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Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet (b.
Niagara,
19 February 1798 –
Dundurn Castle,
8 August 1862) was a
Canadian political leader and
Premier of the Province of Canada (
1854-
1856).
Allan Napier MacNab was born in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake,) Canada on February 19th 1798. His parents were Allan MacNab, lieutenant in the
71st Regiment and the
Queen’s Rangers under Lt-Col.
John Graves Simcoe, and Anne, daughter of Capt. Peter William Napier, R.N., the commissioner of the port and harbour of Quebec. After the Queen’s Rangers were disbanded the family moved around the country in search of work and eventually settled in York (Toronto) where MacNab was educated at the Home District Grammar School.
As a fourteen year old boy he fought in the
War of 1812.
In
1826 he moved from York (Toronto) to
Hamilton, Ontario where he established a successful law office, though it was chiefly through land speculation that he made his fortune. In
1830 he was elected to represented the city in the
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, a position he held for some 27 years.
As a member of the legislature he opposed the reform movement in Upper Canada led by
William Lyon Mackenzie. When Mackenzie led the
Upper Canada Rebellion in
1837, MacNab was part of the
British militia that moved against Mackenzie at
Montgomery's Tavern in
Toronto on
December 7, dispersing Mackenzie's rebels in less than an hour.
MacNab then led a militia of his own against the rebels marching towards Toronto from
London, led by
Charles Duncombe. Duncombe's men also dispersed when they learned MacNab was waiting for them. In
1838 he was knighted for his zeal in suppressing the rebellion. He served in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, leading the province from
1854 to
1856. He was elected to the
Legislative Council in 1860 representing Western division and served until his death.
A successful entrepreneur as well as politician, MacNab, with Glasgow merchant Peter Buchanan, was responsible for the construction of the Great Western Railway.
MacNab was married twice, first to Elizabeth Brooke, who died
5 November 1826, possibly of complications following childbirth. Together they'd two children. His second marriage to Mary Stuart also ended in tragedy when she died
8 May 1846 of a longstanding illness, likely
tuberculosis, they'd two daughters.
His stately 72 room home in Hamilton,
Dundurn Castle, is now open to the public. Hamilton's MacNab Street is named after him. Sir Allan is a direct ancestor of HRH
The Duchess of Cornwall. He is buried in the
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Burlington, Ontario).
Tribute
MacNab Street and
Sir Allan MacNab Secondary School in
Hamilton, Ontario were both named after him.
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