Peter McNeil
Peter McNeil may refer to: * Peter McNeil (footballer) (1854–1901), Scottish footballer * Peter McNeil (architect) (1917–1989), Canadian architect See also * Peter MacNeill Peter MacNeill is a Canadian film and television actor and voice-over artist who has starred in numerous television series and films. His film credits have included '' The Hanging Garden'' (for which MacNeill won a Genie Award for Best Suppo ...

Peter McNeil (footballer)
Peter McNeil (1854 – 30 March 1901) was a Scottish footballer and along with brother Moses, one of the founding members of Rangers Football Club. He made seven Scottish Cup appearances for the club. Life He was born at Belmore House in Rhu in Dunbartonshire, the son of John McNeil and his wife, Jane Loudon Bain. His father was the gardener at Belmore House. Around 1870 the family moved to 17 Cleveland Street in Anderston. Peter McNeil was apprenticed as a clerk in Anderston around 1871. He played in Rangers first ever match in May 1872 against another Glasgow team, Callander F.C. on Fleshers Haugh, Glasgow Green. After finishing playing football, he continued as match secretary and was hugely influential in the fledgling years of the Club. McNeil died in 1901 at the Hawkhead Asylum near Paisley aged 47. He was certified insane and had been sectioned. The pressures from financial problems had taken its toll on his mental and physical health. He is buried in Craigton Cem ...
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Peter McNeil (architect)
Peter Aloysius McNeil (3 October 1917 – 4 August 1989) was a Canadian architect and politician. Born in Dominion, Nova Scotia, the eighth son and tenth child of a coal miner, McNeil worked as a farm labourer and carpenter's helper until the Second World War, joining the Royal Canadian Navy and attaining the rank of Shipwright 3rd Class.Military Records of Peter A. McNeil, obtained from Library and Archives Canada After completing a correspondence course in architecture while in the Navy, he returned to civilian life as a carpenter, carpenter's foreman, and architect. Professionally, he is most notable as an architect for the Diocese of Antigonish and the Diocese of Charlottetown, for which he built a number of churches and other buildings. He moved from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island in 1957, settling in the village of Parkdale, where he would serve as the chairman of the village commission from its inception until 1970. After the death of 5th Queens MLA Elmer Blanch ...
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