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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  Macpherson    
First Name(s)  James Duncan    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1811    
Death Year  1874    
Entry  Son of Lt-Colonel Duncan Macpherson of the 78th Highlanders: born 1811, educated at King's College, Aberdeen : joined the 22nd Bengal N.I. 1828 : transferred to the 6th Europeans in Bengal : was Brig-Major in the Panjab campaign, 1848-9 ; at Chilianwala and Gujarat : Brevet-Major : Military Secretary to the Panjab Government, 1852-8, that is, during the mutiny, the siege of Delhi, etc. : was Q.M.G. in Bengal, 1858-9 : commanded Brigades at Dinapur and Agra : Commissary-General of the Bengal Army, 1864-8 : Maj-General, 1868 : C.B., 1858 : K.C.B., 1873 : died May 29, 1874.     
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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