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William Macpherson (legal Writer)
William McPherson or Macpherson may refer to: *William Macpherson (bureaucrat) (1784–1866), Clerk of the Legislative Council of New South Wales *William Macpherson (British Army officer) (1858–1927), colonel-commandant and author *William Macpherson (judge) (1926–2021), judge of the High Court of England and Wales and chair of the enquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence *William MacPherson (priest) (1901–1978), Anglican Dean of Lichfield * William Macpherson (cricketer), English cricketer * William McPherson (university president) (1864–1951), president of Ohio State University *William Murray McPherson (1865–1932), Australian philanthropist and politician *William McPherson Allen (1900–1985), American aircraft businessman *William McPherson (writer) (1933–2017), 1977 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism *William David McPherson William David McPherson (August 22, 1863 – May 2, 1929) was an Ontario barrister and political figure. He represented To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Macpherson (bureaucrat)
William Macpherson of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Blairgowrie (26 August 1784 - 13 March 1866), a Deputy Lieutenant of Perthshire, Scotland, Clerk of the New South Wales Legislative Council, was born in Barrackpore, India. He was the eldest son of Colonel Allan Macpherson, who was at that time on duty in the Bengal establishment of the East India Company, East India Company's services, and Eliza Dell, née Fraser. Macpherson, together with his wife and son, Allan Macpherson, Allan, went to Sydney, Australia in 1829 where he took up the position of Collector of Internal Revenue in New South Wales. He held several other senior positions in the New South Wales public service and retired in 1859 as Clerk of the New South Wales Legislative Council. His son, Allan Macpherson, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and represented the Electoral district of Central Cumberland from 1863 to 1868. William Macpherson died in Sydney on 13 March 1866.''Gentlemen's Magazine'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Macpherson (British Army Officer)
Major General Sir William Grant Macpherson, (27 January 1858 – 15 October 1927) was the colonel-commandant of the Royal Army Medical Corps, and the author of its official history. Early life Macpherson, the 3rd son of the Rev. William Macpherson, was born in 1858 at the Manse of Kilmuir Easter in Ross-shire, Scotland. He received his education at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated in classics in 1879; M.B., C.M. in 1882. While at Edinburgh he was a boxing champion and a talented gymnast. With the aid of a scholarship he then further studied at Tübingen & Leipzig in Germany, in medicine, German and logic. Military career Having been commissioned into the British Army Medical Service his first Imperial tour of service was in India, from thence to a 5-year spell with the Gibraltar garrison, where along with his military duties he acted as the Rock's Medical Officer for Health. Whilst he was there he also found time to be the Editor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Macpherson (judge)
Sir William Alan Macpherson of Cluny, 6th of Blairgowrie (1 April 1926 – 14 February 2021) was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales, and the 27th Hereditary Chief of Clan Macpherson. He was a common law barrister who served as the recorder of the Crown Court, a judge at the Queen's Bench, and the presiding judge of the Northern Circuit, before his retirement in 1996. In the late 1990s, Macpherson led the public inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. His report at the end of the enquiry in 1999 was considered groundbreaking and described as one of the most significant moments in the history of British criminal justice. He had also served as the commanding officer and later as an honorary colonel of the 21st Special Air Service Regiment of the British Territorial Army, and had been the president of the Highland Society of London and the London Scottish Rugby Football Club. Early life Macpherson was born in Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, on 1 April 1926. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William MacPherson (priest)
William Stuart MacPherson (30 September 1901 – 7 July 1978) was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century. He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, the fourth of five sons of Henry MacPherson, an electrical engineer, and Lilly Hallewell MacPherson. He also had a younger sister, Eileen.''1901 England Census'' His brother Alfred Sinclair MacPherson married writer Margaret Kendall while his brother Henry Douglas MacPherson was killed in the First World War. He was educated at Sedbergh and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1932 he began his career with a curacy at Richmond, Yorkshire after which he was a Minor Canon at Ripon Cathedral. When World War II came he was a chaplain in the RNVR. Later he was Rector then Archdeacon of Richmond. In 1954, he was appointed Dean of Lichfield, a post he held for 15 years."Church News Dean of Lichfield To Retire". ''The Times'' Monday, 17 February 1969; p. 10; Issue 57487; col A He died in Honiton Honiton ( or ) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Macpherson (cricketer)
William Douglas Lawson Macpherson (15 May 1841 – 24 February 1920) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1871 for Gloucestershire, and a school administrator. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper who made 3 first-class career appearances. In 1864, Macpherson was appointed Secretary (also sometimes serving as Treasurer) of the Council of Clifton College, Bristol, and lived at Clifton. His sons- K. D. W. Macpherson (a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy), A. G. Macpherson (a schoolmaster at Newton Abbot College Newton Abbot College is an 11-19 secondary school situated in Newton Abbot, Devon. The College, recognised by Ofsted as a good School, offers education for GCSE and Sixth Form students. History Newton Abbot College was established as the Gramm ...), and C. G. Macpherson (a solicitor)- were educated at Clifton College.Clifton College Annals and Register 1862-1912, ed. Frank Borwick, Clifton College, 1912, pp. 285, 295, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McPherson (university President)
William McPherson (July 2, 1864 – October 2, 1951) was the acting President of Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ... from July 1, 1938, to March 1, 1940. A chemistry laboratory at Ohio State is named for him. Further readingPast Presidents of the Ohio State University External links * * Presidents of Ohio State University[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Murray McPherson
Sir William Murray McPherson, KBE (17 September 1865 – 26 July 1932) was an Australian philanthropist and politician. He was the 31st Premier of Victoria. Early life and philanthropy He was born in Melbourne, the son of a prosperous Scottish-born merchant, and worked in his father's business, eventually becoming sole proprietor and managing director of McPherson's, a leading machinery firm. A very wealthy man by the early years of the 20th century, he was President of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce 1907–09. In 1892 he married Emily Jackson, with whom he had three children. In 1927 he donated £25,000 to found the Emily McPherson School of Domestic Economy, named for his wife (today, as Emily McPherson College, it is part of RMIT University). He also funded the Jessie McPherson section (named for his mother) of the now-demolished Queen Victoria Hospital. Politics McPherson was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Hawthorn in 1913. He was Treasur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McPherson Allen
William McPherson Allen (September 1, 1900 – October 28, 1985) was an American businessman in the aviation industry who served as the President of Boeing from 1945 to 1968. Life and career Born in Lolo, Montana, he attended the University of Montana, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He graduated in 1925 from Harvard Law School, and joined the Board of Boeing Air Transport in 1930 while remaining an employee of his Seattle law firm, Donworth, Todd & Higgins. A year later he joined the Board of Boeing Airplane Company as corporate counsel. Following the death of Boeing president Philip G. Johnson in 1944, Chairman Claire Egtvedt was tasked with appointing his replacement. Feeling that none of the company's senior engineers had a sufficiently broad background to run the company, he turned to Bill Allen. Considering himself unqualified to run an engineering company, Allen at first declined the offer before finally accepting. Allen served as the president of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McPherson (writer)
William McPherson (March 16, 1933 – March 28, 2017) was an American writer and journalist. He is the author of two novels, ''Testing the Current'' and ''To the Sargasso Sea'', and many articles, essays, and book reviews. McPherson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism in 1977. Life William Alexander McPherson was born in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, the third son of Harold Agnew McPherson, an executive of Union Carbide Corporation, and of his wife Ruth Brubaker. He lived in Washington, D.C. and New York City for most of his life and spent several years in Romania. He attended the University of Michigan (1951- 1955), Michigan State University (1956-1958) and George Washington University (1960-1962) without taking a degree. In 1959, he married Elizabeth Mosher, with whom he had a daughter, Jane, in 1963. In 1979, McPherson and Mosher divorced. Career In 1958, McPherson began his professional career as a copy boy for the ''Washington Post'', becoming a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William David McPherson
William David McPherson (August 22, 1863 – May 2, 1929) was an Ontario barrister and political figure. He represented Toronto West and then Toronto Northwest in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1908 to 1919. He was born in Moore Township, Lambton County, Canada West, the son of William McPherson, and educated in Strathroy. He married Nettie Jane Batten. McPherson was a Grand Master of the Orange Lodge The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants, particularly those of Ulster Scots heritage. It als ... for Canada. McPherson was called to the Bar in 1885 and practised law in Toronto. He was in partnership with John Murray Clark from 1897 to 1904. Together they produced Canada's first text on mining law, The Laws of Mines in Canada. It was an impressive comparative law study that was review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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