(died 19 Dec. 1943, aged 57), school principal. (John L. McNaughton) Born in the Williamstown area, perhaps on Lot 7 in the 4th Concession of Charlottenburgh Township, GC. Parents: Alexander J. McNaughton and his wife Christina Matheson. He attended business college in Cornwall, McGill University (B. A., 1915), and Toronto College of Education. Serving in WWI, he was made an officer in 1916 and taken prisoner by the Germans in 1917. He was principal of Walkerville Collegiate Institute, Walkerville, Ont., for 15 years. He died at his home after a long illness. His brother Dr Eric A. McNaughton (b. 1901) was a distinguished physician who studied at McGill and in Edinburgh, and worked in the Timiskaming area of the north and in Montreal, and overseas with the Canadian forces in WWII. He was an assistant professor of surgery at McGill 1952-1966. In the early 1970s he retired from Montreal to Lancaster Township.
Standard Freeholder 20 Dec. 1943, Glengarry News 24 Dec. 1943, the latter repr. Fraser Obits. 251 * cf. Lochinvar to Skye 328 * biog. sketch of Dr Eric A. McNaughton, anon. but perhaps by Ewan Ross, GHS, 15th Annual Volume 1976 * McGill University Archives * Ross & Fraser McNaughtons, II, 771 ff