Boultbee:Ernest Leonard (b1892) Ernest Leonard, known as Len, was the third son of John Boultbee and Elizabeth Hampton, and was born in Vancouver in 1892.  When about 6 years of age, his parents moved to Rossland, B.C. Rossland, B.C.  When his mother died in December 1903, the father and children moved to Vernon, B.C. Vernon, B.C.  His early education was received in these three centres.
 The father, John Boultbee:John (b1851) Boultbee, passed away on August 23, 1906 at Vernon, leaving five children as orphans.  The oldest, Boultbee:William Washington William Washington aged 27, acted as surrogate father to Boultbee:Ethel Ethel aged 21, Boultbee:Herbert Norman Herbert aged 19, Boultbee:Harriet Marion Harriet aged 15, and Boultbee:Ernest Leonard Leonard aged 14.
 From the death of his father until 1914, Leonard worked with the Merchants Bank, and also drove the first bus between Clinton and Lillooet in the Fraser Canyon, B.C. Fraser Canyon of British Columbia.
 In 1914, he joined the Canadian Army and was sent overseas with the B.C. Horse Regiment B.C. Horse Regiment.  This regiment was disbanded when it reached England, and he was assigned to the British Army Service Corps British Army Service Corps, commissioned and sent to France.  He was gassed at Ypres Ypres and was given the option of a discharge, or service in a hot climate, accepting the latter.  In 1917, he was sent to Mesopotamia Mesopotamia with the rank of Captain, remained there until 1919, and was discharged with the rank of Acting Major.
 On his return to Vancouver, he joined the firm of Pemberton Realty as manager of their property management department.  About 1922, he formed Allan & Boultbee Ltd. Allan & Boultbee Ltd., a real estate company, which merged with Macaulay, Nicolls & Maitland around 1926.  He left this firm in 1934 to form Boultbee, Sweet & Co. Ltd. Boultbee, Sweet & Co. Ltd.
 During World War II, he served as Superintendent of Construction of the British Columbia Security Commission British Columbia Security Commission, which was formed by the Federal Government to build camps housing Canadians of Japanese descent away from the Coast.  Despite the ill-feeling this caused among the Japanese-Canadians, Leonard made many good friends among them.

 In 1948, he acquired property known as Eaglecrest, Vancouver Island Eaglecrest on Vancouver Island.  It consisted of approximately 165 acres and a magnificent log house.  The family operated Eaglecrest as a holiday retreat for a number of years, and the most illustrious guests were Princess Elizabeth Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip Prince Philip.