Moses Hart (November 26, 1768 – October 15, 1852) was a Canadian businessman and
seigneur
''Seigneur'' is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. A seigneur refers to the person or collective who owned a ''seigneurie'' (or ...
, eldest son of
Aaron Hart.
Biography
Moses Hart was born in
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
to
Aaron Hart and Dorothea Judah.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
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, attempting to follow in the footsteps of his brother
Ezekiel
Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is acknow ...
.
He invested in banks and had a successful business career, particularly in the shipping business. In 1824, he bought one ship, the ''Telegraph'', from
John Molson
John Molson (December 28, 1763 – January 11, 1836) was an English-born brewer and entrepreneur in colonial Quebec, which during his lifetime became Lower Canada. In addition to founding Molson Brewery, he built the first steamship and the firs ...
, and in 1833 he jointly invested with
John Miller to buy the ''Lady Aylmer''. He gave his share of the latter ship to his adopted son Alexander Thomas Hart, but Miller and the son had a falling-out. He continued in the shipping business with his son Alexander Thomas and with his nephew Ira Craig Hart.
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1768 births
1852 deaths
Moses Hart
Canadian people of English-Jewish descent
Canadian people of German-Jewish descent
Canadian Jews
Anglophone Quebec people
People from Trois-Rivières
Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople
19th-century Canadian Jews