of Collachie (died 7 or 8 Oct. 1804), lawyer, political figure. Born in Inverness-shire, Scotland. Parents: Allan Macdonell of Collachie, who one of the leaders of the Pearl emigrants of 1773, and his wife Helen MacNab. Angus Macdonell presumably emigrated with his kinfolk to New York colony in 1773 with the group on the Pearl. In his early years in Canada, Angus was the developer and promoter of a new method of producing pot and pearl ash, and was involved for several years in the manufacture of salt in the Niagara area. He held a number of public offices in Upper Canada, including that of clerk of the House of Assembly (Legislative Assembly) (1792-1801). He was MLA for the constituency of Durham, York East Riding and Simcoe, 1801-1804, being first returned at a by-election, and re-elected 1804 a few months before his death. His brother Alexander Macdonell of Collachie was at this time MLA for the constituency GC and Prescott. Angus was a founding member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and served as its treasurer. He was drowned in the sinking of the Speedy in Lake Ontario. He was apparently not married. While he is not known to have been a GC resident, he had important GC family connections. He has not always been correctly distinguished from Angus Macdonell of Sandaig, who was MLA for GC and Prescott 1800-1804, and who shared this position under the double-member system with Angus’ brother Alexander of Collachie.

     For the family background and connections of Angus Macdonell of the present entry, see the entry for his brother Alexander Macdonell of Collachie.

Life by Allan J. MacDonald, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, V, 518-520 * Johnson: index * for GC and the Speedy, see also the entry for Robert Isaac Dey Gray and Bibliography of Glengarry 174-175 * Armstrong 95-97, 113