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MACGREGOR. 401 MACGREGOR, Sir Malcolm, of MacGregor, CO. Perth. J.p. (1795, G.B.); s. his father as 5th Baronet in 1876 ; b. 3 Aug. 1873 ; heir pre- sumptive, his brother Alexander Ronald. Ahms — Arg. a sword in bend dexter az. and an oak-tree eradicated in bend sinister ppr., in dexter chief an antique crown gu., on a chief (of augmentation) embattled gu. an Eastern crown or, issuant therefrom a flagstaff in pale bearing a banner arg. bearing the standard of Holkar, and charged with three bars gu. Crest op Atjgmextatiox — Two brass guns in saltire in front of a demi-Highlander armed with his broad-sword pistols and with a target thereon the family arms of MacGregor in an escroll for the motto " E'en do and spare not," granted 24 June, 1823. Crest — A lion's head crowned with an antique crown ppr. issuant (as an augmentation) from a mural cro%vn or and on an escroll over the motto ' Srioghal mo dhream. Supporters — Dexter, an unicorn arg. crowned homed or. Sinister, a deer ppr. tyned az. Mottoes—" Ard cheille." ' Srioghal mo dhream. Seat— Edinchip, Loch Earn Head, Perthshire. Eineage. PATRICK MACGREGOR, was in great esteem with the celebrated General Montrose, whom he joined in support of the royal cause wth above a thousand of his clan; m. Marian, dau. of Macdonald, of Auchatrichatan, chief of the clan of Glenco. His grandson, JOHN 1U.CGREG0R, aUas MURRAY, of Glencamock, co. Perth ; m. Catherine, eldest dau. of Hugh CampbeU, of Leix, Argyllsh. and had 5 sons, [1] Robert Murray, of Glencamock, had the command of a regt. of his own clan at the battle of Culloden 174.5 ; he was confined in Edinburgh Castle for several years, and d. at Edinburgh, Oct. 1758, having m. thrice. His only surviving son John, had his head taken ofl by a cannon baU at the siege of Louisburgh. [2] Peter. [3] Duncan, wounded at the battle of Preston Pans 1745, had a son John, and a dau. Dnmmiond Mary. [4] £van, of whom presently. [5] John, at the siege of Carthagena 1740, and was killed at Ticouderago. EVAJN SIURRAY served with great distinction as an officer in the 88th regt. in Germany; d. 1778, having m. Janet, younger davi. of John Macdonald, of Balgony (son of Sir James Macdonald, of Slate, 2nd Baronet, ancestor of Baron Macdonald — see Peerage) ; she d. 15 Feb. 1793, having had 4 sons, HI Sir John, created a B.vronet. /2/ Alexander, of Napir Euskie, Perthsh. col. royal clan alpine fencibles, b. 25 Aug. 1746; m. 1st, Fr.ances, dau. of Major Edmund Pascall; she d. 1786. He m. 2ndly— 25 Mar. 1790, Grace, dau. of James Hay, of Banff. By his 1st wife he had 2 sons, (1) Evan Edmimd Hastings Pascall, b. 8 Feb. 1777; d.youBg. (2) Alexander Murray MacGregor, major-gen. in the army, lieut.-col. 6th regt. ; resumed his paternal surname by r.l. 23 Dec. 1822; b. 27 Nov. 1778; d. 20 Aug. 1827, having m. 21 May. 1810, Lady Charlotte Anne Sinclair, dau. of Bart. James, 12th Earl of Caithness ; she d. 7 April, 1854, having had 4 sons and 3 daus. (1) Alexander Nugent, capt. Bengal army ; d. 1844, having m. Eleanor, dau. of Capt. Hopper; she d. having had an only son, Alexander Caithness, d. having m. 19 Nov. 1867, Jessie MlUer, younger dau. of Peter Bairnsfather, Esq. of Dimibarrow, co. Forfar, N.B. (she re-m. ), and had 2 sons, Evan Caithness. — Robert Wilmot. (2) Caithness Evan Edmund, d. 1834. (3) John, col. Madras s.c. ; b. 12 May, 1819; m. 18 Jan. 1840, Mary Barbara, dau. of John Featherstone, Esq. of Blackhall, Northumberland, and of Newbus Grange, co. Durham, and has had with other issue 2 sons and 4 daus. [1] Alexander, uncovenanted service, b. 10 June, 1845; m. 9 Jan. 1873, Gertrude Lawrence, youngest dau. of late William Price, Esq. of Benhill, Ross, Herefords. [2] John Nugent, 2nd lieut. 103rd foot, late 1st Derby mil. ; b. 15 Mar. 1861. [3] C^iarlotte, m. 20 Nov. 1861 , topjajor-Gen. John Elphin- stone, who d. 15 Sept. 1877 (BART.) [4] Helen Jane, m. 11 June, 1868, to Capt. Frederick Robertson Twynam, R.A. and has a son, Thomas Macgregor TWYSAM, b. 11 June, 1869. [5] Fanny, m.22 Nov. 1871, to Alexander Chorley David- son, major R.A. s. p. [6] Mary Grace, unm. (4) Evan Murray MacGregor, maj.-gen. in the army (retd.), e.x-Ueut.-col. Bombay cavalry, in Scinde 1843, with Central India field force 1858/9, com. 2nd Bombay cavalry 1866/75; m. 7 Mar. 1848, Sophia Mary Anne, only dau. of Charles Frederick Collier, of Bellair, Charmouth, Dorset, insp.- gen. luilian army, and has 2 sons and 4 daus. [1] Charles Frederick, b. 29 Dec. 1851. [2] Evan, h. 12 May, 1860. [3] Frances Charlotte, m. to Dr. F. Leggett, Bombay meilical service. [4] Isabella Marguerite, m. 10 Dec. 1874, to William Bell, capt. 56th regt. (pompadours). [5] Sophia Grace. [6] Janet Lucie. (5) Jane Helen CampbeU, d. 1860, having m. 1838, to Col. Alex. Boyd Kerr, of the Madras rifles, and had a son and 2 daus. (6) Frances Grace Hay, m. 29 Feb. 1836, to Major-Goi. Edward Every Miller, Madras s.c. who d. 10 Oct. 1877, having had 2 sons ami 3 daus. of whom the eldest, Char- lotte Jane Sophia, d. 7 April, 1880, having m. 11 Sept. 1856, to Lieut.-Gen. Sir Frederick Paul Haines, G.C.B. G.C.s.I. extra C.I.E. com.-in-chief India 1876 81. (7) Charlotte, d. Aug. 1850, having m. 31 Dec. 1844, to ■lames Alexander Cmikshank, Esq. of Langley Park, co. Forfar, 87th R.I. fusiliers, who d. s. p. 1849. /3/ Peter, col. E.i.c.s. adj.-gen. Bengal army; killed on board " Lord Nelson " East Indiaman; m. EUza Tuting, s.p. /4/ Robert Murray-Macgregor, lieut.-col. royal clan alpine fencibles, resumed liis patronj-mic by R.L. 21 Dec. 1822; m. Barbara, sister and coheir of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Bart, (extinct) , G.c.H. of Fairburn, and had 2 daus. (1) Jeanetta Catherine, m. 1st, to Robert Sutherland, and 2ndly, to William Damley Hull. (2) Barb.ira, d. 1841, having m. 1826, to Lieut.-Col. Hort, D...G. Windward and Leeward Islands. SIR JOHN JIACGREGOR-MLTIRAY, of Lanrick, Perths. lieut.-col. E.I.C.S. auditor-gen. Bengal, created a Baroxet 3 Jul}%1795 ; b. 10 April, 1745; d. 29 Jime, 1822, ha%'ing m.' 1774, Anne, dau. of Roderick Macleod, of Edinburgh, W.s. she d. 5 Feb. 1830, having had an only son, viz. — QIR EVAN JOHN MITRRAY-MACGREGOR, 2nd Baronet, io major-gen. in the army, k.c.b. g.C.h. governor-gen. and com.-in-chief of Barbadoes, the Leeward Islands, and Wind- ward Islands; resumed the original surname of the family JLacGregor by R.I., 6 Dec. 1822: b. 2 June, 1785; d. 14 June, 1841, having m. 28 May, 1808, Lady Elizabeth Murray, d.au. of John, 4th Duke of Atholl ; she d. 12 April, 1846, having had with other issue a son and 3 daus. (1) Sir John Atholl Bannatyne, s. as 3rd Baronet. (2) Jane Anne Maria. (3) Elizabeth M.iry Anne, d. 29 Mar. 1857, having m. 20 July, 1837, to Joseph Blake, Esq. of London. (4) Amelia Georgiana. SIR JOHN ATHOLL BANNATYNE, 3rd Baronet, lieut. governor of Virgin Islands; b. 20 Jan. 1810; d. 11 May, 1851, having m. 14 Nov. 1833, Mary Charlotte, youngest dau. and coheir of Kear-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart (ext.), G.C.B. gov. of Greenwich hospital, and had 4 sons and 2 daus. (1) Sir Malcolm, s. as 4th Baronet. (2) Atholl. Madras C.S. b. 22 July, 1836 ; m. 23 April, 1878, Caroline Marie Stuart, elder dau. of Sir Robert Menzies, Bart, and has a son, b. 27 Dec. 1880. (3) Evan, b. 31 Mar. 1842. (4) Alpin, a gent, usher to the Queen ; b. 20 June. 1846. (5) Emily Louisa, m. 6 Aug. 1857, to William David, Viscount Stormont (E. M.vxsfield). (6) Mary EUzabeth,m. 25 April, 1871, to John Charles Thynne, Esq. (M. Bath). 2 D