educated at King's College, Aberdeen : joined the 22nd Bengal N.I. 1828 : transferred to the 6th Europeans in Bengal : was Brig-Major in the Panjab campaign, 1848–9; at Chilianwala and Gujarat : Brevet-Major : Military Secretary to the Panjab Government, 1852–8, that is, during the mutiny, the siege of Delhi, etc. : was Q.M.G. in Bengal, 1858–9 : commanded Brigades at Dinapur and Agra : Commissary-General of the Bengal Army, 1864–8 : Maj-General, 1868 : C.B., 1858 : K.C.B., 1873 : died May 29, 1874.
MACPHERSON, SIR JOHN, BARONET (1745–1821)
Governor-General : son of Rev. John Macpherson : born 1745 : educated at King's College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh University: went to India, 1767, as the purser of a ship : sent to England on a secret mission by Muhammad Ali, Nawab of the Carnatic : went to Madras, as a "writer," in 1770 : dimissed the service by Lord Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1777 : M.P. for Cricklade, 1779–82 : reinstated by the Court of Directors : Member of the Supreme Council in India, 1781–5 and 1786–7 : Governor-General from Feb. 1785, to Sep. 1786 : had to restore the finances, which were in a state of deficit : made a Baronet, 1786 : M.P. for Horsham, 1796–1802 : died Jan. 12, 1821.
MACPHERSON, JOHN (1817–1890)
Brother of S. C. Macpherson (q.v.), and son of Dr. Hugh Macpherson : born 1817 : educated at Aberdeen : studied medicine in London, and on the Continent : M.R.C.S. : to Calcutta in the E. I. Co.'s medical service, 1839 : retired, 1864, as Inspr- General of Hospitals : published several medical works in India : died March 17, 1890.
MACPHERSON, JOHN MOLESWORTH (1853–)
Born Aug. 8, 1853 : son of John Macpherson : educated at Westminster : called to the bar. Inner Temple, 1876 : Advocate of the Calcutta High Court : Deputy Secretary to Government of India in the Legislative Department, 1877 : Secretary to it since 1896. C.S.I. , 1897 : author of Lists of British Enactments in Force in Native States, 6 vols.; Law of Mortgages in British India.
MACPHERSON, SAMUEL CHARTERS (1806–1860)
Major: brother of John (q.v.) and of William (q.v.), and son of Dr. Hugh Macpherson : educated at Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge : entered the Madras Army, 1827 : in the operations against the Raja of Gumsur in Orissa, 1835 : inquired and reported on the wild tribe of Khonds in Gumsur, and the measures required for the suppression of the Meriah, or human, sacrifices among them, 1837–9 : as Principal Assistant to the Collector of Ganjam, he reformed the Khonds, 1842–4 : appointed Agent to the Governor-General in 1845 to suppress human sacrifice, and female infanticide, in the hill tracts of Orissa : his conduct investigated and charges against him found untenable : Political Officer at Benares, Bhopal and Gwalior. where, with Dinkar Rao, he kept Sindia loyal in the mutiny of 1857 : died at Calcutta, April 15, 1860.
MACPHERSON, WILLIAM (1812–1893)
Brother of John and S. C, and son of Dr. Hugh Macpherson : educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge : called to the bar at the Inner Temple, 1837 : went out to practise at the Calcutta bar, 1846 : Master of Equity in the Supreme Court there, 1848–59 : published the Procedure of the Civil Courts of India : editor of the Quarterly Review, 1860–7 : Secretary to the Indian Law Commission, 1861–70 : practised before the Privy Council : Legal Adviser to the India Office, 1874–9 : Secretary in the Judicial Department, 1879: retired in 1882 : died April 20, 1893.
MACPHERSON, SIR WILLIAM (1835–)
I.C.S. : educated at Haileybury, 1854–6 : entered the Bengal Civil Service, 1856 : Puisne Judge of the Calcutta High Court, 1885–1900 : retired : knighted.
MACRABIE. ALEXANDER ( ? –1776)
Brother-in-law to Sir Philip Francis (q.v.) and his Private Secretary : was Sheriff of Calcutta at the time of Nimcomar's execution, Aug. 1775 : died at Ganjam, 1776.
