II. Sir Alexander Tilloch, a Canadian financier, son of the preceding, born in Chelsea, England, Sept. 6, 1817. At the age of 16 he entered as a junior clerk the service of the British American land company, of whose estates he was sole manager from 1844 to 1856, raising the company from a condition of insolvency to one of prosperity. In conjunction with the Hon. A. N. Morin he established the Montreal and Portland railway, and was one of its chief managers until its union with the Grand Trunk railway. He has represented the city of Sherbrooke in the Canadian parliament since 1853. From the beginning of his political career he advocated the confederation of the British North American provinces and the establishment of an intercolonial railway. He entered the Cartier cabinet as minister of finance in 1858, after having declined the premiership, established a tariff which raised the provincial credit; negotiated in England the Canadian loan, and consolidated the debt. In 1860 he advocated the establishment of a bank of issue, but afterward withdrew his scheme, and succeeded in opening free ports at Gaspe and Sault Ste. Marie. He resigned with the Cartier ministry in 1862, returned to office with them in 1864, and retired in 1866. He was one of the commissioners sent to London to promote the confederation of the provinces, and was created in 1869 a knight commander of the order of Sts. Michael and George.