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 MACDONNELL, SIR ANTONY PATRICK (1844–)

I.C.S. : educated at Queen's College, Galway : joined the Indian Civil Service in. Lower Bengal, 1865, and retired, 1901 : Revenue Secretary to the Government of Bengal : Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department : Acting Chief Commissioner of Burma, 1889 : Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, 1891 : Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, 1893 : Member of the Supreme Council, 1893–5 : Lieutenant-Governor of N.W.P., 1895–1901 : Member of the Council of India, 1902 : his services lent, to be Under Secretary to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1903 : K.C.S.I., 1893 : G.C.S.L, 1897 : P.C., 1902 and P.C. Ireland, 1903 : K.C.V.O., 1903.

MACDOWALL, SIR ANDREW ( ? –1835)

Lt-General : entered the E. I. Co.'s Madras Establishment, 1783 : at the siege and capture of Palicaudcherry, 1783, and the reduction of many of Tippoo's forts : in the defence of the Raja of Travancore's lines, 1789 : in the force under Cornwallis and Medows at Seringapatam, 1791–2 : at Malavilli and the capture of Seringapatam, 1799 : in the settlement of the ceded country, 1801–3 : commanded a Brigade under Sir T. Hislop, C. in C, Madras, at Mahidpur, 1817 : commanded a detachmment in Khandesh and took many forts, 1818 : C.B. : K.C.B., 1831 : died May 15, 1835.

MACGREGOR, SIR CHARLES METCALFE (1840–1887)

Born Aug. 12, 1840 : son of Major Robert Guthrie Macgregor : educated at Marlborough : entered the Indian Army, 1856 : in the mutiny, at Firozpur : at the siege of Delhi, afterwards in several hand-to-hand combats : at the siege and capture of Lucknow : in Oudh, constantly engaged, 1858–9, under Hope Grant, Horsford, Holdich : in Fane's horse in China : Brig-Major in the Bhutan campaign, 1864 : severely wounded : D.A.Q.- M.G : in Abyssinian expedition : compiled the Gazetteer of Central Asia, 1868–73 : Director-General of Transport in the Bihar famine, 1874, for which he received the C.S.I. : on expeditions on the Afghan and Beluchistan frontiers in 1875 : wrote accounts thereof : prevented from entering Herat : in the Afghan war, 1878–9, on the Khyber line : C.I.E. and C.B. : Chief of the Staff to Sir F. Roberts and other Generals : at Charasia, Kabul, Sherpvir : commanded a Brigade in the Kabul-Kandahar march, and at the battle of Kandahar : commanded the Marri expedition : K.C.B., 1881 : Q.M.G. in India : given the command of the Panjab Frontier Force, 1885 Maj-General : died at Cairo, Feb. 5, 1887 compiled also the History of the second Afghan war, and wrote The Defence of India : Our Native Cavalry : and Mountain Warfare : a great soldier, full of knowledge, keenness, courage, and determination.

MACGREGOR, SIR GEORGE HALL (1810–1883)

Son of General John Alexander Paul Macgregor : born May 1, 1801 : educated at Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Artillery, 1826 : A.D.C. to Lord Auckland, 1836 : Political Agent at Jalalabad, 1838 : Political Assistant and Military Secretary to Sir W. H. Macnaghten, (q.v.), 1838 : served in Afghanistan, at Ghazni, in actions from Kabul to Jalalabad, and the defence of the last place : A.D.C. to General Pollock, 1842 : present in the actions up to capture of Kabul : C.B. : Principal Assistant to the Resident at Lahore, 1846 : Political Resident at Benares : Deputy Commissioner of Lahore : A.G.G. at Murshidabad : Military Commissioner and A.G.G. with the Gurkha auxiliary force under Sir Jang Bahadur in the mutiny : Brig-General at the capture of Lucknow : K.C.B., 1861 : retired as Maj-General, 1859 : died Jan. 3, 1883.

MACGREGOR, SIR JOHN (1791–1866)

Son of Duncan Macandrew : assumed the name of Macgregor, 1863 : educated at Edinburgh University : entered the medical service, 1809 : in the Walcheren expedition, 1809, the Peninsula, 1811–3 : served in the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay, twice in Bengal, in Ceylon : present at the capture of Fort Manora and Karachi : at the investment of Kandahar, 1841–2 : at Kabul and Ghazni, and with Nott's Army, 1841–2 : at Maharajpur, 1843 : at the rebellion in Ceylon, 1848 : P.M.O. at Hongkong for 2 years : Deputy Inspr-General at Madras : Hony. Physician