Born Scotland, June 12, 1835; died Chicago, Ill., Sept. 18, 1904. Began his career in St. Catharines, Ontario, before moving to Montreal, Quebec where he opened a studio specialized in portraiture on St. James Street in 1866. By 1971 he had a staff of twenty-five. In 1875, he moved his studio to Bleury Street close by photographer William Notman. Inglis left Montreal for Chicago in 1884 and died there in 1904.

Thomas Henry Ince was born on April 25, 1827, in Queen's County, Ireland.

He was a barrister, a part of a law firm Ince & Hannah in Toronto, Ontario. He held a patent "Certain new and useful improvements in Shoeing Horses" in 1865.

In 1852, he married Maria Simpson (1832–1910). He died on January 24, 1897, in York, Ontario.