Rear-Admiral Sir Malcolm Murray-Macgregor of Macgregor, 4th Baronet, JP (29 August 1834 – 31 August 1879) was a Scottish baronet and senior Royal Navy officer.
Born on 29 August 1834, Malcolm Murray-Macgregor was the eldest son of Sir John Atholl Bannatyne Murray-Macgregor, 3rd Baronet (1810–1851), and the former Mary Charlotte Hardy (d. 1896). Among his siblings was Sir Evan Macgregor, a civil servant who was Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty from 1884 to 1907. [1] His father inherited the title and the chieftaincy of Clan Gregor in 1841. [2]
His mother was the youngest daughter, of co-heiress, of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy. [1]
Murray-Macgregor succeeded to the baronetcy and the chieftaincy on his father's death on 11 May 1851; [1] [3] Sir John had arrived in the British Virgin Islands less two months earlier to take up his appointment as the colony's president. [4] Meanwhile, Murray-Macgregor had embarked on a career in the Royal Navy; having joined the service in 1847, [3] he was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1854 and served at Sebastopol (1854–55) during the Crimean War, receiving the Crimean Medal. He was promoted to commander in 1856 [1] and took command of HMS Harrier in 1858. [5] Four years later, he was promoted to captain. [1] In 1869, he was awarded a medal by the Royal Humane Society for saving the life of a seaman who had been drowning off the West coast of Africa. [3] In 1875, he was placed on the retired list [1] and in 1878 was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral. [6] He was not active politically, but held a number of offices in Perthshire, where he was a magistrate, a commissioner of supply and chairman of the School and Parochial Boards. [3]
On 26 October 1864, Sir Malcom married Lady Helen Laura, daughter of Hugh McDonnell, 4th Earl of Antrim and Lady Laura Parker (a daughter of the 5th Earl of Macclesfield), [1] and by five children: [7]
A photograph of Murray-Macgregor by Camille Silvy (1860) is in the National Portrait Gallery's collections ( NPG Ax50422).
Sir Malcom died on 31 August 1879 at Edinchip, aged 45; [1] he had been in ill health for 18 months. [3]
Rear-Admiral Sir Malcolm Murray-Macgregor of Macgregor, 4th Baronet, JP (29 August 1834 – 31 August 1879) was a Scottish baronet and senior Royal Navy officer.
Born on 29 August 1834, Malcolm Murray-Macgregor was the eldest son of Sir John Atholl Bannatyne Murray-Macgregor, 3rd Baronet (1810–1851), and the former Mary Charlotte Hardy (d. 1896). Among his siblings was Sir Evan Macgregor, a civil servant who was Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty from 1884 to 1907. [1] His father inherited the title and the chieftaincy of Clan Gregor in 1841. [2]
His mother was the youngest daughter, of co-heiress, of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy. [1]
Murray-Macgregor succeeded to the baronetcy and the chieftaincy on his father's death on 11 May 1851; [1] [3] Sir John had arrived in the British Virgin Islands less two months earlier to take up his appointment as the colony's president. [4] Meanwhile, Murray-Macgregor had embarked on a career in the Royal Navy; having joined the service in 1847, [3] he was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1854 and served at Sebastopol (1854–55) during the Crimean War, receiving the Crimean Medal. He was promoted to commander in 1856 [1] and took command of HMS Harrier in 1858. [5] Four years later, he was promoted to captain. [1] In 1869, he was awarded a medal by the Royal Humane Society for saving the life of a seaman who had been drowning off the West coast of Africa. [3] In 1875, he was placed on the retired list [1] and in 1878 was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral. [6] He was not active politically, but held a number of offices in Perthshire, where he was a magistrate, a commissioner of supply and chairman of the School and Parochial Boards. [3]
On 26 October 1864, Sir Malcom married Lady Helen Laura, daughter of Hugh McDonnell, 4th Earl of Antrim and Lady Laura Parker (a daughter of the 5th Earl of Macclesfield), [1] and by five children: [7]
A photograph of Murray-Macgregor by Camille Silvy (1860) is in the National Portrait Gallery's collections ( NPG Ax50422).
Sir Malcom died on 31 August 1879 at Edinchip, aged 45; [1] he had been in ill health for 18 months. [3]