Chronology: Date 1952-03-25

Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal. He died in the very room that the Master had slept in during His visit to Canada. (b.14 November, 1874) [DH143; MBW132; PP246; CBN undated Memorial Issue]

For his obituary see BW12:657–62.

Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the first contingent on the 24th of December, 1951. [MoCxxiii]

For his relationship with Shoghi Effendi and work on the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb see PP236–43.

Shoghi Effendi named the southern door of the Báb's tomb after him in memory of his services.

On June 16th, 1956, friends of the Montreal area gathered at the grave to place, under the headstone, an alabaster box that had been sent by the Guardian. The box contained a piece of plaster taken from the walls of the prison in Máh-Kú where the Báb had been incarcerated in 1847. Another piece of plaster from the same source had been placed under the first golden tile of the dome of the Shrine of the Báb. The superstructure of the Shrine had been designed by Sutherland Maxwell. [TG55; CBN No 80 September 1956 p2]

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For a brief biography see LoF276-286.

The Canadian Bahá'í News published a special Memorial issue.

Sutherland Maxwell; Architects; Fortress of Mah-Ku; Gifts; Relics; Báb, Shrine of; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Montreal, QC; Canada

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