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Hugh Cossart Baker Sr. (September 1818 in Kent, England – 2 March 1859 in Savannah, Georgia, USA) was a banker, businessman, and mathematician. Baker established the first life insurance company in Canada 21 August 1847; the Canada Life Assurance Company. The firm was incorporated in 1849.
Hugh Cossart Baker is the author of A lecture on life assurance, delivered before the Mechanics’ Institute of Hamilton, on the 5th April, 1848. . . (Hamilton, [Ont.], 1848). AO, RG 22, ser.204, H. C. Baker.
Nov 24, 2020 · Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr. established the first life insurance company in Canada 21 August 1847; the Canada Life Assurance Company.[1][2] The firm was incorporated in 1849. The first head office was in Hamilton, Ontario on the top floor of the Mechanics' Institute on James Street North near Merrick, where Eaton's now stands.
Businessman, telephone pioneer. On June 20, 1877, Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. started up the first commercial telephone service in Canada in the city of Hamilton, Ontario. Then in 1878, he made the first telephone exchange in the British Empire. This was also the second telephone exchange in all of North America. Hugh...
Hugh Cossart Baker Sr. Hugh Cossart Baker Sr. (1818-1859) Inducted: 1988.
Hugh Cossart Baker and the founding of Canada Life Assurance Company. Hugh Baker came with his parents to Bytown, now Ottawa, in 1832, his father being a Royal Artillery captain. George William became a postmaster there and when Hugh was young he worked with his father in this occupation.
In Partnership. Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton Civic Museums and Hamilton Parks and Cemeteries are partnering on this project, in recognition of Hamilton turning 175.
