The landscape of Dundurn Castle

• Autores: David Bain, Michael Leonard
• Localización: Studies in the history of gardens and designed landscape, ISSN 1460-1176, Vol. 3, Nº 3, 1983, págs. 208-218
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Sir Allan Napier MacNab (1798-1862) was a key figure in the economic and political development of Upper Canada (later Canada West) in the years prior to Confederation in 1867. Although MacNab was raised in very modest circumstances in York (later Toronto) his family was of proud Highland military stock. In the frontier town of Hamilton on Lake Ontario MacNab, as a young man, practised law, speculated in land, and built homes, all the while demonstrating the instincts of a gambler and a flair for balancing the books with borrowed money. He also became a politician and, as a man of great energy and exceptional presence, made considerable contributions in military and economic matters, notably railroad development. Eventually he became a respected Speaker of the House and, briefly, Prime Minister of Canada West. In times of crisis, he demonstrated undoubted courage, serving as a youthful soldier in the War of 1812 and as commander of his own battalion during the crisis of 1837. Fighting the rebels in 1837, he earned a knighthood for his part in destroying an enemy ship in American waters, a sinking that sparked an international incident.