Greig, Grand Admiral Sir Samuel. (1735-1788) (Greig
assumed from MacGregor). This naval officer was sent on loan by the British Royal
Navy to the Imperial Russian Navy as a lieutenant, under the auspices of Catherine the
Great. His mission was to modernize the naval tactics and equipment of the Imperial
Russian Navy , at that time, in competition with the Swedes and the Turks.
By personal courage and skill, he rose 
rapidly in the ranks, much faster than
he would have in the Royal Navy. He commanded the Russian fleet at the battle of
Hogeland, where the Russians defeated the Swedes and put an end to Swedish ambitions in
Europe. He was mortally wounded in that battle and was given such a barbarically
gorgeous funeral by the Empress that it was featured by every newspaper in Europe. He was so
successful in his mission that he became known as the "Creator of Russian sea
power, "and a national holiday was declared in Russia in memory of him.
In spite of this record and numerous medals and honours bestowed on him, he
is not mentioned in accounts of the Battle of Hogeland by the Encyclopaedia Britannia.
For a brief time, he had another Scot under his command, Admiral John Paul Jones, later to
become known as "the father of the American Navy."
King, (a MacGregor pseudonym) William Lyon
MacKenzie: (1874-1950): Probably the most powerful MacGregor who ever lived,
he was Prime Minister of Canada for 7829 days, longer than any other leader in the British
Commonwealth.
King was born in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario on December 17th, 1874,and educated at
the University of Toronto, the University of Chicago, and Harvard. 
He was a reporter on the Globe and Mail (Canada's
national newspaper) from 1895 to 1896 and a fellow in political science at Harvard
University from 1897 to 1900.
As an expert on labour, he was called upon by the Canadian government for help in
organizing the Department of Labour in 1900 and was deputy Minister of Labour from 1900 to
1908, serving as chairman of royal commissions on industry and immigration and as
conciliator for the government in various strikes.
In 1906, he represented Canada in negotiations with the British government on
immigration problems, and in 1908, he was elected to the Federal Parliament as a Liberal,
representing Waterloo, Ontario. A year later, he was appointed Minister of
Labour in the cabinet of Sir Wilfred Laurier.
During World War I, King went to the U.S. under the auspices of the Rockefeller
Foundation, serving as adjuster and investigator of industrial relations and
production to various large corporations in the U.S. He quickly became very close
with the Rockefellers and was described as the best friend of John D. Rockefeller
Jr...
King chose Canada vis-a-vis the United States, not once, but twice-; he was offered a
teaching position at Harvard in 1900, and in 1917 he turned his back on a lucrative
consulting career with the Rockefellers to return home to Canada to run for
Parliament.
The Imperial Conference of 1923 gave King his greatest personal triumph of his career.
This conference was the decisive one in Empire relations. King was primarily
responsible for reversing the tendency of the Commonwealth from being a centrist
British-controlled Empire to a Commonwealth association that respected the
nationalism and democratic principles of the Dominions. At the final session, Jan
Smuts of South Africa turned to King and remarked, "You ought to be satisfied, Canada
has had her way in everything." It was a remarkable tribute to a remarkable
performance.
King's resignation in a dispute with the Governor-General in June, 1926brought on a
3 month government crisis, at the end of which, he resumed the Prime Minister's
office. In 1928, King signed the Kellogg-Briand Pacton behalf of Canada.
King's government fell in 1930, but in 1935,he became Prime Minister for the third time.
King was the architect of the modern Liberal Party of Canada, and moulded it into the
strongest and most popular Federal party. It became known as 'the party of the man
on the street,' and would go on to form more governments than any other in this country.
King was leader of the country during World War II, and oversaw the expansion of Canada's
armed Forces to the extent that the Canadian Army played a major part in the invasion of
Normandy and the eventual defeat of the German/Italian war machine. Most of the
allied airmen of the Second World War were trained in Canada as part of the BCATP
(British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.) The Royal Canadian Air Force was the third
largest Air Force in the world and the Royal Canadian Navy, (which supplied 110 warships
for the Normandy invasion), became the third largest navy in the world.
Under the post-war King government, Canada was the first country to completely pay off to
the U.S., dept incurred during the war. Meanwhile, Canada forgave the United Kingdom
over 1 billion dollars of debt in a magnanimous gesture that was without equal.
King was chairman of the Canadian delegation to the UN Conference in 1945 and to the Paris
Peace Conference a year later. He resigned as Minister of External Affairs in 1945
and as Prime Minister in 1948.
His literary works include: Industry and Humanity , A
Study of the Principles Underlying Industrial Reconstruction (1918),Canada
at Britain's Side (1941), and Canada and the Fight for Freedom
(1944).
He was wounded in seven places when treacherously
attacked, with his own sword sheathed, while receiving the surrender of Fort Talneir in
India in 1818: receiving severe kris wounds in the left shoulder, left
side, and in two places on his right side-not to mention a sabre wound across the mouth, a
second right through the nose, and a third nearly cut off his right arm above the elbow
joint.
The wicket gate had been slammed shut behind him, but his
men led by Captain Peter MacGregor, had thrust in a musket from outside to prevent the
gate from closing completely. They rushed the fort and rescued him, although Captain MacGregor
was shot dead. The treacherous killedar commanding the fort was
hanged on the following morning.
This picture was painted four years later, when Sir Evan
at the head of a 'tail' of his clansmen guarded the Honours of Scotland; and at the great
royal banquet in Edinburgh given by King George IV, the MacGregor chief personally
proposed the loyal toast: 'The Chief of Chiefs - The King'.
MacGregor, Sir Even (1842-1926)
A civil servant who served as permanent secretary of the British Admiralty
(l884-1907) during a period of immense development of naval infrastructure
McGregor, Glenn ( Born 1965). Glenn
studied communications at the University of Ottawa and worked for nine years as associate
editor of the satirical news magazine, Frank. He joined the Ottawa Citizen in 1998
and now works as a national affairs reporter.
Glenn's book of satirical postage stamps, "Insufficient
Postage", was published in 1995. That year, he won the Amnesty International
Canada Media Award for a story he wrote about Billy Keith McGregor, a death row inmate in
Oklahoma.
MacGregor, General Gregor , Simon Bolivar's "right hand man",
he was the grandson of Gregor Glun Dhubh, a nephew of Rob Roy. A veteran of the
Napoleonic Wars, he fought in such sanguinary battles as the second battle of Carabobo in
1821, which decided the fate of a region larger than France and Great Britain
together. There are numerous monuments to this real hero, although his exploits have
gone unnoticed by the British Government and press.
Sir Gregor MacGregor of MacGregor, 
6th Baronet
and 23rd Chief of the Gregor Clan. A professional soldier, having been Brigade Major
of the Parachute Brigade, and Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards.
Born 1925 - died 2003.
Official Obituary
from the Dundee Courier
Tuesday, 1st April 2003
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Death of Brigadier Sir Gregor MacGregor
Brigadier Sir Gregor MacGregor of MacGregor, 6th Baronet and 23rd Chief of
Clan Gregor, has died at the age of 78.
Sir Gregor, who is succeeded by his son Major Malcolm MacGregor, died in
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, on Sunday after a short illness. He lived at the
family home Bannatyne, at Newtyle.
Born in Edinburgh in 1925, the son of Captain Sir Malcolm MacGregor and Gylla
Lady MacGregor of MacGregor OBE, he was educated at Eton and was commissioned
in the Scots Guards in 1944.
He saw active service in north-west Europe during the second world war and
later served in Palestine, Malaya and Borneo, and was also a member of the
Royal Company of Archers (Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland).
He was also Brigade Major, 16th Parachute Brigade and rose through the ranks
to become Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Scots Guards and Lt. Colonel
commanding Scots Guards.
Following a two-year spell at Fort Benning in the USA, Sir Gregor became
Defence and Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Athens between 1975 and
1978, before becoming Commander of the regiment's Lowlands Battalion, based at
Edinburgh Castle until 1980.
In his civilian life he was also Grand Master Mason of Scotland 1988-93.
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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Note: The author had the honour of meeting Sir Gregor at
Halifax International Airport upon his arrival from Scotland during the International
Gathering of the Clans in Nova Scotia in 1979.
MacGregor, Reverend Dr. James Drummond (1759-1830) This singular man was born
in Portmore, near Loch Earn when the MacGregor name was still proscribed, hence the alias
of 'Drummond.' While studying at University in Edinburgh, he legally
changed his surname to the original "MacGregor". He
studied Gaelic, became fluent, and impressed his seniors so that he was chosen by the Scottish Presbyterian Synod to preach to the
exclusively Gaelic-speaking highland settlers in Pictou, Nova Scotia - and
subsequently landed there in July of 1786. He quickly became a father
figure to all the Protestant Highlanders in northern Nova Scotia and southern New
Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. He was revered by all his parishioners and was the only preacher in northern
Nova Scotia for over twenty years. He was known as 'MacGregor of the verses' for his
keen mind and his poetic abilities. He wrote an authoritative history of the
"MacGregors of Roro", and a book of Gaelic Poems", which was
published in Scotland in 1818.
MacGregor, James (1838-1918) This
native of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia became a ship owner and merchant prior to being
summoned to the Canadian Senate. He subsequently became lieutenant governor or Nova
Scotia.
MacGregor, James Gordon, 1852-1913) Halifax,
N.S. Wrote several technical papers, amongst them: 'On the calculation of the
conductivity of aqueous solutions containing two electrodes with no common ion,' The
utility of knowledge-making as a means of liberal training,' A table of the cubical
expansion of solids,'
MacGregor, James Grierson, was
born at Dornoch, Scotland in 1905. In 1906 the MacGregor family moved to
Canada and settled on a homestead west of Westlock, Alberta. James MacGregor
attended the University of Alberta and graduated in 1926 with a Bachelor of
Arts degree. Three years later he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in
electrical engineering from the same university. MacGregor then joined
Canadian Utilities Limited as a professional engineer, rising to the position
of general manager in 1950. In 1952 he resigned from the company to become
Chairman of the Alberta Power Commission. He remained in this position until
his retirement in 1970.
In 1949 MacGregor began writing and released his first book entitled Blankets
and Beads. Over the course of his writing career he wrote 20 books about the
history of Alberta and Western Canada including The Land of Twelve Foot Davis,
Behold the Shining Mountains and Northwest of 16, an autobiographical account
of his parents' experiences homesteading near Westlock. His writings have
brought him awards from the Historical Society of Alberta, the Canadian
Historical Association and the American Association for State and Local
History. MacGregor was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the
University of Alberta in 1971 and the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada
in 1973. He also served a term as Governor of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute.
James MacGregor died in Edmonton on October 10, 1989. At the time of his death
he was survived by his wife Francis, his son, Jim and his two daughters, Helen
and Jean.
MacGrigor, Sir James, The father of the
British Army Medical Corps, his conscientious labours and organization procured the
praises of one of Napoleon's chief officers in the Peninsular War; who remarked "The
British forces are under sanitary discipline; the French Army is a perambulating
brothel."
MacGregor, John (1797-1857) A Ross-shire native who
became High Sheriff of Prince Edward Island, Canada and a member of the P.E.I.
Colonial Legislature.
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Captain John MacGregor,
(1759-1823) son of James of Glengyle, grandson of Gregor "Ghlun
Dhu", he was baptized as "John Grahame" due to the proscriptions renewed in 1693 against the Clan Gregor.
John emigrated to the thirteen colonies in
1774 with his father and several siblings, under the tragic
"clearances" (depopulation of the highlands), instantly reverting to "John MacGregor", as soon as he got off
the ship in Philadelphia.
At the outbreak of the American Revolution, he
was a volunteer in the Loyal Philadelphia Volunteers but soon transferred to
the Loyal New York
Volunteers as an ensign. He fought in the American revolution for
eight years under the command of Col. George Turnbull in the areas of Long
Island, Savannah and Charleston, Ga., and Lancaster, Pa. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
and His father died as a Loyalist soldier in the
war. returning to Long Island in 1783. After the "Treaty of
Separation", he went to Shelburne, Nova Scotia, with three of his brothers,
where he was awarded a city lot. He married Mary MacMillan there and started a
family which eventually would number 13 surviving children.
In 1784, New Brunswick was declared a
separate Crown colony, so John and 14,000 other Loyalists including 14
remnants of British American regiments, arrived in the wilderness of Nashwaak,
NB. These soldier/settlers formed a militia that was expected to defend
the new colony against probable American encroachment. John joined
the Regular 42nd Highland Regiment (Black Watch) and maintained his military connections
throughout those inter-war years.
After many early hardships, he prospered
there. In 1791, Upper Canada was declared a separate Crown Colony and later,
in 1806, when vast tracts of land around the Sandwich area (later
Windsor) were opened up, he decided to take his family there, where he
was awarded 200 acres of forested land. He transferred from the 42nd to
the Kent Riflemen Militia Unit. Sgt. MacGregor was so
impressed with Gen. Sir Isaac Brock that he named his next son. born in
1809, after him.
In early 1812, when the second war against
the US erupted, a sizeable army marched north from Kentucky towards Ontario. 
When General Sir Isaac Brock, took Detroit, John MacGregor was there as a Sergeant. With the critical help of
Indian Chiefs, Wyandotte and Tecumseh, the British Army and Canadian
Militias harassed the American militias in Michigan territory for about a
year. As a result, many Kentucky militiamen refused to fight in Upper
Canada, as their terms of service forbade such an encounter.
By May of 1813, the British
regulars had had enough
in Michigan, with their most aggressive leader, Gen. Brock dead, and under the
inept leadership of Col. Proctor, they retreated back into Upper Canada.
Sergeant MacGregor
fought at the disastrous battle of Moraviantown, which left the Americans occupying a large tract of
south-western Upper Canada for the duration of the war. (This loss of territory was only offset by the
rapid occupation of
eastern Maine by troops from Nova Scotia and later seizures of several US forts
in Michigan Territory.)
The
Kent Militia went underground and Lieut. John MacGregor was their leader.
His guerrilla tactics in several skirmishes with the Americans
earned him recognition as a brilliant leader and a tough taskmaster.
MacGregor's guerillas had been fighting and
surviving in the wilderness for an entire winter. In the battle of
Longwoods, in late February of 1814, he fought against superior odds, in spite
of the stubbornness of senior British officers and their contempt for colonial militias,
to send the American forces reeling back to Detroit. He lost an arm in
an action where he led a rearguard attack to save threatened British regular
Army troops from disaster. For this gallant action, he was awarded his
Captaincy.
Renamed by John MacGregor, (in memory of his former
New York unit) the "Loyal Kent Volunteers", succeeded in harassing the American forces in
Michigan and northern Ohio.
MacGregor and his militia were given all the difficult travel assignments,
roaming the entire area with their Indian comrades, at will, daring the Americans to
put up a fight.
After the war came to a close, Captain John
MacGregor wrote many petitions on behalf of his men. Subsequently, medals
were awarded, with considerable monetary and property awards processed.
In recognition of his services, He was awarded 850 acres, comprising
what is now the southern half of the city of Wallaceburg.
Captain John MacGregor died peacefully in
early 1823, and his wife Mary died in September of that same year. He
was a real hero in the face of tremendous adversities; Family proscription
and condemnation in Scotland, Expulsion from his beloved highlands, Fighting a
lost cause in the American Revolution, Pioneering wilderness areas in Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario, Leading a rag tag militia against
hopeless odds, and, not in the least, A pervasive British Army arrogance, that
at numerous times threatened his very life. His gravestone has never
been found.
(Thanks be to Tom Kerr for this wonderful
and well documented tribute)
MacGregor, John
Remember The Alamo!
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In San
Antonio, Texas there is an old mission where a small band of Texans held out for thirteen
days against the centralist army of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. John McGregor, a
piper from Scotland fought and died with them. Scottish Brave Hearts
John McGregor, a native of Scotland, had a home in Nacodoches, Texas before deciding to
travel to San Antonio to the fight in the Siege of Bexar. It was said that he and his
bagpipes would duel with Davy Crockett and his fiddle during lulls in the battle at the
Alamo. Mr. McGregor, a Second Sergeant at the Alamo always won the battle of most noise!
Diary
of Events
The entry for Day 6 mentions the musical duel of Davy Crockett and John MacGregor. |
MacGregor, John (1825-1892) Through his extremely popular
books and magazine articles from 1865 to 1892, practically invented the sport of canoeing
(or kayaking), as we would call it today). He spent part of his youth in Halifax,
N.S., where his father was stationed with the military in the 30's. He graduated from
Trinity College, Cambridge, earned an M.A., and became a barrister-at-law in the Temple,
London. He formed and became Captain of the Royal Canoe Club, England. He
travelled extensively with his canoe and gave much of the profits to charities, especially
to boys in inner cities. He wrote a book entitled "Our brothers and
cousins": a summer tour of Canada and the United States.
MacGregor, Sir William (1846-1919)
Born on October
20, 1846, in Towie, Scotland. He studied medicine at the
University of Glasgow and the University of Aberdeen, and worked as a doctor in both
cities, before joining the Colonial service in 1872. He served as a medical officer
in the Seychelles, then was appointed Chief Medical Officer in Fiji from 1875 to
1888. Then he became administrator of British New Guinea. In 1899, he was
appointed governor of Lagos, and served there until 1904,when he became governor of
Newfoundland. In 1909, he became Governor of Queensland, Australia and remained
there until he retired in 1914. He died in Aberdeen, Scotland on July 3,
1919.
MacGregor, Sir Ian (1912-1998)
This native of
Kinlochleven, Scotland became a highly successful American Industrialist. He then
returned to Britain becoming consecutively chairman of two leading nationalized
industries: The British Steel Corporation and The National Coal Board.
Sir Ian was chair of the British Steel Corporation between 1980-83 and British Coal from 1983-86.
He faced down the steel unions in his first days in post, but entered history as the
man who finally broke the coal unions in the year-long miner's strike during 1984-85.
"Being British is a faith I'll never lose" Sir Ian MacGregor, Sunday Times
1986.
Baroness Thatcher, Prime Minister of the time, said "He brought a breath of
fresh air to British industry and he had such a genial personality."
MacGregor, Sir Ian
- born in 1922. An outstanding medical scientist
who has specialized in the study of malaria and other tropical diseases. He has
contributed over 140 papers to leading scientific and medical journals.
MacGregor, Jimmy
Folk singer Jimmy MacGregor and his partner, Robin Hall, were watched by millions in the
1960s on BBC TV's Tonight show. Their songs, in a career spanning 21 years, included the Mingulay Boat Song and Ye Cannae
Shove Yer Granny Aff the Bus.
MacGregor's Scotland
Over a period of six years in the 1980s and early 1990s Jimmy MacGregor, also
well-known for his folk singing and radio broadcasting, walked the highlands and islands
of Scotland to make many series of TV programmes.
The Programmes
The West Highland Way 1986
The Speyside Way 1987
In the Footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie 1988
On the Outer Edge 1989
Along the Southern Upland Way 1990
MacGregor Across Scotland 1991
MacGregor, Robert (Rob Roy) (1671-1738)
War-time
Chief of the Glen Gyle branch of the MacGregors, notorious
cattle thief and Jacobite Guerrilla. Born at GlenGyle, on Loch Katrine. He
fought as a youngster with John Graham of Claverhouse (1649-89) at Killiecrankle and,
after the collapse of the Jacobite cause, as a mercenary. He acquired lands at
Balquhidder, Craig Royston and Inversnaid where he raised cattle, but having
defaulted on payment of borrowed
money from the Duke of Montrose, his wife and children were
evicted.
He then rented land from John Campbell, the Earl of Breadalbane, a political enemy of
Montrose, and began stealing cattle, raiding the lands of Montrose and running a
'protection racket.' During the first Jacobite Rebellion, Rob harried government
troops around the Trossachs and he was made temporary war-time Chief of the GlenGyle
MacGregors to lead them into battle at Sherrifmuir. His home was eventually burned
in reprisal. After many exploits, he eventually surrendered to General Wade in 1725,
and was pardoned by King George I. He died quietly at Inverlochlarig (Stirling), and
was buried just to the east of the church at Balquhidder, where his grave may be seen
today.
MacGregor, Roy, son of an army officer. Born in
Whitney, Ontario,
Roy has been a journalist since 1972. He
is currently senior columnist with the National Post and has also worked for the Ottawa
Citizen, MacLean's Magazine and the Toronto Star.
He has won more than a dozen of Canada's top writing awards, including the National
Newspaper Award, National Magazine Award and was twice awarded the ACTRA Award as the
country's top writer in television drama
He is the author of twenty books, several of which have made the national best-seller
lists. His popular children's series, the Screech Owls, has
become so popular, they are sold in Sweden, the Czech Republic and China, and will soon
become a television series..
MacGregor, Sue -
BBC Radio presenter Sue MacGregor has had 18 years of work with
Radio 4's "Today programme"
recognized with a CBE (Companion of the
British empire) in the Queen's
Birthday Honours list.
Sue MacGregor said she was "surprised and delighted" by
her CBE but that she owed it to her colleagues. The veteran broadcaster retired from Today at the end of February
after 18 years with the respected news, politics and current affairs
show. She said of her honour: "If it has anything to do with being
on the Today programme for so many years, I confess I owe a lot of
my staying power to the hard work and good humour of my
colleagues."
Sue is currently recording a series with
figures such as Doris Lessing, Lord Justice Woolf and the also
knighted Jonathan Miller. She began at the BBC as a secretary on a radio programme called
"In Town Tonight." After a stint with the South African Broadcasting Corporation,
Sue returned to the BBC as a reporter for PM and The World At
One.
In the early 1970s she moved to Woman's Hour and just over a
decade later began working on Today. Sue caused a minor stir with her earlier
autobiography which contained candid revelations and outlined her
relationships, including an affair with Leonard Rossiter.
But she will be best-remembered for the way she cornered
politicians and other public figures in the most pleasant voice
possible.
Former Monty Python actor Michael Palin said after her retirement
he would miss her "unflappability and her wonderful ability to
let people put their own foot in their mouths". And even those who found themselves on the wrong side of a
probing questions admired her style.
Conservative politician Anne Widdecombe, who had many a run-in
with Sue, said she really looked forward to being interviewed
by her. And in her penultimate Today programme, Home Secretary David
Blunkett said the nation would miss her "dulcet tones".
Orr, Robert (Bobby): (MacGregor
pseudonym). In the early 1900s, Robert Orr moved his family to Parry Sound,
Ontario. Robert's son, Douglas, was an exceptional athlete. He excelled in
track and hockey. Doug Orr had the potential to play in the NHL, but duty called,
and he joined the Royal Canadian Navy. After World War II, Doug married Arva Steele and the
couple settled in Parry Sound.
In March 20th, 1948, Robert Gordon Orr was born. Bobby started skating at the
age of four. He began playing hockey at five.
He was so good that he leapfrogged through the
levels and by the age of 12 was playing against young adults 4 years his senior.
In 1960, the Parry Sound Bantam All-Stars were playing in a tournament and all six
NHL teams had sent scouts to the game to look at two promising players for
Gananoque. Within minutes of the puck being dropped the Boston Bruins scouts forgot
them, they had focused on the skinny little kid from Parry Sound. Bobby played 58 of
the 60 minutes of play, the other 2 minutes he was in the penalty box.
At age 13, Bobby signed a Junior A contract with Boston, and he began playing with
the Oshawa Generals. At 14, he was playing against 19and20 year olds. Starting
for Boston, the talent and grace of this young superstar was apparent from the first
moment he stepped on the ice. The rest of the league was determined to measure the
kid's durability. And all found it was equal to his skills.
Without a doubt the best defenceman ever and, arguably the best hockey
player who ever lived, Bobby reinvented the game. He was the first defence man to
leave the 'point' and regularly score goals.
Many other prominent people enjoy the distinction of this
name and they include: Kelvin McGregor, American Lawyer; Sir George McGregor,
New Zealand Judge; Malcolm McGregor, Canadian Professor of the Classics; Air
Marshall Andrew McGregor; Sir Colin MacGregor, Chief Justice in Jamaica;
Duncan MacGregor, Dentist; Edward MacGregor, British Diplomat; Hon. Sir George
MacGregor, Judge.
A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO WERE SET UPON & CAST OUT
The unnamed hundreds of thousands of Refugees: The cost in human
terms of the lost generations of Scots who were driven out of Scotland,
before, during and after
the proscriptions, the Jacobite rebellions, and the clearances is incomprehensible.
Instead of developing Scotland, they helped to develop and consolidate power in other
countries. For instance, we now know that thousands of Scottish soldiers helped in
the military consolidation of Prussia, leading up to two world wars. The most
outstanding personality there was Mackensen (MacKenzie), whose brilliant military strategy
defeated the Russian steam roller in 1915, thereby leading to the October
revolution, and International Communism.
In Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and
Africa, Scots have been leaders in government, science, art, and all other avenues
of human progress. Meanwhile, in Britain, many millions of Scots were
persecuted and prosecuted in a criminal manner by their own governments -
during the religious wars, proscriptions, and for decades afterwards.. The basic human rights that
Englishmen universally enjoyed were slowed and stymied when it came to Highlanders,
especially those of certain clans who had been on the losing sides of previous wars of
Scottish national liberation against an imperialist power.
J. H. Burton said it best when he wrote:
"How dreary a thing it is that a community should have to dismiss the choice of
its children from its own bosom ....."
Harold Stanley MacGregor
was born on 04
February, 1962 in New Jersey but was raised in Katy, a suburb of Houston, Texas. He
began playing musical instruments at an early age, first the mouth organ, then the guitar.
He is a country music traditionalist and has
established many firsts in the country music business. He won the Country Music
Association's Horizon Award in 1989 and was named top male vocalist in 1990.
In 1991, he married Lisa Hartman and joined the Grand Ole Oprey. 
chairman of the Toronto International Film Festival; founding
shareholder in the YTV network; and co-manager and co-publisher of five time Juno
Award-winners, The Tragically Hip. He continues to write on topics ranging from
politics to popular culture, in a variety of national and international publications, and
is a highly respected political strategist, social commentator, and rock-music
aficionado.
I'm Made,' with such flair and poise, one may be amazed to discover he is still
a high school student. A quiet, polite young man -- any trace of youthful shyness
disappears when Adam sings. His deep, rich voice brings a confident poignancy to songs of
hope and dreams. From the all-out positivity of "Horseshoes" to the
dedicated heart of "No Vacancy" and the father and son conversation of
"Facts Of Life," Adam identifies with all the material, even the ones
about love. "I know for a fact I'm too young to have a girlfriend, he
says with a smile, but I know one day I'll find that true love and that makes it
easy to identify with a song that talks about it.
became paramount in his personal life.
recent film was 'Moulin Rouge' with co-star Nicole Kidman.
His parents encouraged him to leave school and pursue his acting goals rather
than be unhappy. 
Ewan is known for totally immersing himself into his characters. He shaved his head
and lost 28 pounds for his role as a heroin addict in Trainspotting, then
donned a wig and top hat to play a devious bachelor in Emma. Ewan is
one of the most promising young actors today and will, no doubt, become a larger presence
in the film industry.
