Mount Royal Cemetery: Difference between revisions

| caption = MountThe Royalcemetery's Cemetery Gategate in November 2016

| country = [[Canada]]

| location = [[Outremont (borough)|Outremont]], [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]

| type = Protestant[[Non-denominational]]<br cemetery,/>(originally now non-denominational[[Protestant]])

| website = {{officialOfficial website|httphttps://www.mountroyalcem.com/index.php/en/}}

| findagrave findagraveid = 639448

| embedded = {{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=Canada|designation1_date=1998}}

Opened in 1852, '''Mount Royal Cemetery''' ([[French language|French]]: '''Cimetière Mont-Royal''') is a {{convert|165|acre|ha|adj=on}} terraced cemetery on the north slope of [[Mount Royal]] in the borough of [[Outremont, Quebec|Outremont]], in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. [[It opened in 1852. Temple Emanu-El Cemetery]], a [[Reform Judaism]] burial ground, is within the Mount Royal grounds. The burial ground shares the mountain with the much larger adjacent [[Roman Catholic]] cemetery, [[Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery]], and the [[Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery]], aan [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] cemetery. Mount Royal Cemetery is bordered on the southeast by [[Mount Royal Park]], on the west by Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, and on the north by Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery.

Although the cemetery is [[non-denominational]] today, it continues to be governed by its original charter, with a board of trustees representing the founding [[Protestant]] denominations. The cemetery is a private [[non-profit organization]].

The cemetery is a private non-profit organization. Burial rights have always been offered in perpetuity, with the commitment that no graves would ever be reused or abandoned. The founding charter stipulates that all profits should be entirely devoted to the embellishment and improvement of the property. Mount Royal Cemetery is still in operation, and even the old portion of the cemetery has some burial sites available.<ref name="mountroyalcem.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mountroyalcem.com/index.php/en/about-us/history.html|title=History|website=www.mountroyalcem.com}}</ref>

Built with Montreal limestone, the original building had a [[chapel]], a room for the cremation chambers, a large winter storage vault and a conservatory filled with exotic plants. In the 1950s, for maintenance reasons, the conservatory was demolished but the original chapel, on the left of the building, is still intact with a beautiful hand madehandmade mosaic floor.<ref name="mountroyalcem.com"/>

The cemetery contains 459 [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|war graves]] of Commonwealth service personnel, 276 from World War I and 183 from World War II, most of which form two War Plots in Section G. A Cross of Sacrifice stands on the boundary with Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery.<ref name=cwgc1>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/47763/MONTREAL%20(MOUNT%20ROYAL)%20CEMETERY|title=CWGC Cemetery Report.|publisher=}}</ref>

* [[John Joseph Caldwell Abbott|Sir John Abbott]] (1821–1893), prime minister of Canada<ref>{{cite web |title=A historical stroll through Canada's prime ministerial grave sites |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/a-historical-stroll-through-canadas-prime-ministerial-grave-sites/article22500109/ |website=theglobeandmail.com |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>

* [[H. Montagu Allan|Sir Montagu Allan]] (1860–1951), businessman, [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] member

* [[Henry Birks]] ((1840-19281840–1928), businessman

* [[William Cecil Christmas]] (1879-19411879–1941), businessman, [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]]

* [[Phil Edwards (runner)|Phil Edwards]] (1907-19711907–1971), athlete, physician

* [[Henry Archer Ekers|Henry Ekers]] (1855-19371855–1937), Mayor of Montreal 1906-19081906–1908.

* [[Henry Fry (merchant)|Henry Fry]] (1826–1896), ship-broker, ship owner and commission merchant based in Quebec City.

* [[Sir Alexander Galt]] (1817–1893), businessman, statesman, [[Father Ofof Confederation]]

* [[Frank McGill| Air Vice Marshall F.S. McGill]] (1894-19801894–1980), professional athlete, businessman, RCAF officer

* [[John Jones McGill]] (1860-19421860–1942), industrialist, philanthropist

* [[Charles Meredith (banker)|Charles Meredith]] (1854–1928), president of the [[Montreal Stock Exchange]]

* Sir [[Vincent Meredith]] (1850–1929), 1st Baronet of Montreal, president of the [[Bank of Montreal]]

* [[Shadrach Minkins]] (c. 1815 – 18751815–1875), American-born fugitive slave rescued from federal custody in Boston in 1851.

* [[Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead]] (1895–1954), delivered the fatal sucker punch to magician [[Harry Houdini]].

* [[WilliamThomas Workman (Canadian politician)|Thomas Workman]] (1807–18781813–1889), businessman and municipal, politician, philanthropist

* [httphttps://www.mountroyalcem.com/index.php/en/ MountOfficial Royal Cemetery Websitewebsite]