Strathcona is a 19th-century variation of "
Glen Coe
Glen Coe ( gd, Gleann Comhann ) is a glen of volcanic origins, in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the north of the county of Argyll, close to the border with the historic province of Lochaber, within the modern council area of Highland ...
", a river valley in Scotland. The word was invented for use in the title
Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, of Glencoe in the County of Argyll and of Mount Royal in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for the Scottish-born Canadian f ...
, first used for
Donald Smith, a Canadian railway financier, in order to avoid association with the
Massacre of Glencoe
The Massacre of Glencoe ( gd, Murt Ghlinne Comhann) took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692. An estimated 30 members and associates of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by Scottish government forces, alle ...
of 1692.
Strathcona may refer to:
People
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Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, of Glencoe in the County of Argyll and of Mount Royal in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for the Scottish-born Canadian f ...
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Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (6 August 182021 January 1914), known as Sir Donald A. Smith between May 1886 and August 1897, was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman who became one of the British Empire's foremo ...
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Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal
Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal (''née'' Smith; 17 January 1854 - 18 August 1926) was a British peer and medical doctor.
She inherited the title from her father, the first Baron, the title having been created with a s ...
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