"LORD BEAVERBROOK 1879-1964" ~ Maple - Ontario Provincial Plaques on Waymarking.com

One of the Commonwealth's best-known publishers, politicians and philanthropists, William Maxwell Aitken was born in Maple. The son of the Reverend William Aitken, a Presbyterian minister, he was educated in Newcastle, New Brunswick to which his family moved in 1880. After a highly successful career in Canada as financier he entered the British House of Commons in 1910 as a strong advocate of Imperial Preference and was raised to the peerage in 1917 as Lord Beaverbrook. He later became the principal British publisher of mass-circulation newspapers. During the Second World War Lord Beaverbrook was a member of the British War Cabinet and is best remembered as the Minister of Aircraft Production who organized the production of the fighter aircraft which won the Battle of Britain.

Address or location of plaque: S/E Corner of Major Mackenzie Drive and Keele Street Physical location of plaque: City "Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link] Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": None... Stands in Front of Noble (his mothers) House This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Person' Condition of sign: Excellent Is this a bilingual sign?: No ! A web-site for more details.: Not listed What is the second/third language?: Not listed

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