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MACREADY, EDWARD NEVILLE BOURNE, brother of William Charles Macready (qv); b. 17 Feb 1836; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (G); Addiscombe Coll. 1853-4; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1854; Ensign, 2nd European Light Infantry 10 Jun 1855; Lieut. , 23 Nov 1856; res. 2 Sep 1857.

Macquisten, Frederick Arthur Martin, son of Frederick Alexander Macquisten KC MP, of Edin­burgh, and Margaret, d. of John Reid Muir of Ord, Scotland; b. 26 Mar. 1907; adm. Apr. 1920 (G); left July 1925; a stockbroker; d. 29 May 1972.

MACPHERSON, SIR JOHN MOLESWORTH, eldest son of John Macpherson MD, EICS Bengal, Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals, Bengal, and Charlotte Melosina, fifth dau. of Rev. John Molesworth Staples, Rector of Lissane, co. Tyrone, Ireland; b. 8 Aug 1853; adm. 27 Sep 1866 (G); Min. Can. 1868; left 1871; adm. Inner Temple 31 Oct 1873, called to bar 28 Jun 1876; advocate, High Court, Calcutta 1876; Deputy Secretary, Legislative Dept., Government of India 1877-96, Secretary 1896-1911; CSI 22 Jun 1897; knighted 12 Dec 1911; author, The Law of Mortgage in British India, 1885; m. 1881 Edith, dau. of Gen. Charles Waterloo Hutchinson CB, Royal Engineers, Inspector-Gen. of Military Works, India; d. 5 Jan 1914. DNB.

MACPHERSON, HUGH MARTIN CHARTERS, brother of Sir John Molesworth Macpherson (qv); b. 27 Nov 1857; adm. 22 Jan 1870 (G), exhibitioner 1871; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1876, adm. pens. 11 Oct 1876; BA 1880; MA 1883; adm. Inner Temple 2 Nov 1878, called to bar 17 Nov 1883; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; d. 8 Aug 1922.

Macpherson, Hugh Cowan, son of Hugh Scott Macpherson, of Forest Hill, Kent; b. July 7, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (H); left March 1902; served in Great War I; Trooper Yeomanry Roughriders; d. Feb. 16, 1923.

Macpherson, Campbell Leonard, son of Lieut.-Col. Cluny Macpherson CMG MD, of St John's, Newfoundland, and Eleanor Barbara Thompson OBE, d. of William McLeod Thompson, of Northumberland, Ontario; b. 4 July 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (G); left July 1925; a co. director at St John's, Newfoundland; Regent Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland and Governor of United Church Colleges; OBE 1949; Lieut.-Governor Province of Newfoundland 1957; LLD 1962; m. 6 June 1932 Faith, d. of Charles A. Vilas of New York.; d. 28 June 1973.

Macpherson, Arthur Stewart, elder son of Stewart Macpherson, of Bayswater, Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, by Leonora Frances, daughter of William George Kemp, M.R.C.S., of Wellington, New Zealand; b. Oct. 13, 1896; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 23, 1909 (H); K.S. (non-resident) 1910; left (with Triplett) July 1915; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1915; B.A. 1920; M.A. 1925; with the Y. M.C. A. in Flanders Feb. 1916-April 1917; 2nd Lieut. Labour Corps July 15, 1917; served in France Oct. 1917-Jan. 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. March 3, 1919; asst. master Oundle School, Northants, Sept. 1921; Dulwich College 1927-56; retired; author of several language textbooks; m. 1st April 5, 1923, Kathleen Norah, third daughter of Harry Edmund Powell, of Basingstoke, Hants; 2nd Aug. 5, 1937, Alma, daughter of Harrison Briscoe, of Streatham.

MacPhail, Angus Roy, son of Angus MacPhail, of Blackheath, Kent, by Fanny Maud, daughter of Otto Karlowa, of Lewisham; b. April 8, 1903; adm. May 2, 1917 (R); left Easter 1921; Trin. Hall, Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1921; B.A. 1925; secretary Commission III of the International Confederation of Students Jan. 1, 1926; Script editor, Gainsborough Pictures, 1926; screenwriter and scenario editor responsible for several internationally famous films; for some time in charge of the script dept. of the M. of I. during Great War II; d. April 22, 1962; unm.