For the Chief Justice of Alberta, Canada, see William A. McGillivray. For the Naturalist, see William MacGillivray.
The Honourable
William McGillivray
Chief Partner of the North West Company
In office 1804–1821
Preceded by
Simon McTavish
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
In office 1808–1810
Preceded by
John Richardson
Succeeded by
Thomas McCord
Member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada
In office 1814–1825
Personal details
Born
1764 Dunlichty, Inverness-shire
Died
16 October 1825(1825-10-16) (aged 60–61) St John's Wood, London
Spouse(s)
Susan married McGillivray Magdalen MacDonald of Garth
Children
5 sons and 6 daughters
Residence(s)
Chateau St.-Antoine, Golden Square Mile, Montreal
Lt.-Colonel The Hon. William McGillivray (1764 – 16 October 1825), of Chateau St. Antoine, Montreal, was a Scottish-born fur trader who succeeded his uncle Simon McTavish as the last chief partner of the North West Company until a merger between the NWC and her chief rival - the Hudson Bay Company. He was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and afterwards was appointed to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada. In 1795, he was inducted as a member into the Beaver Club. During the War of 1812 he was given the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Corps of Canadian Voyageurs (the ultimate rank in the Corps) as he was the highest up in the NWC's business hierarchy; the ranks of the Corps reflected one's position within the NWC as the Company had created the Corps under their own volition, and using employees as soldiers. He owned substantial estates in Scotland (Bhein Ghael Estate), Lower (12000 acres in Inverness Township) and Upper Canada (Plantagenet Township). His home in Montreal was one of the early estates of the Golden Square Mile (like many other members of the Beaver Club). McGillivray Ridge in British Columbia is named for him, as well as a handful of elementary schools in Ontario, Quebec, or British Columbia.[1]: 168 [2]
^Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
^"Biography – McGILLIVRAY, WILLIAM – Volume VI (1821-1835) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
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