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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Eyes, 5th edition; History of Asiatic Cholera, 3rd edition; Diseases of bones and joints, 3rd edition. Address: The Lodge, Chorleywood, Herts. Club: Athenaeum.

Maconochie, Evan, I.C.S; b. 1868; educ: Sherborne School and New College, Oxford; joined service as Assistant Collector, Ahmedabad, 1889; served in Surat and the Panchmahals; on special duty to write Guzerat Settlement Reports, 1894; on special duty in the Deccan Revenue Survey, 1895; Deputy Superintendent, Revenue Survey, 1896; Under Secretary, Government of India (Revenue and Agricultural departments), 1897 1900; deputed to inquire into the Revenue Collections of Guzerat; acting Collector, Ahmedabad, 1901, Private Secretary to H.H. the Maharaja of Mysore, 1908; reverted to Bombay,1909; Governor’s Agent in Guzerat.

Macpherson, Sir Arthur George, K.C.I.E., (1889); b. 1828; s. of Hugh Macpherson, M.D.: educ: Aberdeen and Edinburgh; called to the Bar (Inner Temple), 1852; practised before the Supreme Court, Calcutta, 1882; became Legislative Secretary to Government of Bengal, 1862-64, and to the Government of India, 1864; Puisne Judge, Calcutta High Court, 1864-77; Officiating Chief Justice, 1875; Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State for India, 1879-82 Judicial Secretary, India Office, 1882-93. Address: 54, Cleveland Square, Hyde Park, W.

Macpherson, Duncan James, M.A., C.I.E. (1898); s. of late Rev. Wm. Macpherson of KilminirKilmuir [sic], Rosshire; b. 1855; educ: Edinburgh High School and University; passed M.A., 1875; joined service as Assistant Magistrate, 1878; made District Magistrate, 1887; acting Secretary to Government of Bengal, 1898; Chief Collector of Customs, Calcutta, 1899; Divisional Commissioner of Bengal, 1903; acting Member, Board of Revenue, Calcutta, 1911; M.L.C. of Bengal, the same year. Address: Calcutta, India. Clubs: United Service.

Macpherson, Hugh, I.C.S.; educ: Paisley Grammar School, Glasgow, and Balliol College, Oxford; joined service, 1891; Director of Land Records, 1907; transferred to Behar and Orissa, 1912; Member, Legislative Council, Behar and Orissa, since 1913. Address: Patna, India.

Macpherson, Sir John Molesworth, Kt., (1911): C.S.I., (1897), b. at Westminster, 1853; s. of John Macpherson; educ: Westminster; called to the Bar (Inner Temple), 1876; Advocate, Calcutta High Court; Deputy Secretary to Government of India (Legislative department), 1877; Secretary since 1896; Member, Imperial Legislative Council, 1910. Publications: List of British Enactments in force in Native States, 6 Vols; Law of mortgages in British India. Address: Calcutta and Simla, India.

'''Mactaggart, Lt.-Col. Charles''', M.A., M.B. and C.M., C.I.E. (1911). Inspector-General of Prisons, United Provinces: s. of late Charles Mactaggart of Campbeltown; b. 1880; educ: Campbeltown Grammar School; passed 259