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Ian McPherson
Ian MacPherson, Macpherson or McPherson may refer to: * Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron (1880–1937), British lawyer and politician * Ian Macpherson (novelist) (1905–1944), Scottish novelist * Ian McPherson (footballer) (1920–1983), Scottish footballer * Ian MacPherson (historian) (1939–2013), Canadian historian and co-operative activist * Ian McPherson (cricketer) (born 1942), Scottish cricketer *Ian Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron Ian David Patrick Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron (born 31 March 1949), is a British hereditary peer and member of House of Lords. He is also the baronet Sir Ian David Patrick Macpherson of Drumalban. He inherited the titles on the death of hi ... (born 1949), British peer, grandson of the 1st Baron * Ian Macpherson (comedian) (born 1951), Irish comic novelist, playwright and performer * Ian McPherson (police officer) (born 1961), British police officer {{hndis, Macpherson, Ian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron
(James) Ian Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron (14 May 1880 – 14 August 1937), known as Sir Ian Macpherson, Baronet between 1933 and 1936, was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. In 1931 he joined the breakway National Liberal Party. Background and education Macpherson was the son of James Macpherson, JP, of Inverness, and Anne, daughter of James Stewart. Lord Drumalbyn, George Macpherson and Sir Tommy Macpherson were his nephews. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, in 1906. Political career Macpherson sat as Member of Parliament for Ross and Cromarty from 1911 to 1935. In 1916 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for War, a post he held until 1918, and then served as Deputy Secretary of State for War and Vice-President of the Army Council between 1918 and 1919, as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1919 and 1920 and as Minister of Pensions between 1920 and 1922. He was admitted to the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Macpherson (novelist)
Ian Macpherson (1905–1944) was a Scottish writer from Leslie Place, Forres, Moray, Scotland. He graduated from Aberdeen University in 1928 with a first-class honours degree in English. His first novel, ''Shepherds Calendar'', was published in 1931. The book depicts a young man's growth to maturity in a farming community dominated by hard toil and the influence of the seasons. ''Wild Harbour'' tells of the world destroyed by a future war, forebodings of which were already discernible in Europe. Macpherson died in a motorcycle accident in 1944. Novels * ''Shepherds' Calendar'' (1931), * ''Land of Our Fathers'' (1933) * ''Pride in the Valley'' (1936), * ''Wild Harbour'' (1936), Further reading Gifford, Douglas (1982), ''In Search of the Scottish Renaissance: The Reprinting of Scottish Fiction'', in ''Cencrastus ''Cencrastus'' was a magazine devoted to Scottish and international literature, arts and affairs, founded after the Referendum of 1979 by students, mainly of Scotti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McPherson (footballer)
Ian Buchanan McPherson (26 July 1920 – 20 March 1983) was a Scottish footballer whose clubs included Rangers, Notts County and Arsenal. Career A native of Glasgow, McPherson first joined Rangers as a youth player and made his debut in a 3–1 victory over Arbroath on 26 August 1939, although World War II intervened during the early part of his career, and all competitive football was suspended. After 15 goals in 16 wartime appearances, McPherson left Rangers to serve in the RAF and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944 and 1945. After returning from duty, he joined Notts County in 1945, playing in regional wartime leagues. After a single season with the Magpies, McPherson was signed by Arsenal in August 1946 (in part-exchange for Reg Cumner), in time for the resumption of competitive League football that autumn. He made his Arsenal debut against Wolves in the club's first post-war First Division match, on 31 August 1946; Arsenal lost 6–1, their biggest Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian MacPherson (historian)
Ian MacPherson (1939 – November 16, 2013) was a Canadians, Canadian historian, and a supporter of the Cooperative, co-operative movement. MacPherson was born in Toronto, Ontario. Education MacPherson received his Bachelor of Arts, B.A. from the University of Windsor in 1960. After working as a high school teacher for four years, he returned to school, earning his Master of Arts, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in History from the University of Western Ontario.Dr. Ian MacPherson , BCICS Website Academic life MacPherson taught at the University of Winnipeg for 8 years, and founded the Canadian Studies program there. In 1976, he moved to the History Department at the University of Victoria, serving as Chair from 1981 to 1989. He became Dean of the Faculty of Humanities in 1992, but stepped down in 1999 to e ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McPherson (cricketer)
Thomas Ian McPherson (born 14 October 1942) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer. McPherson was born in October 1942 at Scone, Perthshire. He was educated at Perth Academy. A club cricketer for Perthshire Cricket Club, he made his debut Scotland in first-class cricket against Ireland at Dublin in 1977. He made four further first-class appearances for Scotland to 1979, which included matches against the touring New Zealanders in 1978 and Sri Lankans in 1979. Playing in the Scottish side as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took 10 wickets in his five matches at an average of exactly 23, with best figures of 4 for 74. As a tailend batsman, he scored 83 runs at a batting average Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic. Cricket In cricket, a player's batting average is ... of 20.75, with a highest score of 28. Outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron
Ian David Patrick Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron (born 31 March 1949), is a British hereditary peer and member of House of Lords. He is also the baronet Sir Ian David Patrick Macpherson of Drumalban. He inherited the titles on the death of his father David Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron, on 31 August 2006. Education Lord Strathcarron's early education was at Hill House School, before attending Horris Hill and then Eton College; after Eton, he went to Grenoble University. Personal life Lord Strathcarron married the former Gillian Rosamund Allison (born 15 September 1946) in 1974 and they have two children, the Honourable Sophie Ananda Macpherson (born 14 April 1978) and the Honourable Rory David Alisdair Macpherson (born: 15 April 1982). Career Lord Strathcarron spent ten years in the Orient working for Time-Life as a freelance journalist and copywriter. In 1970, he founded the Japan Europa Press Agency in Tokyo and sold it in 1995. He became a partner in Strat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Macpherson (comedian)
Ian Macpherson is an Irish writer and performer. He is best known for his stand-up comedy (especially alternative comedy) and for his comic novels including ''Deep Probings: The Autobiography of a Genius''. In 2004, ''Deep Probings'' was featured as a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. He has also written a number of children's books including ''Late Again!'' Macpherson won the first '' Time Out'' Comedy Award in 1988. Several one-man shows followed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including ''The Chair'' at the Assembly Rooms in 2001 and ''The Joy Of Death'' at the Pleasance in 2002. At this time he was also writing comedy scripts and radio plays and he performed with Arnold Brown at the festival in 2008. His solo show ''The Everlasting Book Launch'' was on at the Assembly Rooms in 2015. 2011 saw the publication of ''The Autobiography of Ireland's Greatest Living Genius'', an omnibus containing both ''Deep Probings'' and its previously unpublished sequel, ''Posterity Now''. ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |