William Hales Hingston

Sir William Hales Hingston, K.B., M.D., LL.D., D.C.L. (June 29, 1829 – February 19, 1907) was a Canadian physician, politician, banker, and Senator.

Born in Hinchinbrooke near Huntingdon, Quebec, he received his MDCM from McGill University in 1851.

In 1875, he became Mayor of Montreal and was re-elected by acclamation for a second and final term.

He was president of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank (today the Laurentian Bank of Canada).

In 1896, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Rougemont, Quebec. He sat as a Conservative and died in office.

He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1895. Pius IX made him a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.

He married Margaret Josephine Macdonald, the daughter of Donald Alexander Macdonald, in 1875. Their oldest son, William F. Hingston (1877-1964), was rector of Loyola College from 1918 to 1925.