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132ROBERT LAING, M.A.,,EV.Theology in Morin College, Quebec,president Halifax Ladies' College,was born December He was ordained to the ministry of theunder Dr. Cook, and also at Edinburgh.26th, 1841, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.His father was Presbyterian Church in 1873, and wasJames Laing, a native assistant to Rev. Dr. Jenkins from 1873of Aberdeenshire, who emigrated to until 1878, when he was called to St.Canada in 1847, ^ rst settling in Chainbly,Province of Quebec, and afterwards he founded the Halifax Ladies' College,Matthew's Church, Halifax. In 1887,removing to Buckingham, P. Q., in and in 1890, took the management of1 86 1, where he died in 1881. After the same. He is chairman of thereceiving his early education, Mr. Widows' and Orphans' Fund of SynodLaing entered McGill College, graduatingB.A. in 1868, takingof the Maritime Provinces. In politics,first rankhonors in Mental and Moral Philosophy,the Prince of Wales' medal, andlater, the degree of M.A. He studiedhe is a Liberal-Conservative. He wasmarried in 1878, to Christina D., seconddaughter of James Croil, Esq., Montreal.He has two sons and one daughter.