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Angus Macdonell of Collachie (died October 8, 1804) was a lawyer and political figure in
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. He was born in
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, Scotland, the son of Allan McDonell and brother of Alexander Macdonell of Collachie, and came to the estate of William Johnson in the
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of
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in 1773 as part of a large emigration by members of the MacDonell clan. He left that area at the beginning of the
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and was educated in
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and
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. He became first clerk of the
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in 1792 and an attorney in 1794. When
Henry Allcock Henry Allcock (baptised 26 January 1759 – 22 February 1808) was a judge and political figure in Upper and Lower Canada. His family was from Edgbaston and he was born in Birmingham, England in 1759 and studied law at Lincoln's Inn in London ...
's election was contested, he ran in an 1801
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in
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, Simcoe & 1st
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and won, defeating John Small, clerk of the Executive Council. He introduced the Assessment Act of 1803 which was intended to provide more equal rates. He was also a founding member of the
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and its third treasurer.The Law Society of Upper Canada, List of Law Society Treasurers
/ref> In October 1804, he was en route to a trial aboard where he would defend a native person charged with murder. The ship sank in a storm on
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near
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with all hands lost.


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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonell, Angus 1804 deaths Lawyers in Upper Canada and Canada West Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada People from Highland (council area) Pre-Confederation Quebec people Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec Year of birth missing Treasurers of the Law Society of Upper Canada Immigrants to the Province of Quebec (1763–1791)