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=Macdonell, Alexander= (1769-1840). Born at Glen Urquhart, Scotland.
Raised a Roman Catholic regiment of which he was appointed chaplain and saw service in Ireland; after the regiment had been disbanded, succeeded in bringing the men to Canada in 1803-1804, and obtained for them an extensive tract of land on the St. Lawrence, in what is now Glengarry County. When the War of 1812 was threatened, a.s.sisted in raising the Glengarry Fencibles and accompanied them into action. In 1826 consecrated bishop of Kingston. In 1839 returned to England to promote a scheme of emigration from the Highlands, and died at Dumfries the following year. =Index=: =Bk= Recommended as chaplain of Glengarry corps, 97. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Macdonell, _Sketches Ill.u.s.trating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada_.
=Macdonell, George= (1770-1870). Member of the well-known Glengarry family of that name. Served for several years in the King's Regiment; instrumental in organizing the Glengarry Fencibles in 1811, of which he was given command. Served with distinction in the War of 1812, particularly in the capture of Ogdensburg and the battle of Chateauguay.
=Index=: =Bk= Becomes colonel of Glengarry Fencibles, 180. =Bib.=: Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_; Macdonell, _Sketches Ill.u.s.trating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada_. _See also_ War of 1812.
=Macdonell, John.= =S= Speaker of first a.s.sembly of Upper Canada, 80, 85.
=Macdonell, Lieutenant-Colonel John.= Born in Glengarry; son of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Macdonell, of the 1st Glengarry militia.
Present at the capture of Detroit and mentioned in despatches. In 1812 aide-de-camp to Sir Isaac Brock, and took an important part in the battle of Queenston Heights, where he was killed. At the time of his appointment to General Brock's staff was acting attorney-general of Upper Canada. =Index=: =Bk= Proposes to raise corps from among Scottish settlers in Glengarry, 97; his report on American fort at Detroit, 190; Brock makes him his aide-de-camp, 230; carries summons for surrender of Detroit, 251, 255; death of, at Queenston Heights, 306. =Bib.=: Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_; Edgar, _Ten Years of Upper Canada_; Macdonell, _Sketches Ill.u.s.trating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada_. _See also_ War of 1812.
=Macdonell, Miles= (1767-1828). Governor of a.s.siniboia. Born in Scotland. Came to America with his father, Colonel John Macdonell, in 1773; and entered the army. In 1794 lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Volunteers, and captain in 1796. Appointed by Lord Selkirk governor of his projected colony on Red River, and arrived there with a party of colonists in 1812. Opposition on the part of the North West Company culminated in an attack, June 11, 1815, by the Company's agents, on the colonists, and Macdonell, to avoid bloodshed, surrendered. A threatened trial at Montreal fell through, and returned to Red River Settlement, where for nearly twelve years was one of its leading pioneers. =Index=: =MS= Quoted on Selkirk's Red River scheme, 100; a United Empire Loyalist, settled in Glengarry, Upper Canada, 150; sent for by Selkirk to take charge of the Red River Colony, 150; sails for Scotland, 150; at Stornoway in the Hebrides, 151; at York Factory, 153-155; at the Red River, 157; winters at Pembina, 158; returns to the Forks, 158-159; difficulties in feeding the colonists, 161; beginning of troubles with the North West Company, 161-164; goes to meet new settlers, 163; summoned to Montreal to answer charges, 164; his proclamation, 169; and its effect, 170-171; sends John Spencer to seize North West Company's provisions at Souris River, 171-172; is arrested and taken to Montreal, 174. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_ and _The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists_; Ross, _Red River Settlement_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_.
=MacDonnell, Alan.= =B= Addresses Toronto Board of Trade on importance of acquiring North-West Territories, 216.
=Macdougall, William= (1822-1905). Born in Toronto. Educated at Victoria College, Cobourg; admitted as a solicitor in 1847, and as barrister, 1862. Engaged in journalism; founded the _Canada Farmer_ in 1848, and the _North American_ in 1850. A member of the a.s.sembly from 1858 to 1867; of the Dominion Parliament, 1867-1882; and of the Ontario Legislature, 1875-1878. In 1862-1864 commissioner of crown lands; and provincial secretary, 1864; minister of public works in first Dominion government, 1867; attended the Westminster Conference, 1866-1867; commissioner to London for the acquisition of North-West Territories, 1868; lieutenant-governor of Rupert's Land, 1869; and member of the Ontario Boundary Commission. =Index=: =BL= One of the leaders of the new Radicalism,--editor of the _North American_, 341. =E= A leader of the Clear Grits, 110. =B= A leader of the Clear Grits, 39; a young lawyer and journalist, 40; edits the _North American_, 40; denounces George Brown, 40; secretary of Reform Convention, 1859, 137; suggests joint authority for federal purposes, in Confederation debate, 137; enters coalition ministry, 159; defeated in North Ontario, 160; elected in North Lanark, 160; favours elective Senate, 164; relations with Macdonald, 202-203; defends his action in remaining in coalition ministry after Confederation, 202, 209; his work on the _Globe_, 245.
=H= Accompanies Macdonald to Halifax, 1868, 210; meets Joseph Howe, on his way to Fort Garry to a.s.sume duties of governor, 227; blames Howe for fomenting trouble, 227. =C= On mission for purchase of Hudson's Bay Company's territories, 68; attempts to enter North-West as lieutenant-governor, 69. =R= Graduate of Victoria College, 144. =Md= Minister of public works, 134; agrees to maintenance of coalition, 137; lieutenant-governor of Rupert's Land, 1869, 138; accompanies Macdonald to Halifax, 144; quarrels with Howe, 153, 154; introduces series of resolutions on acquisition of North-West Territories, 156; sent to London to negotiate annexation of territories, 156-157; appointed lieutenant-governor of Rupert's Land, 158; refused admittance to the territory, 159. =T= Enters coalition government, 69; at Charlottetown Conference, 74, 75; at Quebec Conference, 76; enters first Dominion government, 128, 129. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Morgan, _Can. Men_.
=Mace, Sister de.= =L= Her labours in the hospital at Montreal, 91.
=McEvoy, J. M.= =S= His pamphlet on _The Ontario Towns.h.i.+p_ quoted, 89.
=McGee, Thomas D'Arcy= (1825-1868). Emigrated from Ireland to the United States, 1842, and became editor of the Boston _Pilot_; returned to Ireland and edited _The Nation_, the Young Ireland's party organ; fled to New York; came to Canada in 1857. Established and edited the _New Era_ in Montreal; elected to Parliament for the same city; president of Executive Council, 1862-1863; minister of agriculture, 1864-1867. Took a leading part in the movement for the Confederation of the provinces.
Shot by a Fenian, P. J. Whelan, in Ottawa, April 9, 1868, =Index=: =B= On Confederation movement, xi; his speech on Confederation--names founders of movement, 129, 130, 147; in Tache's government, 1864, 149.
=Md= Takes part in debates on resolutions adopted at Quebec Conference, 118. =T= His work for Confederation, 65, 67; at Charlottetown Conference, 74, 75; at Quebec Conference, 76. =Bib.=: Works: _Canadian Ballads_; _Popular History of Ireland_; _Notes on Federal Governments_; _Speeches and Addresses Chiefly on Subject of British American Union_; _Poems_, with biog. sketch by Mrs. J. Sadlier. For his minor publications in Canada, and works published before coming to Canada, _see_ Morgan, _Bib. Can._ For biog., _see_ Taylor, _Brit. Am._ and _Thomas D'Arcy McGee: Sketch of his Life and Death_; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_.
=McGill, James= (1744-1813). Born in Glasgow, Scotland. Emigrated to Canada. For some years engaged in the western fur trade; and in partners.h.i.+p with his brother, Andrew McGill, acquired a large fortune.
Sat in Lower Canada Parliament for several years, and in the Legislative and Executive Councils. An officer of the Montreal militia, and in 1812 brigadier-general. Devoted a large part of his wealth to various inst.i.tutions in Montreal, and was the founder of the university that bears his name. =Index=: =Bk= Founder of McGill University, 100. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._ =See also= McGill University.
=McGill, John= (1752-1834). Born in Scotland. Emigrated to Virginia in 1773. Espoused the royal cause in the Revolution; in 1777 a lieutenant in the Loyal Virginians, and in 1782 a captain in the Queen's Rangers.
In 1783 came to St. John, New Brunswick, and in 1792 to Upper Canada.
Became a member of the Executive Council, 1796, and of the Legislative Council, 1797. In 1801 appointed inspector-general of accounts. =Index=: =S= Accompanies Simcoe as commissary of stores, 47; appointed by Simcoe purchasing agent for military supplies, 212; temporarily superseded, but later confirmed in appointment, 213.
=McGill, Peter= (1789-1860). Born in Scotland. Emigrated to Canada in 1809; became a wealthy merchant of Montreal. President of the Bank of Montreal, 1834 to 1860. In 1841 appointed to the Legislative Council; Speaker, 1847; a member of the Executive Council. In 1834-1838 chairman of the St. Lawrence and Champlain Railway Company; in 1840-1842 mayor of Montreal. A governor of McGill University; and of Montreal general hospital. =Index=: =Sy= Member of Const.i.tutional a.s.sociation, 112. =E= President of Legislative Council and member of Sherwood administration, 45; his vote helps to keep government in power, 45. =BL= Member of Legislative Council, 1841, 83. =Bib.=: Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_.
=McGill University.= Founded through the far-sighted liberality of James McGill, a merchant of Montreal, who in his will left his property of Burnside and 10,000 to found the college. It was granted a royal charter in 1820, and opened in 1829. The original bequest proving insufficient to complete the college buildings, a further sum was given by William Molson for that purpose. A new charter was obtained in 1852.
The period of greatest development of the university dates from 1855, when J. W. Dawson was appointed princ.i.p.al. The university has been fortunate in receiving generous bequests from wealthy citizens of Montreal, notably from Peter Redpath, Sir W. C. Macdonald, and Lord Strathcona. =Bib.=: Dawson, _Historical Sketch of McGill University_ in _Canada: An Ency._, vol. 4; _Ency. Brit.; Ency. Amer._
=McGillivray, Simon.= One of the leading partners of the North West Company. Signed the agreement of 1821 under which the Hudson's Bay and North West Companies were amalgamated. =Index=: =MS= His declaration that ”Lord Selkirk must be driven to abandon his project, for his success would strike at the very existence of our trade,” 172; arrested by Selkirk at Fort William, 189. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.
=MacGillivray, William.= Born in Scotland. Came to Canada, and entered the service of the North West Company. In 1786-1787 had charge of the North West Company post at Lac des Serpents, in opposition to Roderick McKenzie of the rival Company. In the spring, the two traders with their men set out together for their respective headquarters at Grand Portage, and arrived there side by side, the crews singing in chorus, to the no small amazement of the Grand Portage people. MacGillivray and McKenzie were ever after firm friends. The former became a partner of the North West Company in 1790; signed the agreement of 1804; and was one of the most influential of the _bourgeois_. Fort William was named after him in 1807. Made a legislative councillor of Lower Canada in 1814, in recognition of his services to the government during the War of 1812.
Returned to Scotland before the fusion of the Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company; bought an estate in Argylls.h.i.+re, and died there about 1825. =Index=: =MS= Friendly rivalry with Roderick Mackenzie, of the X Y Company, 15; buys Pond's share in North West Company, 58; Fort William named after, 100. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Ma.s.son, _Bourgeois de la Compagnie Nord-Ouest_.
=M'Govoch.= =Dr= Discharged soldier, offers testimony in Walker case, 35; tried for perjury and sent to prison, 38.
=Machray, Robert= (1831-1904). Born in Scotland. Educated at Aberdeen and Cambridge; ordained deacon, 1855; and priest, 1856; in 1858 elected dean of his college; vicar of Madingley till 1865, when appointed bishop of Rupert's Land; in 1893, on the union of the Anglican churches in Canada, became archbishop of Rupert's Land and primate of all Canada.
Professor of ecclesiastical history and liturgiology in St. John's College, Winnipeg, and chancellor of the University of Manitoba. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Dent, _Can. Por._; Machray, _Life of Archbishop Machray_; Mockridge, _Bishops of the Church of England in Canada and Newfoundland_.
=McIntosh, John.= =Mc= Mackenzie's brother-in-law, 482; house attacked by mob, 482.