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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Macgregor    
First Name(s)  George Hall    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1810    
Death Year  1883    
Entry  Son of General John Alexander Paul Macgregor : born May 1, 1801 : educated at Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Artillery, 1826 : A.D.C. to Lord Auckland, 1836 : Political Agent at Jalalabad, 1838 : Political Assistant and Military Secretary to Sir W. H. Macnaghten, {q.v.), 1838 : served in Afghanistan, at Ghazni, in actions from Kabul to Jalalabad, and the defence of the last place : A.D.C. to General Pollock, 1842 : present in the actions up to capture of Kabul : C.B. : Principal Assistant to the Resident at Lahore, 1846 : Political Resident at Benares : Deputy Commissioner of Lahore : A.G.G. at Murshidabad : Military Commissioner and A.G.G. with the Gurkha auxiliary force under Sir Jang Bahadur in the mutiny : Brig-General at the capture of Lucknow : K.C.B., 1861 : retired as Maj-General, 1859 : died Jan. 3, 1883.     
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