MACGOWAN, Edward, M.D.; practised at Exeter; physician to the mission of London Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews 1841; arrived at Jerusalem 21 Jany. 1842. d. Jerusalem 6 Feb. 1860 aged 65. W. H. Hunt’s Jerusalem. Bishop Gobat in re Hanna Hadoub (1858) 22 etc.
M’GRATH, Henry Walter (3 son of Nicholas M’Grath of Dublin). b. Dublin 1803; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1825, M.A. 1830; deacon 1829; P.C. of Walton le Dale near Preston 1832–7; R. of St. Ann’s, Manchester, Aug. 1837 to 1852; R. of St. Paul’s, Kersal Moor 29 May 1852 when the church was consecrated to 1865; hon. canon of Manchester 1858 to death; built a house called Ditton at Torquay about 1878, lived there 1878 to death; author of The sacraments practically rejected by Unitarians, in Unitarianism confuted (1839) 593–646. d. Ditton, Lower Warberry road, Torquay about 17 July 1884. C. W. Bardsley’s Memorials of St. Ann’s church (1877) 17, 20; J. Evans’s Lancashire authors and orators (1850) 174–78.
MAC GREGOR, Arthur Trevor. b. 1799 or 1800; lieut. R.N. 22 Oct. 1823; captain 8 Aug. 1857, retired 7 March 1868; retired admiral 7 April 1885. d. Ardmore, Cheltenham 21 Dec. 1886.
MACGREGOR, Sir Charles Metcalfe (2 son of Robert Guthrie Macgregor). b. Agra 12 Aug. 1840; ed. at Marlborough 1853–5; ensign 57 Bengal N.I. 5 Jany. 1857; commanded a squadron of Hodson’s horse in Indian mutiny Aug. 1858, second in command 1861–4; served in Fane’s horse through Chinese campaign 1860; served in the Afghan war 1878–80; assist. deputy quartermaster general in India 1865–7 and in Abyssinia 1867–8; commanded the Punjab frontier force 28 Nov. 1885 to death; major general 22 Jany. 1887; author of Mountain warfare, an essay 2 ed. 1866; A military report on the country of Bhutan 1873; Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan 2 vols. 1879; Wanderings in Balochistan 1882; compiled History of the Second Afghan war 6 vols. 1885–6, suppressed by Indian government; The defence of India 1884, suppressed by the government; C.S.I. 31 Dec. 1875; C.I.E. 1 Jany. 1878; C.B. 1879; K.C.B. 17 Jany. 1881; compiled the Gazetteer of Central Asia 1868 which occupied him 5 years. d. Shepheard’s hotel, Cairo 5 Feb. 1887. bur. Glengyle on shores of Loch Katrine. The life of Sir C. M. Macgregor. Ed. by Lady Macgregor 2 vols. (1883), portrait.
MC GREGOR, Sir Duncan. b. 16 March 1787; ensign or lieut. 72 foot 31 Aug. 1801; captain 78 foot 17 April 1804, major 25 Nov. 1813, placed on h.p. 25 April 1816; major 31 foot 29 Jany. 1824, placed on h.p. 26 May 1825; lieut.-col. 93 foot 23 March 1826, placed on h.p. 27 July 1838; served in Sicily and Italy 1806, in Egypt 1807 and in the Peninsula 1813–4; lieut.-col. 93 foot 23 March 1826 to 27 July 1838 when placed on h.p.; inspector general of constabulary force, Ireland 1838–58; general 28 Oct. 1864; K.C.B. 28 Dec. 1848 for his services in Ireland; retired from the army Oct. 1877; author of A narrative of the loss of the Kent. By A Passenger 1825, 7 ed. 1860. d. 2 Vanbrugh park, Blackheath, Kent 8 June 1881.
Note.—While major of 31 regt. on board the Kent East Indiaman, she took fire 1 March 1825 in the Bay of Biscay, and he was instrumental in saving the lives of the passengers.
MACGREGOR, Sir George Hall (son of general John A. P. Macgregor d. 1868). b. 1810; ed. Addiscombe; 2 lieut. Bengal artillery 16 June 1826, lieut.-col. 18 May 1856, retired 22 Dec. 1858; political assistant and military sec. to sir W. H. Macnaghten, envoy to Shah Soojah 1838, present at capture of Ghuznee 1839; assisted in capturing Hyder Khan; political agent with Sale’s brigade 1841, present at capture of Cabul; assistant to sir Henry Lawrence at Lahore 1846; brigade general during the mutiny 1857, present at capture of Lucknow 1858; had 3rd class of the Douranee empire 1839 and second class 1840; major general on retired list 18 March 1859; C.B. 10 Oct. 1842, K.C.B. 24 June 1861. d. Glencarnock, Torquay 2 Jany. 1883. C. R. Low’s Soldiers of the Victorian age, i 141–207 (1880).
M’GREGOR, James. b. Liverpool 1808; manager of Liverpool commercial bank many years; chairman South Eastern railway co. 1848 to death; contested Banbury 31 July 1847; M.P. Sandwich 1852–6; contested Sandwich 28 March 1857; resided at 25 Eccleston sq. London. d. of paralysis in house of Robert Douglas, hair dresser 23 New Bond st. London 5 Sep. 1858.
MC GREGOR, John (eld. son of David Mc Gregor of Drynie, Rosshire). b. Stornoway, Rosshire 1797; emigrated to Prince Edward island 1802, a school teacher, clerk in a store, engaged in shipbuilding, member of house of assembly; returned to Europe 1828; one of the joint secretaries of board of trade 24 Jany. 1840 to 6 Aug. 1847; M.P. Glasgow July 1847; accepted stewardship of manor of Northstead, Feb. 1857; author of Historical sketches of the colonies of British America 1828; The resources and statistics of nations 1835, one vol. only; My note book 3 vols. 1835; The commercial and financial legislation of Europe and America 1841; Commercial statistics of all nations 5 vols. 1844–50; The progress of America from the discovery by Columbus 2 vols. 1847; Sketches of the Austrian and Ottoman empires 1851; The history of the British empire from James I. 2 vols. 1852; one of the founders of Royal British bank opened 17 Nov. 1849, a director, chairman of the board, and the governor, advanced to himself £13,700 all of which except £700 became a bad debt, bank failed 3 Sep. 1856 and all the shareholders were ruined; escaped trial and imprisonment by his death at Boulogne 23 April 1857. D. Morier Evans’ Facts, failures and frauds (1859) 268–390; I.L.N. xii 75 (1848), portrait.
MAC GREGOR, Sir John (2 son of Duncan Mac Andrew of Culross, Perthshire). b. 20 Oct. 1791; ed. at univ. of Edinb.; entered medical department of army as hospital assistant 27 June 1809; inspector general of hospitals 28 Nov. 1856 to 31 Dec. 1858 when placed on h.p.; hon. physician to the queen 16 Aug. 1859; K.C.B. 10 June 1859; took by r.l. name of Mac Gregor instead of Mac Andrew 24 July 1863. d. Corstorphine lodge, Ryde, Isle of Wight 13 Jany. 1866.