James McGill
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1744 – 1813
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Who was James McGill?
Lt.-Colonel The Hon. James McGill was a Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for being the founder of McGill University, Montreal. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Montreal West in 1792 and was appointed to the Executive Council of Lower Canada in 1793. He was the first honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the The Canadian Grenadier Guards. He was also a prominent member of the Château Clique and one of the original founding members of the Beaver Club. His summer home stood within the Golden Square Mile.
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- Born
- Oct 6, 1744
Glasgow - Spouses
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Protestantism
- Ethnicity
- Scottish Canadian
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- Lived in
- Montreal
- Glasgow
- Died
- Dec 19, 1813
Montreal
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on July 23, 2013
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