Early Life
Born at Montreal, he was the second son of Sir Hugh Allan of Ravenscrag and Caroline Matilda Smith (1828-1881), the daughter of John Smith (d.1872), of Athelstane Hall, Montreal, and his wife Betsy Rae. From 1878 he was known as H. Montague Allan to avoid confusion with his cousin Hugh Andrew Allan (1857–1938). He studied at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec, then in Paris, before joining his family's shipping business, the Allan Line.
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