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Howland S. Chandler

  • Person

Howland Shaw Chandler was a Boston architect active between 1902 and 1918.

Howland S. Chandler

  • Person
  • d. 1946

Howland Shaw Chandler was a Boston architect active between 1902 and 1918.

Goodman, Cindy

  • Person

Cindy Goodman is an employee of Royal Roads University. Her areas of responsibility include convocation and alumni relations.

Goodall, Edward

  • Person
  • 1909 - 1981

Edward Goodall was a self-taught artist who specialized in British Columbia landscapes and buildings. He had a copyrighted company called "Goodall's Pencil Postcard Series" in which he drew pictures of scenes of Vancouver Island.

More information can be found at www.goodallartists.ca/edward.htm

Frank Udell

  • Person
  • 1916 - 2010

A native of Rawdon, Quebec, Udell started wartime service with his enlistment in 1941, attending the Royal Canadian Naval College Royal Roads on Course 3, graduating and being sent on loan to the Royal Navy to serve on HMS Lulworth.

More notes on Udell's naval career and his life available with the donation documents of 2011.003.

Flintoff, Douglas

  • Person
  • 1882-1968

Born in Exeter, England in 1882, Flintoff initially apprenticed as an artist in the printing trade and became a master printer in Leeds. There, he opened a cinema in 1913 where he introduced the concept of children’s matinees. He also solved one of the common problems in early movie theatres, where films were typically projected onto a large fabric sheets mounted on a stage. The film would often be projected not only onto the sheet, but also the wall behind, creating a shadow effect. Flintoff’s simple solution was to coat the wall behind with a flat, white paint and project straight onto it. His theatre soon became well known for the quality of the projection. During the First World War, Flintoff was a member of the Royal Engineers and assisted his commanding officers by projecting aerial flight simulations onto the ceiling to help them understand the impact of aircraft and airborne weaponry in modern warfare.

Douglas Flintoff came to Canada in 1927 with his family, settling first in North Saanich and then Victoria. He continued work as a commercial artist and developed his interest in film making. He formed the Atlas Educational Film Company and made movies for BC schools, the first being a short film about the logging industry. His plan was to create around 30 films about various Canadian industries that could be used not only in schools but sold abroad too. He claimed they would be educational, of commercial value to the province, and would raise the international profile of BC and Canada.
As a performer and a film enthusiast, it is not surprising that Douglas Flintoff also pursued acting roles in motion pictures. He is credited with a speaking part in a movie called “Murder is News” (1937), shot in Victoria.
As a performer and a film enthusiast, it is not surprising that Douglas Flintoff also pursued acting roles in motion pictures. He is credited with a speaking part in a movie called “Murder is News” (1937), shot in Victoria. He also toured church groups, Women’s Institutes, and hospitals giving lectures, comedy performances, and performing songs with accompanying film reels. By the early 1940s, he partnered with Godfrey Hirst to open a photo-craft store on Broad Street. They sold photographic equipment and movie cameras as well as providing expert service and repair.

In 1934, he started the Victoria branch of the Amateur film club. It was a very active group, initially 8 people, it grew to 51 by the time he died in the late-1960s. His film at Hatley Park was just one of many visits to the property by the film club to make movies. The real estate film was not the first movie to be shot at Hatley Park, and certainly wasn’t the last.
[Some biographical information from an article about Douglas Flintoff published in the Daily Colonist Newspaper, July 9, 1967]

Dunsmuir, James

  • Person
  • 1851-1920

James Dunsmuir, industrialist, politician, premier of British Columbia 1900-02 (b at Ft Vancouver, Wash 8 July 1851; d at Cowichan, BC 6 June 1920), son of Robert Dunsmuir. Main heir to his family's coal fortune and spokesman for capital over labour, Dunsmuir dominated BC's economy until 1900. From 1876 to 1910 he managed the family coal operations on Vancouver Island, increasing annual output tenfold by opening new fields and improving mining methods. He invested widely in transport, agriculture, manufacturing and other resource industries.

Dunsmuir withstood all attempts at unionizing his operations, becoming labour's chief target in western Canada. In 1905 he sold the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway to the CPR and in 1910 he sold his collieries to William Mackenzie and Donald Mannfor $10 million.
Dunsmuir was elected MPP for Yale in 1898; he was premier of BC from 1900 to 1902, leading a Conservative administration concerned chiefly with Asian immigration, railway construction and BC's position within Confederation. A less prestigious figure would have had problems redistributing the legislature to reflect the now dominant mainland, and a more partisan politician would have remained longer in office. Dunsmuir disliked politics and served more from a sense of public duty than a desire for power. He reluctantly agreed in 1906 to be the province's lieutenant-governor, but resigned in 1909, relieved to be free to enjoy his lands and yacht.

Among Dunsmuir's real estate possessions was Hatley Castle, which was built for him by Samuel MacLure and which today houses the administration offices of Royal Roads University.
(From The Canadian Encyclopedia)

James Dunsmuir died on June 6, 1920, at his hunting lodge along Cowichan River.

Dunsmuir Family

  • Family

James Dunsmuir and his wife Laura (nee Surles, 1858-1937) had 12 children:
Robert (Robin)1877-1929
Sarah Byrd (Byrdie)1878-1925
Joan 1880-1884
Elizabeth (Bessie) 1882-1962
Laura Mary (Maye) 1884-1959
Alexander Lee 1886-1887
Emily Elinor (Elk) 1887-1938
Joan Marion 1888-1952
Jessie Muriel (Moulie) 1890-1959
Kathleen (Kat) 1891-1941 (during a bomb raid in London)
James (Boy) 1894-1915 (during the torpedoing of the Lusitania)
Dola 1903-1966

DND (Department of National Defence)

  • Corporate body

Established by the National Defence Act, the Department of National Defence incorporates the military forces of Canada. The fundamental goal of DND and the Canadian Forces is to protect Canada, and Canadian interests and values, while contributing to international peace and security. The Canadian Forces includes the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the Royal Canadian Navy.

For more information, visit http://www.forces.gc.ca.

Dalsin, Gordon

  • Person

Gordon Francis Dalsin was a mathematics teacher at Royal Roads Military College from 1948 to 1978.

City of Colwood

  • Corporate body
  • 1985-present

The Royal Roads site is located within the municipality of Colwood.

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