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and has been notably successful in the han- dling of cases intrusted to him. Possessing strong personal characteristics, he has won the respect and esteem of all with whom he has been thrown in contact. In 1904, when the case in relation to the reduction in the number of representatives from Prince Ed- ward Island to the Dominion Government was carried to the Privy Council of Eng- land, the senior counsel were A. B. Ayles- worth, K. C.. of Toronto, and Hon. Arthur Peters, Mr. Williams being the junior coun- sel.

On June 12, 1901, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Edith England, a native of this Island and a daughter of the late Edward England. Fratemally Mr. Williams is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and the Sons of Eng- land.

NEIL MACLEOD, present judge of the county court of Prince county, was born at Uigg, Queens county, Prince Edward Is- land, on November 15, 1843, and is a son of Roderick and Flora (McDonald) Mac- leod, the former a native of Uigg, Scotland, and the latter of Pinette, Belfast district, Prince Edward Island. The maternal grand- father, John McDonald, who was born at Uigg, Scotland, and came to Prince Edward Island on the ship “Polly,” locating at Pi- nette, Belfast district, where he made his home during the remainder of his life. He was a Baptist preacher, and for many years engaded in the ministry for that denomina- tion. His father, who was married twice, and who died at the advanced age of ninety years, was the head of a family of twenty children. The subject’s paternal grandfa- ther, Murdock Macleod, also a native of

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Uigg, Scotland. came with his family to Prince Edward Island about 1835 and lo- cated at Uigg, where he engaged in farm- ing. He reared a family of eleven children, was a representative man of his time, and died in 1889, at the age of sixty years.

The subject of this sketch attended the district schools and Prince of Wales College and in 1869 entered Acadia Colloge, in Nova Scotia. Upon completing his col- legiate education, he entered upon the study of law with Palmer & McLeod, with whom he remained two years, and then entered the office of the present Judge Hodgson. In 1872 he was admitted to the bar and, in fulfillment of an agreement made when he entered the office, he became a partner with Hodgson & Macleod, which relation con- tinued until about 1881. He then withdrew and established a professional association with W. A. O. Morson, under the style of Macleod & Morson. Later they admitted as a third partner Neil McQuarrie, who had been a student in their ofiice, the firm name becoming, Macleod, Morson & McQuarrie, this arrangement being maintained until March 9, 1893, when Mr. Macleod became judge of the county court of Prince county, which position he has since held. His de~ cisions have been marked by a strict sense of justice and a clear interpretation of the law, while he has at all times conmanded the absolute confidence and respect of both attorneys and litigants. In 1879 Mr. Mac- leod was elected a member of the Provincial Legislature for Charlottetown and entered the cabinet as secretary and treasurer of the province. He subsequently in 1889 succeeded the present Chief Justice Sullivan as attorney general and premier, during this time serv- ing as representative for Charlottetown. In

politics he supported the Conservative party,