- Angus Macaulay
Angus Macaulay (
December 10 1759 –December 6 1827 ) was a schoolmaster, physician and political figure inPrince Edward Island .He represented Queens County in the
Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1806 to 1827. His surname also appears as McAulay.He was the son of Æneas Macaulay, born in
Applecross . Macaulay studied at King's College inAberdeen , graduating in 1782. He became qualified as a Presbyterian preacher in 1785 but instead became a school teacher on theIsle of Skye . In 1790, he married Mary Macdonald.In 1802, Macaulay began recruiting settlers for the Earl of Selkirk for a proposed settlement in
Upper Canada near the current site of Sault Ste Marie. Later the following year, the location was changed to Prince Edward Island.Macaulay was granted a M.D. from the
University of Glasgow in 1803 before his departure. On the island, he built a chapel on his property at Point Prim, where he also taught school. He was granted a license to practice law by GovernorJoseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres but Peter Magowan, the island's attorney general, protested this on the grounds that Macaulay had no formal legal training and was also a preacher. In 1809, he joined the Loyal Electors, a group critical of the island's ruling elite, particularly Lord Selkirk. Macaulay served as speaker for the legislative assembly from 1818 to 1824.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2980 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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