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2 unusual facts about Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet


John MacPherson

Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet (1745–1821), Scottish administrator in India

John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth

Deploring the lavish profusion of the governor-general, Shore communicated his views of the financial situation to John Macpherson, who, instead of privately imparting them to Hastings, inserted them as a minute on the records of the supreme council.


Bridgeman baronets

The Bridgeman Baronetcy, of Ridley in the County of Chester, was created on 12 November 1773 for Orlando Bridgeman, Member of Parliament for Horsham and younger son of the 1st Baronet, of the Great Lever creation.

John Copley

For over 50 years Copley has been the partner of John Hugh Chadwyck-Healey (born 1922), grandson of Charles Chadwyck-Healey, 1st Baronet.

Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet

Macpherson landed at Madras, where he obtained an introduction to Mohammed Ali, Nawab of the Carnatic.

Viscount Hanworth

Pollock was the fifth son of Mr George Pollock, fourth son of Sir Frederick Pollock (1st Baronet, of Hatton) (elder brother of Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet, of The Khyber Pass).


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