out with a goal of making one of the most complete discoveries of this city, focussing on the people and places of Toronto. One place cannot possibly be missing in this series: Casa Loma, Torontos Castle, together with Sir Henry Pellatt, one of Torontos most illustrious personalities.
Last Friday, on a somewhat drizzly day, I set out on my discovery and met Lou Seiler who is the Director of Marketing for Casa Loma. We sat down in the basement of the castle, formerly Sir Henry Pellatts exercise room, which today houses a cafeteria. Lou started to fill me in on the building, its history and its interesting owner. Sir Henry Pellatt, born in 1859 in Kingston of English parents, was a successful Toronto financier, industrialist and military officer. His father had started a stock brokerage which Henry joined at the young age of 23, embracing the family motto Devant Si Je Puisse Foremost if I can. Pellatt married his childhood sweetheart, Mary Dodgson, with whom he had one son, Reginald. Lady Pellatt later...
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