A building contractor who in 1854 built Canada’s first sugar refinery, importing sugar cane from the West Indies on his own ships. As a philanthropist he supported missions, colleges and hospitals. His son Peter financed the building of McGill’s Redpath Museum (to house the collections of Sir William Dawson) and the Redpath Library of McGill.  Family links:  Spouses:  Janet McPhee Redpath (1791 – 1834)*  Jane Drummond Redpath (1815 – 1907)*  Children:  Elizabeth Redpath Dougall (1819 – 1883)*  Peter Redpath (1821 – 1894)*  Peter Redpath (1821 – 1894)*  Jane Redpath (1825 – 1828)*  Helen Redpath Drummond (1827 – 1883)*  John James Redpath (1834 – 1884)*  George Drummond Redpath (1839 – 1877)*  Wilhelmina Redpath (1841 – 1842)*  Isabella Agnes Redpath (1844 – 1846)*  Francis Robert Redpath (1846 – 1928)*  Augusta Eleanor Redpath Fleet (1850 – 1910)*  Emily Jane Bonar Redpath Bovey (1853 – 1941)*  Harriet Ina Redpath (1855 – 1858)*  William Wood Redpath (1858 – 1881)* *Calculated relationship