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Rev. Sir Charles Macgregor, Bart. |
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Charles Macgregor’s parents were Patrick Macgregor (b.?, d. 17/07/1878) and Bridget Glenny (b.?, d. 1863), daughter of James Glenny of Quebec, who had married 12/11/1806. Patrick Macgregor was sergeant-surgeon to the King (George IV), and surgeon to H.R.H. the Duke of York (later William IV).
Patrick and Bridget Macgregor had the following children (and probably others):
Charles Macgregor was thus born 8th November 1819, in London.
His father, Patrick Macgregor, was made 1st Baronet Macgregor of Savile Row on 17th March 1828, but died four months later, being succeeded as baronet by eldest son, William.
Charles was admitted as a pensioner to Trinity College Cambridge on 04/05/1838, but moved to St. Catherine’s on 12/10/1838, matriculating in Michaelmas 1838, getting his BA in 1843.
The 1841 census will presumably have found him at Cambridge or in London, though he’s not easy to find.
He was ordained as a deacon, at Ely, in 1843, and made a priest in 1844. The clerical posts he held thereafter were as follows.
Bothamsall is four miles north of Ollerton, and about seven miles SE of Worksop.
On 02/10/1845 he married Elizabeth Catherine Jeffreys (born 1815/16 at Bristol, died 04/05/1887), daughter of John Jeffreys, FRS, of Fynone near Swansea. The couple had at least six children (more from 1848 to 1854 seem likely):
He became 3rd Baronet on the death of his brother, William, on 29th March 1846, thus changing from Rev. Charles Macgregor to Rev. Sir Charles Macgregor, Bart.
The 1851 census found him at the Vicarage, Cabourne, with his wife, and 3-year-old Charles Reginald Macgregor, though 4-year-old William Gordon Macgregor curiously seems absent. Our man was described as “Baronet, and Vicar of Cabourne”.
He got his MA in 1851.
White’s History, Gazetteer & Directory of Lincolnshire, 1856, listed Rev. Sir Charles Macgregor, Bart., rural dean and rector, living at Swallow rectory, which it says was built in 1834 and recently much improved. The parish contained 215 souls.
The 1861 census found a “full house” at the Rectory, Swallow. It appears that since the last census, not only had our man got his MA, but he had also become a rural dean, as he was now described in the census return as “Baronet, Rector of Swallow, Rural Dean, MA”. The household consisted of the two parents and their six children.
He was made a “select preacher” in 1864, at Cambridge presumably.
Holy Trinity Church, Swallow, which is held to be of Norman origin, adapted over the ages, underwent some renovation in 1868, during our man’s incumbency.
The relevant 1871 census return was somewhat brief. The address was merely Swallow, but presumably the Macgregor’s still lived at the Rectory. The Reverend Sir Charles Magregor, Bart., was described simply as “Baronet & Rector”. The household included the two parents and two of the children, Ellen, who the numerator chose to call Helen, and Patrick. One might have expected to see Alma listed.
His writings included An attempt to Enquire into the History of the Law concerning Convocations and the Expediency of Reviving them at the Present Time, and Notes on Genesis.
Death
Died 12/10/1879, presumably at Swallow, being succeeded to the baronetcy by his elder son William Gordon Macgregor.
Chess
He attended the 1851 chess meeting at Caistor. He was also due to attend the 1854 meeting, as president, but was kept away by a recent death in the family. “Miss Macgregor” nevertheless showed up at Caistor 1854, but her relationship to Charles is unclear, without forename or initials. Charles couldn’t have had a daughter older than six, so “Miss Macgregor” was more probably a sister. Bridgett had married by this time, but Ann, Frances and Helena may be possibilities.
Sources: Venn
Dod's peerage, baronetage and knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland etc, 1872 “The Peerage” http://thepeerage.com/p50422.htm (private rendering of Burke’s Peerage etc) England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 on https://www.familysearch.org/
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Created 25/04/2012 |
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