John MacGregor (1797 - 1857) was born near Stornoway in the Western Isles of Scotland, but lived in Canada between the ages of 6 and 30 years. He was a civil servant in Canada, then moved to Britain as a businessman, author, civil servant as joint secretary to the Board of Trade from 1840-1847, and politician. He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Glasgow in 1847, resigning in 1857 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.

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  • John MacGregor (1797 - 1857) was born near Stornoway in the Western Isles of Scotland, but lived in Canada between the ages of 6 and 30 years. He was a civil servant in Canada, then moved to Britain as a businessman, author, civil servant as joint secretary to the Board of Trade from 1840-1847, and politician. He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Glasgow in 1847, resigning in 1857 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. He used his (unpaid) position as an MP to give the appearance of influence as Chairman to a number of companies, at least two of which - the Eastern Archipelago Company and the Royal British Bank - lost in celebrated fraud trials . He lived at 61 Ennismore Gardens, London, from 1849-1855 . He died in France before he could be tried in the latter case, otherwise he would surely have been convicted.
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  • 1847 – 1857
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  • John MacGregor (1797 - 1857) was born near Stornoway in the Western Isles of Scotland, but lived in Canada between the ages of 6 and 30 years. He was a civil servant in Canada, then moved to Britain as a businessman, author, civil servant as joint secretary to the Board of Trade from 1840-1847, and politician. He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Glasgow in 1847, resigning in 1857 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
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  • John MacGregor (Glasgow MP)
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