Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal immortalised as the "Cheeryble Brothers" in Charles Dickens' book, Nicholas Nickleby. Donald's mother was the sister of the Canadian explorer John Stuart, partner of the North West Company who rose to become Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Smith was educated at Anderson's Free School and on leaving at age sixteen he was apprenticed to become a lawyer in the offices of Robert Watson, Town Clerk of Forres. By the age of eighteen, Smith chose another career path: offered entry into mercantile life at Manchester, and a career in the Indian Civil Service, his choice was to pattern himself
Dickens World to operate. The courtyard scene in Dickens World was used for the opening titles for Oliver and Nancy searching TV show "I'd Do Anything" when it started on 15 March 2008. The Hoosiers used Dickens World as the location for their fourth single's video Cops and Robbers in March 2008. Dickens World Dickens World was a themed attraction located at Chatham Dockyard in Kent, England, based around the life and work of Charles Dickens. After a soft opening in April, Dickens World officially opened to the public on 25 May 2007. It closed on 12 October 2016. First conceived as