Burnside and L10,000 to found the college. It was granted a royal
charter in 1820, and opened in 1829. The original bequest proving
insufficient to complete the college buildings, a further sum was given
by William Molson for that purpose. A new charter was obtained in 1852.
The period of greatest development of the university dates from 1855,
when J. W. Dawson was appointed principal. The university has been
fortunate in receiving generous bequests from wealthy citizens of
Montreal, notably from Peter Redpath, Sir W. C. Macdonald, and Lord
Strathcona. =Bib.=: Dawson, _Historical Sketch of McGill University_ in
_Canada: An Ency._, vol. 4; _Ency. Brit.; Ency. Amer._

=McGillivray, Simon.= One of the leading partners of the North West
Company. Signed the agreement of 1821 under which the Hudson's Bay and
North West Companies were amalgamated. =Index=: =MS= His declaration
that "Lord Selkirk must be driven to abandon his project, for his
success would strike at the very existence of our trade," 172; arrested
by Selkirk at Fort William, 189. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.

=MacGillivray, William.= Born in Scotland. Came to Canada, and entered
the service of the North West Company. In 1786-1787 had charge of the
North West Company post at Lac des Serpents, in opposition to Roderick
McKenzie of the rival Company. In the spring, the two traders with their
men set out together for their respective headquarters at Grand Portage,
and arrived there side by side, the crews singing in chorus, to the no
small amazement of the Grand Portage people. MacGillivray and McKenzie
were ever after firm friends. The former became a partner of the North
West Company in 1790; signed the agreement of 1804; and was one of the
most influential of the _bourgeois_. Fort William was named after him in
1807. Made a legislative councillor of Lower Canada in 1814, in
recognition of his services to the government during the War of 1812.
Returned to Scotland before the fusion of the Hudson's Bay Company and
North West Company; bought an estate in Argyllshire, and died there
about 1825. =Index=: =MS= Friendly rivalry with Roderick Mackenzie, of
the X Y Company, 15; buys Pond's share in North West Company, 58; Fort
William named after, 100. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Masson,
_Bourgeois de la Compagnie Nord-Ouest_.

=M'Govoch.= =Dr= Discharged soldier, offers testimony in Walker case,
35; tried for perjury and sent to prison, 38.

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