William MacGregor
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Sir William MacGregor GCMG, CB (20 October 1846 – 3 July 1919). Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland he became a medical officer in the British Colonial Service. He was Administrator of British New Guinea from 1888 to 1895 when he became the first Lieutenant-Governor.
He was Governor of Queensland from 1909 to 1914 and also first chancellor of the University of Queensland.
The Brisbane suburb of Macgregor is named after him.
[edit] External links
- Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Electric Scotland biography
- Dictionary of Australian Biography - Project Gutenberg
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Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea 1895–1897 |
Succeeded by: George Le Hunte |
| Preceded by: Henry Edward McCallum |
Governor of Lagos 1899–1902 |
Succeeded by: Henry Reeve |
| Preceded by: Sir Cavendish Boyle |
Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador 1904–1909 |
Succeeded by: Sir Ralph Champneys Williams |
| Preceded by: The Lord Chelmsford |
Governor of Queensland 1909–1914 |
Succeeded by: Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams |
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