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Herbert Symington

Sepia-toned photo of a middle-aged gentleman, Sir Herbert Symington, sitting on a chair outdoors with garden flowers (delphiniums) behind him.

Courtesy of Gael Eakin

Herbert James Symington, president of Trans Canada Airlines and a director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, owned Les Rochers and loved to spend summers there with his family between 1939 and 1973. Here he is photographed in the garden at Villa Les Rochers, c. 1949.