William MacGregor
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Sir William MacGregor (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.
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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