Career
Angus was born in Campbellford, Ontario, and educated there. He moved to Manitoba in 1893, was called to the Bar in 1905, and worked as a barrister. They had six children.
Son, Richard, was a Manitoba fur trader, adventurer, lawyer and a publisher who founded Harlequin Enterprises, the world"s largest publisher of romance novels. first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1903 provincial election, and lost to Liberal candidate West. J. Doig by 124 votes in Russell.
He ran again in the 1907 election, and defeated new Liberal candidate T. A. Wright by nine votes. He was re-elected by eight votes in the 1910 election, and resigned from the legislature in 1911.
Despite being forty years old, Angus volunteered to serve overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. As a Lieutenant-Colonel, he led the Canadian Army"s 207th Battalion. At the end of the war, he was appointed a county court judge in Dauphin, Manitoba, a position held until his death there in 1941.