Allan was born on 19 February 1798, the son of Lieutenant Allan MacNab (his mother was the daughter of Captain William Napier, commissioner of the port and harbor of Quebec), at Newark (now Niagara), Ontario, Canada. He fought in the War of 1812.
In May, 1821, he married Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Lieutenant Daniel Brooke, of York (now Toronto). He came to Hamilton from York in 1826 to begin his career as a lawyer. Having lost his first wife Elizabeth Brooke that same year, he raised his two children Robert and Anne Jane as a widower. In 1831, MacNab married Mary Stuart and had two more children, Sophia and Minnie. During the construction of Dundurn Castle, his son Robert was killed in a hunting accident. MacNab was an important figure in the pre-Confederation history of Canada. He was declared a "Boy Hero" for his role in the War of 1812. Following his support of the royalist cause in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, Queen Victoria knighted MacNab. Sir Allan MacNab left his mark on the growing town of Hamilton by helping to establish the railway, the first bank and representing the area in Parliament.
Elizabeth Brooke -1826 (1st Wife)
Elizabeth was the daughter of Lieutenant Daniel Brooke.
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