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University of Edinburgh. Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet (1745 – 12 January 1821), was a British administrator in India. He was the acting Governor-General of Bengal from 1785 to 1786.
Nationality. Scottish. Occupation. privateer. Spouse (s) Margaret Rogers (1752–1770; her death) Mary Ann MacNeal (1772–1792; his death) John Macpherson (1726—September 6, 1792) was a Scottish-born privateer. After emigrating to colonial America, he built Mount Pleasant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1762.
Sir John Macpherson (1745–1821) was the son of a Scottish minister. His many tours of service with the East India Company were marred by corruption and scandal. He was made acting...
Benin city, Nigeria, 1935. University of Edinburgh. Sir John Stuart Macpherson, GCMG (25 August 1898 – 5 November 1971) was a British colonial administrator who served as the governor of Nigeria from 1948 to 1954, and as governor-general from 1954 to 1955.
Privateering could earn practitioners great fortunes. John McPherson (1726-92), a successful Philadelphia merchant, gathered wealth sufficient to build the estate Mount Pleasant. That estate was later sold to Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) and survived as a prominent structure in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park.
1 de jun. de 2023 · Events. Guestbook (5) Follow story. Text size. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of John Cluney MacPherson. John left us suddenly at the age of 69 on May 27, 2023 at his home in Kanata. John was the beloved husband of Suanne Hall and the loving father of Scott.
manifestation of this change in attitude was the arrival of Sir John Macpherson in Nigeria as Governor. This event marked a significant watershed in the history of Britain's colonialism in Nigeria after 1945 because John Macpherson personified the liberalism that had come into effect within the Colonial Office and which changed the attitude of ...
