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Thomas McGreevy

A black and white photo of Sir Thomas McGreevy, a middle-aged partially bald man sitting in an upholstered chair with one arm resting on the desk; he is facing the camera. The style of the dark formal clothing looks mid-Victorian; a top hat rests upside down on another upholstered chair next to the sitter. Draperies hang in the background, where there is a painted backdrop of a door and more drapery.

Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN 3218866

Hon. Thomas McGreevy (1827-1897), photographed by James Topley, also enjoyed spending summers with his family in St. Patrick. One summer, when renovations rendered Villa Les Rochers uninhabitable, McGreevy offered the Macdonalds his own nearby summer home.