Modern English biography

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