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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.
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.
25 de set. de 2018 · There was a man John MacPherson, the Black Captain of Ballachroan as they would call him […] it was the last Christmas [of the century] when this happened. They made out that he was greatly in League with the Devil. He requested twelve men to go with him to hunt up in Gaick. They all went but nobody returned.
- Andrew Wiseman
Mount Pleasant was built by Scottish privateer John McPherson on his retirement to Philadelphia. During the Revolution, it was home to traitor Benedict Arnold and his wife. (Library Company of Philadelphia) Some prizes were ransomed rather than captured.
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...
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 ...
