1954 - Special Collections

32 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLA :-l GREGOR SOCIETY
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Gen. XXIV
Robt. Douglas in preparing the MacGregor history in that ref. #3.
This John Murray who secured the famous deed of 1774, 29th Nov.,
has been referred to as-of the House of Lanrick, and of the House
of Glen Carnock, and also of the H ouse of Glen Strae. There
were intermarriages between different Houses at times, but many
of the branches and Houses were descended from brothers of the
same ancestor.
Sir Evan John Murray-MacGregor, 2nd Bt., b. Jan. 1785, was
Maj.-Gen. in Army, KC.B. and G.C.H ., Gov. of the Windward
Islands, assumed by Royal License the additional name of Mac­
Gregor, 22nd Dec. 1822 ; m. 28th May, Elizabeth (d. 12 Apr. 1846) ,
dau. of 4th Duke of Atholl, and had issue, 3 other daus.
Sir Evan was the great grandfa ther of our present hereditary
Chief, Sir Malcolm MacGregor. A picture of Sir Evan in Command
of the escort to the Crown Jewels from Edinburgh to Hooly ­
rood Castle in 1822, in the A.e.G.S. year book for 1954.
Sir Evan and Elizabeth had :
1. J ohn Ath oll Bannatyne (Sir), 3rd Bt.
2. Evan W illiam John, an officer in the service of Austria, b.
1819 ; d. 28 Jun e 1850.
3. James Strathallan, b. 1821; d. at Dominica, in the We st
Indies, 12 Jan. 1843.
4. Francis Alexander Robert , E.1.e.S.; b. 1823 ; k. by mutineers
of his Regt., near J abalpur, 25 Sept. 1857.
5. Ea rnest Augustus, Lt. Col. 4th Regt, European Light Cav.,
b. 1825; d. at Calcutta, 17 J an. 1869.
1. Jane Anna Mari a, rn. lstly John James Hamilton Burgoyne,
93rd Highr s.; 2nd son of Sir J. J . Burgoyne, Kt. ;
and 2ndly, M. Le Mount.
2. Louise I sabell.
3. Elizabeth Mary Anne.
4. AME LI A GE ORGIANNA MU RRAY . Note-She
compiled the H ist. of Th e Clan Gregor, ref. #10.
Sir Evan d. 14 June 1841 and was s. by his eldest son John, of the
MacGregor chiefs line.
Sir John Atholl Bannatyne MacGr egor, 3rd Bt. ; Lt.-Gov. of the
Virgin Islands, b. 20 Jan. 1810 ; m, 14 Nov. 1833, Mar y Charlotte
(d. 29th Apr . 1896) , yst. dau. and co-heir of Rear-Adm. Sir Thomas
Masterman Hard y, Bt. G.e.B.; "N elson's Hardy" Com'ded his
Flagship the Victory, at Trafalgar, and had issue,
1. Malcolm (Sir), 4th Bt., the present hereditary chief's father.
2. Ath oll, Madras e.S., form erly Briti sh Resident at Travancore,
b. 22 Ju ly 1836 ; rn, 23 Apr . 1878, Coroline Mary Stuart
(d. 10 Dec. 1906) , elder dau. of Sir Robert Menzies, 7th Bt,
of that ilk, and d. 2nd Mar. 1922, leaving issue,