MACNAB

Sir Allan Napier , 1 Baronet (son of Allan Macnab, lieut. 71 foot). b. Newark now Niagara, Ontario 19 Feb. 1798; served against the Americans in their invasion of Canada 1813; midshipman on board H.M.S. Wolfe short time 1813; a volunteer with the 100th foot 1813; ensign 49 foot 3 March 1814, served in the American war, at end of which he left the army 1814 or 1815; articled clerk in office of attorney general; called to Canadian bar 1826, practised at Hamilton 1826; member for Went worth in house of a embly 1830, speaker of the house 1837–41 and 1844–8; at the head of a band of volunteers defeated the Canadian rebels 1837–8 and for his services was knighted by patent 14 July 1838; a queen’s counsel; leader of the conservatives 1841–4 and 1848; formed a coalition ministry with August in Norbert Morin 1854–6; settled near Brighton, Su ex 1857; contested Brighton 30 April 1859; created baronet 5 Feb. 1858; returned to Hamilton and elected member again 1860; a militia A.D.C. to the queen and hon. col. in the army; col. commandant of 7th military district in Upper Canada; chosen speaker again 1862. d. Hamilton, Toronto 8 Aug. 1862. Applet on’s American Biography , iv 151–2 (1888), portrait . M’NAB, Duncan . b. South Knapdale, Argyles hire 1807; ed. Glasgow univ.; a ist. minister to Dr. Mackintosh Mackay at Dunoon 1835; a ist. to the second charge at Camp belt on 1839 and to the first charge 1841–3; joined the Free church 1843, minister at Camp belt on, a isted in organising many congregations; minister of Free Renfield congregation, Glasgow 1856 to death; author of Discourses. Ed. by A. S. Patters on. With biographical sketch pp. ix–xv by W. Trail (1864), portrait. d. at house of his brother-in-law in London 12 June 1863. Scott’s Fasti , iii pt. i p. 39 (1870).