Mcgill
JAMES, a Canadian philanthropist; born in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 6, 1744. He emigrated to Canada before the American Revolution, engaged for some time in the Northwest fur trade, and subsequently settling in Montreal, became a successful merchant there. He was for many years a member of the Lower Canada Assembly, and subsequently a member of the legislative and executive councils. He was noted for philanthropy. He bequeathed to the college of Montreal that bears his name property valued even at that time at $120,000. He died in Montreal, Canada, Dec. 19, 1813.