Sir Frederick William Borden, KCMGPC (May 14, 1847 – January 6, 1917) was a Canadianpolitician. While he was the Minister for Militia and Defence, he was the father of the most famous Canadian casualty of the Second Boer WarHarold Lothrop Borden.[1] Historians credit him with creating and financing a modernised Canadian militia with a staff and medical, transport, and signals that proved important for allowing Canadian ground forces to deploy with their own support services as self-contained national contingents, albeit in an imperial framework. In this sense, he helped to create the foundations for the Canadian Expeditionary Force of 1914–1918.[2]
Born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, the son of Dr. Jonathan Borden and Maria Frances Brown. Borden received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1866. He joined the militia as a cadet at King's College and then as an assistant surgeon in the 68th (Kings) Battalion of Infantry in 1869. He earned a M.D. in 1868 from Harvard Medical School and practiced as a physician in Canning, Nova Scotia. Borden soon added business to his medical practice, acting as a bank agent, buying real estate, ships and helping found the successful Cornwallis Valley Railway from Canning to Kentville in 1887. He formed his own company the F. W. Borden Company in 1895, later known as the Nova Scotia Produce and Supply Company, to oversee his various business ventures in agriculture, lumber, shipping and investment.
While Sir Frederick Borden was the Minister of Defence, his only son Harold died at war
As Minister of Militia and Defence from 1896 to 1911, Borden implemented a series of reforms that gave the militia the ability to act as a formed army with its own supply and medical services. He also increased the rate at which Canadian officers attended British and Indian staff colleges at Camberley and Quetta and used these staff-trained graduates to help create professionally-trained staffs at the Royal Military College of Canada, and regional divisional headquarters.
He increased pay and retirement benefits, equipped the militia with modern weapons, established rules regulating tenure of command, and decentralized command and administration. Miller (2010) presents evidence that Borden saved himself from financial ruin by stationing three battalions of soldiers to Halifax in 1900 in order to make a profit for his faltering supply company.
Borden died in Canning in 1917, and is buried in nearby Hillaton Cemetery,[8] His two principal houses survive, the former Stadacona House (now the High Commission of Brunei, Ottawa), and Borden Place, in Canning, which is a National Historic Site.[9][10]
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Sir Frederick William Borden KCMG PC May 14 1847 January 6 1917 was a Canadian politician While he was the Minister for Militia and Defence he was the father of the most famous Canadian casualty of the Second Boer War Harold Lothrop Borden 1 Historians credit him with creating and financing a modernised Canadian militia with a staff and medical transport and signals that proved important for allowing Canadian ground forces to deploy with their own support services as self contained national contingents albeit in an imperial framework In this sense he helped to create the foundations for the Canadian Expeditionary Force of 1914 1918 2 The HonourableSir Frederick William BordenKCMG PC MDMinister of Militia and DefenceIn office 13 July 1896 6 October 1911Prime MinisterSir Wilfrid LaurierPreceded byDavid TisdaleSucceeded bySam HughesPersonal detailsBorn 1847 05 14 May 14 1847Cornwallis Township Nova ScotiaDiedJanuary 6 1917 1917 01 06 aged 69 Canning Nova Scotia CanadaNationalityCanadianPolitical partyLiberalChildrenHarold Lothrop BordenAlma materUniversity of King s CollegeHarvard UniversityProfessionPhysicianMilitary serviceAllegianceCanadaBranch serviceCanadian militiaYears of service1865 1900RankCadetSurgeonUnitKing s College University Rifles68th King s County RegimentBattles warsFenian Raids Contents 1 Career 2 Minister of Militia and Defence 3 Honours 4 ReferencesCareer editBorn in Cornwallis Nova Scotia the son of Dr Jonathan Borden and Maria Frances Brown Borden received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of King s College in Windsor Nova Scotia in 1866 He joined the militia as a cadet at King s College and then as an assistant surgeon in the 68th Kings Battalion of Infantry in 1869 He earned a M D in 1868 from Harvard Medical School and practiced as a physician in Canning Nova Scotia Borden soon added business to his medical practice acting as a bank agent buying real estate ships and helping found the successful Cornwallis Valley Railway from Canning to Kentville in 1887 He formed his own company the F W Borden Company in 1895 later known as the Nova Scotia Produce and Supply Company to oversee his various business ventures in agriculture lumber shipping and investment nbsp While Sir Frederick Borden was the Minister of Defence his only son Harold died at war He entered politics in 1874 with election as a Liberal member from Kings Nova Scotia federal electoral district aside from an interruption 1882 1887 he represented this constituency until 1911 Minister of Militia and Defence editAs Minister of Militia and Defence from 1896 to 1911 Borden implemented a series of reforms that gave the militia the ability to act as a formed army with its own supply and medical services He also increased the rate at which Canadian officers attended British and Indian staff colleges at Camberley and Quetta and used these staff trained graduates to help create professionally trained staffs at the Royal Military College of Canada and regional divisional headquarters He increased pay and retirement benefits equipped the militia with modern weapons established rules regulating tenure of command and decentralized command and administration Miller 2010 presents evidence that Borden saved himself from financial ruin by stationing three battalions of soldiers to Halifax in 1900 in order to make a profit for his faltering supply company Honours editCFB Borden was named in his honour when the air base was founded in 1916 He is the cousin of the eighth Prime Minister of Canada Robert Borden Following the succession of King Edward VII and the end of the Second Boer War by the Peace of Vereeniging in late May 1902 Borden was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George KCMG in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902 3 4 He attended the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 to mark the coronation and received the order in an investiture on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert the previous day 5 He was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England K St J on 13 August 1902 6 and granted the honorary rank of Surgeon General in the British Army in the 1911 Coronation Honours 7 Borden died in Canning in 1917 and is buried in nearby Hillaton Cemetery 8 His two principal houses survive the former Stadacona House now the High Commission of Brunei Ottawa and Borden Place in Canning which is a National Historic Site 9 10 References edit nbsp Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article about Sir Frederick William Borden Frederick William Borden Dictionary of Canadian Biography online ed University of Toronto Press 1979 2016 Frederick William Borden Parliament of Canada biography Carman Miller A Knight in Politics A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden 2010 Annotated bibliography for Frederick William Borden from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Photographs of Frederick Borden s tombstone Canadian Biography Online Herold Borden Carmen Miller A Knight in Politics A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden McGill Queen s University Press 2010 The Coronation Honours The Times No 36804 London 26 June 1902 p 5 No 27448 The London Gazette Supplement 26 June 1902 p 4196 Court Circular The Times No 36848 London 16 August 1902 p 8 No 27465 The London Gazette 15 August 1902 p 5327 No 28505 The London Gazette Supplement 19 June 1911 p 4597 GPS location 45 08 48 N 64 26 37 W HistoricPlaces ca HistoricPlaces ca Biography BORDEN Sir FREDERICK WILLIAM Volume XIV 1911 1920 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Parliament of Canada Preceded byLeverett de Veber Chipman Member of Parliament from Kings1874 1882 Succeeded byDouglas Benjamin Woodworth Preceded byDouglas Benjamin Woodworth Member of Parliament from Kings1887 1911 Succeeded byArthur de Witt Foster Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick William Borden amp oldid 1186220559, wikipedia, wiki, 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