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Since becoming clan chief in 1958, Sir Gregor had travelled extensively to MacGregor gatherings, in particular to America and
Canada, and was seen as a guiding hand to the clan throughout his tenure.
In 1975 he oversaw the 200th anniversary of the lifting of the Act of Proscription, imposed in 1693 by William of Orange, which
outlawed the clan name. The Act was finally repealed in 1775.
Sir Gregor is also survived by his wife Fanny and younger son Ninian.
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Brigadier Sir Gregor MacGregor of MacGregor, 6th Bt, of Lanrick and Balquhidder, was the 23rd Chief of Clan Gregor and a Grand
Master Mason of Scotland.
MacGregor became Clan Chief in 1959, and took the duties that came with the position extremely seriously. He held not only a
genuine belief in the ideals of clanship, but he also believed in practising them, to the delight of his clansmen all over the world.
When the American branch of the clan was set up he pointed out that the association as proposed failed to give women equal
representation. Thereafter, he maintained a firm link with the American Clan Gregor Society, and at their gatherings cut a fine figure
in his red MacGregor kilt.
When serving as British Army Liaison Officer at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1970, he was sent an enormous family tree by an
American clanswoman; his correspondent was investigating her relationship to a MacGregor cadet line. In his detailed, four-page
reply, MacGregor apologised for not having many clan genealogical books with him - and then from memory provided a wealth of
recondite ancestral detail dating to the 15th century.
Freemasonry provided another strand to MacGregor's life. As Grand Master Mason of Scotland for five years from 1988, he
travelled tirelessly to masonic ceremonies, going as far afield as Hong Kong, at a time when his elder son Malcolm was serving
there with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. As a francophile and fluent French speaker he also attended the installation of France's
Grand Master.
Gregor MacGregor was born on December 22 1925, the son of Captain Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor, 5th Bt, and his wife
Gylla (née Rollo). Known to close friends as George, he grew up at the family home near Lochearnhead, Perthshire, and in due
course was sent to Eton. He would succeed his father in the baronetcy in 1958.
At the age of 19, he was commissioned into the Scots Guards and joined the 2nd Battalion as a platoon commander in north-west
Europe in the last months of the Second World War. After training at the Airborne Forces depot, he served in Palestine with 1st
(Guards) Parachute Battalion from 1947 to 1948.
MacGregor returned to the 2nd Battalion in 1950, and served in Malaya during the Emergency followed by a tour of duty in BAOR.
He transferred to the 1st Battalion in 1956 and, after attending the Staff College at Camberley, was appointed brigade major of 16th
Independent Parachute Brigade Group.
MacGregor returned to the 1st Battalion in 1963, and in 1965 saw active service in Borneo during the "Confrontation" with
Indonesia. After attending the Joint Services Staff College, he returned to Malaysia in 1966 in command of the 1st Battalion in the
last phase of the Emergency.
After a period as Colonel Recruiting Officer HQ Scotland, MacGregor was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Scots Guards
in 1971. Four years later he moved to the British Embassy, Athens, as Defence and Military Attaché. Following promotion to
brigadier, he commanded 52nd (Lowlands) Brigade, based at Edinburgh Castle.
A good horseman, MacGregor was once passing in front of the band when his mount noisily
broke wind. "Sorry about that, Brigade of Drums," he called out. "That's all right, sir," a piper
retorted. "We thought it was the horse."
MacGregor retired from the Army in 1980. He was a Member of the Royal Company of
Archers (Queen's Body Guard for Scotland) from 1949.
He was staunch in his concern for the care of ex-servicemen, taking an active part in securing
their welfare arrangements. He was also noted for his abilities as a speaker at regimental
reunions and dinners.
He made his family home at Newtyle, Blairgowrie, and for a time kept a house in Florida. Sir
Gregor MacGregor died on March 30.
He is survived by his wife Fanny (née Butler) and by their two sons, of whom the elder,
Malcolm, who was born in 1959, succeeds in the baronetcy.
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Clan MacGregor carries the Clan MacGregor badge and motto, and with his kind permission,
the personal crest of the 23rd Clan Chief, Sir Gregor MacGregor of MacGregor. The Clan
traces its ancestry and takes its name from Gregor, third son of Alpin and King of Scotland in
the last part of the eighth century. It is this royal lineage that gives rise to the Clan motto 'Royal is my Race'. Although the Clan
MacGregor went through centuries of turmoil from lands being confiscated to the very name MacGregor being outlawed, they were
resilient. Vindication came in the later half of the 18th century when laws affecting the MacGregor name were abolished. Clan
MacGregor Scotch Whisky honours this strong, ancient Clan.
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Michael Evan Victor Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton (b. 27 June 1924) is a maternal grandson of the 9th Duke of Devonshire.
On 28 April 1948, he married Elizabeth Ursula Foster Wise. They divorced in 1977 after having six children:
Hon. Evan Michael Ronald Baillie (b. 19 March 1949)
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