 Andrew McDermot

Andrew McDermot (1790 – 12 October 1881) was a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) employee who became a prominent independent fur trade merchant and member of the Council of Assiniboia.McDermot was born in Bellangare House, Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland in 1790, the eldest son of Miles MacDermot and Catherine (Kitty) O'Connor.