Born and raised in Dublin as Hilary Mary Frayne. Married Galen Weston in 1966. They moved to Toronto in 1974, and HW became a Canadian citizen. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1997 - 2002.
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Hilary Weston
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Selfridges centenary
Selfridge & Co. Limited Unveiled in 2009 by Galen, Hilary and Alannah Wes...
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Harry Selfridge
Born Wisconsin. Too small to join the navy he became a clerk in a department store, where he rose to manager and then set out on his own. Very successful, he "retired" in 1906, moved to London and ...
2 memorials
Brilliant Sign Company
Signage company. It was named after their concept called the 'brilliant letter'. This comprised a pressed copper sheet with a v-shaped cross section so as to imitate the classic incised wooden fasc...
2 memorials
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Shop-keeper. Born Egypt. Arrived in London in the 70s and added the aristocratic "al" prefix to his name. He owned Harrods, the Paris Ritz and Fulham Football Club. The drunk chauffeur of the ca...
2 memorials
Burtons Menswear
Clothing manufacturer and retailer. Montague Burton (1885 - 1952) was raised as Meshe David Osinsky,and emigrated from what is now Lithuania to England in 1900. He set up a business making and sell...
11 memorials
Merrill Lynch
From their website: "Merrill Lynch is one of the world’s premier providers of wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services."
1 memorial
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