HOLLOWAY, Reginald Eric, C.M.G., - Sadly, our family has to announce the death on March 2, 2021, of Reg Holloway, C.M.G., former British Consul General in Ontario, husband of Anna for 62 years.
Loving father of Belinda (Peter), grandfather of Leigh (David), Caitlin (Richard), and Alex (Riley), great-grandfather to Charlotte, Christopher, and Thomas, and brother of Arthur (Vicky) in England.
He was 88 years old.
Reg left school at fourteen in Brighton, England, for a six-year apprenticeship in journalism, with a break of two years in the Royal Air Force.
He returned to journalism in the UK, and then travelled to Nairobi, East Africa, to work on the East African Standard. It was while there that he and his wife were married.
He came to Toronto in the early 80s as Consul General to this Province, and it was whilst serving in Toronto that he was honored by the Queen as Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
Upon retirement in 1992, Reg and Anna came back to Ontario and they became Canadians.
During the five years they lived in Toronto, Reg was chairman of the Canadian Urban Institute.
Reg and Anna then bought Harmony Farm in Burnt River, and planted two thousand trees.
Over the years Reg learned to garden and, together with Anna, the two created gardens wherever they were. He will be greatly missed.
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