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MacDonald, James
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James William Montgomery, married to Margaret Scott, was lord advocate of Scotland from 1776 to 1775, and lord chief baron of the exchequer of Scotland from 1775 to 1801. Montgomery was a business man who had made his fortune in part through progressive management of landed estates in Scotland. In the lottery of 1767, which divided up St. John's Island (Prince Edward Island) among various friends of the crown, the Lord Advocate of Scotland drew Lot 7. By 1770, James had added Lots 30, 34, 51, and 36. Five years later, his estate also included half of Lot 12 and two-thirds of Lot 59, totaling over 100,000 acres in total. In 1770, Montgomery sent out approximately 50 Scottish settlers under David Lawson to establish a flax farm at Lot 34, and he also financed several unsuccessful commercial enterprises on Lot 59, which fronted on the harbor of Three Rivers. James Montgomery died in 1803.