Modern English biography

MAC LACHLAN, JOHN. _b._ 1827; ordained in Rome 1850; R.C. bishop of Galloway 29 Jany. 1878 to death, consecrated in Glasgow cathedral 23 May 1878. _d._ Dumfries 16 Jany. 1893. MACLAGAN, ALEXANDER (1 son of Thomas Maclagan). _b._ Bridgend, Perth 3 April 1811; apprentice to a plumber 1823–9, then a journeyman; contributed to Edinburgh literary journal 1829; manager of a plumbery in Dunfermline 1833; junior clerk in inland revenue office, Edinb. 1850; entertained at a public dinner in the hall of Burns’ cottage 1851; granted civil list pension of £30, 29 Sep. 1856; author of Sketches from nature and other poems 1851; Ragged school rhymes 1851, new ed. 1871; National songs and ballads 1878. _d._ Edinburgh 20 April 1879. _C. Rogers’ Modern Scottish minstrel_, _v_ 226–40 (1857). MACLAGAN, DAVID. _b._ Edinburgh, Feb. 1785; ed. Edinb. univ., M.D. 1805; M.R.C.S. Edinb. 1804; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1807, F.R.C.S. 1816; assistant surgeon to 91 regt. 10 Sep. 1807, served at Walcheren; staff surgeon 9 Portuguese brigade 1811 and served in Spain to 1814; phys. in the army 26 May 1814, placed on h.p. 1816; in practice at Edinb. 1816 to death; pres. of R.C.S. 1826; pres. R.C.P. 1856; surgeon in ordinary to the queen in Scotland 1838 to death; F.R.S. Edinb. _d._ 129 George st. Edinb. 6 June