Background
MACGREGOR, William was born in 1847 in Scotland. Son of late John MacGregor.
MACGREGOR, William was born in 1847 in Scotland. Son of late John MacGregor.
Aberdeen; Glasgow.; Doctor of Medicine. Doctor of Science Cambridge. Doctor of Laws Edinburgh.
Doctor of Laws.
Late Resident Surgeon and Resident Physician Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and Royal Lunatic Asylum, Aberdeen. Assistant Government Medical Officer, Seychelles, 1873. Surgeon Civil Hospital, Portuguese Louis, Mauritius, 1874.
Chief Medical Officer, Fiji, 1875.
Late Receiver-General and Administrator of the Government, and Acting High Commissioner and Consul-General for the Western Pacific. Administrator of British New Guinea, 1888.
Lieutenant-Governor, 1895. Governor of Lagos, 1899- 1904.
Governor of Newfoundland, 1904-1909.
Fellow of Royal Geographical Societies of England and Scotland and Berlin, and of Royal Anthropological Society of Italy. Has Albert medal, 2nd class, and Clarke gold medal, for saving life at sea. Watson gold medal, 1872.
Also Founder’s medal Royal Geographical Society of England;,and Mary Kingsley Medal, 1910.
Declared Queen Victoria’s sovereignty over British New Guinea, September 4, 1888. Represented the West African Colonies and Pro tectorates at the Coronation, 1902. Aber.; Honourable Honourable Aber.
F. F. P. South. Glas.; Governor of Queensland since 1909. Chancellor, University of Queensland.
Spouse 1883, Mary,daughter of R. Cocks.