Edmund Graves Meredith Cape

Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Graves Meredith Cape, DSO (August 7, 1878 – September 28, 1962) was the founding President of E.G.M. Cape & Co., Engineers and Contractors of Montreal, and a Governor of the Montreal General Hospital. He raised and commanded the 3rd Battery, Canadian Siege Artillery, and was later appointed Commanding Officer of the 2nd Medium Brigade, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. His home on Redpath Crescent was one of the last houses put up in the Golden Square Mile.

Born at Hamilton, Ontario, he was the son of John Cape (1841–1908) and Margaret Kittson (1843–1887), daughter of William Henry Kittson (1810–1882), Collector of Customs at Hamilton. He took his middle names from the family of his maternal grandmother, Harriet Meredith, sister of Edmund Allen Meredith. His maternal grandfather, William Kittson, was a stepson of Alexander Henry and brother of Norman Kittson. Educated at Hamilton and McGill University (B.A.Sc., 1898).

He started his career as the Assistant Engineer of the Lake Superior Power Company at Sault Ste. Marie. He was promoted to Chief Engineer during the construction of the Canada Car Company, and afterwards practised for some years as a Civil Engineer at Montreal. In 1908, he founded E.G.M. Cape & Co., Engineers and Contractors of Montreal, which still exists today with the head office at Toronto. He retired as Chairman of the Board in 1958. He was a member of the Engineering Institute of Canada and of the Montreal Board of Trade. He was a Governor of the Montreal General Hospital and the Western General Hospital.

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