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 military authorities failed, and the Army remained inactive : Macnaghten accepted the terms of the rebel chiefs on Dec. 11 : the terms were not adhered to by the Afghans : Macnaghten negotiated further with Akbar Khan, son of Dost Muhammad, and at an interview on Dec. 23, 1841, was treacherously killed by Akbar himself. His character and capacity for his task have been much discussed. The whole policy was surrounded by the greatest difficulties, and the inefficiency of the military commanders added to them : Macnaghten' s optimism and confidence prevented him from realizing the situation correctly : his high character and courage were conspicuous throughout : a monument was erected to him at Calcutta.

MACNAMARA, N. CHARLES ( ? - )

Joined the Indian Medical Service : was in the Sonthal rebellion and Indian mutiny : Fellow of Calcutta University : Professor of Ophthalmic Medicine, Calcutta Medical College : founder of the Mayo Hospital, Calcutta : Vice-President of Royal College of Surgeons and of B.M. Association : author of several works, including Diseases of the Eye, History of Asiatic Cholera, Diseases of Bones, Hunterian Oration, 1901 : F.R.C.S.

MACNEILL, JAMES GRAHAM ROBERT DOUGLAS (1842–)

Born Feb. 11, 1842 : son of Capt. Thomas MacNeill : educated privately : joined the Madras Army, 1859, and became Maj-General, 1898 : served on the Staff, in the Intelligence Department, 1880–2 : D.A.Q.M.G., 1882–5 : D.A.G. and Q.M.G. Burmese expedition, 1885–6 : severely wounded : C.B. : commanded 14th regt. M.I., 1887–9 : A.A.G., Mandalay, 1889–90 : commanded 14th regt. M.I., 1887–9 and 1890–4 : retired, 1898.

MACPHERSON, SIR ARTHUR GEORGE (1828–)

Born Sep. 26, 1828 : son of Hugh Macpherson, M.D. : educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh : called to the bar. Inner Temple, 1852 : practised before the Supreme Court, Calcutta, 1852 : Legislative Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 1862–4, and to the Government of India, 1864 : Puisne Judge of Calcutta High Court, 1864–77 : officiating Chief Justice, 1875 : Legal Adviser to Secretary of State for India, 1879–82 : Judicial Secretary, India Office, 1882–93 : K.C.I.E.

MACPHERSON, DUNCAN ( ? –1867)

Joined the Army Medical Service in Madras in 1836 : was in China in 1840–2, and wrote an account of his time there : in the Russian war, 1855, head of the medical staff of the Turkish contingent : wrote his Antiquities of Kertch and Researches in the Cimmerian Bosphorus, 1857 : Inspr-General of the medical service, Madras, 1857 : was an active and advanced sanitary officer : Hon. physician and surgeon to Queen Victoyia : died at Merkara, Coorg, June 8, 1867.

MACPHERSON, SIR HERBERT TAYLOR (1827–1886)

Son of Lt-Colonel Duncan Macpherson : born Feb. 27, 1827 : joined the 78th Highlanders, 1845 : Adjutant in the Persian war, 1856–7 : under Havelock at the relief of Lucknow, Sep. 25, 1857, when he gained the Victoria Cross, "setting an example of heroic gallantry to the men of the regiment at the period of the action in which they captured 2 brass 9-pounders at the point of the bayonet," under heavy fire : under Outram at the defence of the Alambagh : at the capture of Lucknow, severely wounded : joined the Bengal Staff Corps as Major in 1865 : in the Hazara Black Mountain campaign, 1868 : in the Lushai expedition, 1871–2 : in the Jowaki campaign, 1877 : commanded a Brigade in the Khyber in the Afghan war, 1878 : in Sir F. Roberts' march on Kabul, 1879 : in the fighting round Kabul : in the march to Kandahar and the battle there, Sep. 1880 : K.C.B. : Maj-General in command of Indian troops in Egypt, 1882, at Tel-el-Kebir : K.C.S.I. : C. in C. of Madras, 1886 : Lt-General : went to Burma to complete the pacification of the country : on his way down from Prome to Rangoon, he died of fever on board the steamer, Oct. 20, 1886.

MACPHERSON, SIR JAMES DUNCAN (1811–1874)

Son of Lt-Colonel Duncan Macpherson of the 78th Highlanders : born 1811,