Sir Joseph Ellsworth Flavelle, 2nd Baronet (25 May 1892 – 19 December 1977), was the Chairman of the

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. Heir to

Joseph Wesley Flavelle Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle, 1st Baronet (February 15, 1858 – March 7, 1939) was a Canadians, Canadian businessman. Life and career Joseph Wesley Flavelle was born on February 15, 1858, in Peterborough, Ontario, Peterbough, Canada West, to John ...

and the

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fortune, Flavelle attended St. Andrew's College along with other children of Toronto's business elites

Personal life

In 1914 he joined

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, a Toronto militia regiment, as an officer reaching the rank of Captain when he enlisted with the 166th Battalion (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada), CEF on April 8, 1916. His father served as Chairman of the

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during the

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for which he was created 1st Baronet Flavelle. On January 22, 1917 Flavelle married Muriel I. McEachron (b. about 1895) daughter of W. N. McEachron and Isabel F Jackson McEachron. They had at least one son, Sir (Joseph) David Ellsworth Flavelle, 3rd Baronet (1921–1985). The

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became extinct on David's death. On the death of his father, Ellsworth became the second baronet and became "Sir Ellsworth Flavelle Bart." An accomplished photographer, Ellsworth Flavelle's images illustrated Katherine Hale's ''This is Ontario'' and then his own ''Photography : a craft and creed''. A

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of over 12,000 of his photographs is in the

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References

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