Who Was That Guy?

There are a number of things in Hamilton that are named after people. Mostly, I have little idea who these people are.

So courtesy of Google and Wikipedia, I'm going to introduce you to some of these peeps via facts that I think are neat.

Meet Sir Allan MacNab:

• born in Niagara, ON in 1798
  
• when he was 14 he fought in the war of 1812
• was a lawyer in Hamilton
• successfully defended some area Tories after they were charged for tarring and feathering a local reformer who was accused adultery
  
• he was knighted for leading British militias against William Lyon Mackenzie's rebels
• with another dude was responsible for the construction of the Great Western Railway
• his house was Dundurn Castle
• was the Prime Minister of the Province of Canada for a couple of years