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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)  John    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir ,Baronet     
Birth Year  1745    
Death Year  1821    
Entry  Governor-General : son of Rev. John Macpherson : born 1745 : educated at King's College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh University: went to India, 1767, as the purser of a ship : sent to England on a secret mission by Muhammad Ali, Nawab of the Carnatic : went to Madras, as a ""writer,"" in 1770 : dimissed the service by Lord Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1777 : M.P. for Cricklade, 1779-82 : reinstated by the Court of Directors : Member of the Supreme Council in India, 1781-5 and 1786-7 : Governor-General from Feb. 1785, to Sep. 1786 : had to restore the finances, which were in a state of deficit : made a Baronet, 1786 : M.P. for Horsham, 1796-1802 : died Jan. 12, 1821.    
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