Born January 28, 1822 in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland Was forced to quit school at the age of 13 but continued to educate himself throughout his life Fell through the ice on one of his winter treks across the ice from Wolfe Island to Kingston. Managed to get himself out and there …
Historical Figures
Alexander Mackenzie – 2nd Prime Minister of Canada
(Featured August 2003, revised January 2014) Alexander Mackenzie was the second Prime Minister and the first Liberal Prime Minister of Canada. (Not to be confused with the Canadian explorer, Sir Alexander Mackenzie 1764-1820.) He was born in Scotland, the third of ten children. His family was …
Sir John A Macdonald
Would you hire a nineteen year old lawyer? If you lived in Kingston, Ontario, in 1834, you could have hired John A Macdonald to represent your interests. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815 and immigrated to Upper Canada with his parents when he was five. He articled with a …