William Mactavish

William Mactavish

Infobox Person
name = William Mactavish


image_size = 200 px
caption = William Mactavish, circa 1860s
birth_date = 29 March, 1815
birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
death_date = 23 July, 1870
death_place = Liverpool, England
education =
occupation =HBC governor of Rupert’s Land
title =
spouse = Sarah MacDermot
parents =Dugald Mactavish (1782-1855) and Letitia Lockhart
children =James William Mactavish (1860-1900), Andrew Dugald Mactavish (1866-1943)
nationality =Scottish
website =

William Mactavish or McTavish (29 March, 1815 – 23 July, 1870) was a Scottish-born representative of the Hudson's Bay Company, who acted as governor of Rupert's Land and Assiniboia prior to the transfer of Rupert's Land to Canada and the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870.

ee also

*Clan MacTavish
*Joseph James Hargrave
*Letitia MacTavish Hargrave

External links

* [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38688 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]


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