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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Macpherson    
First Name(s)  Herbert Taylor    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1827    
Death Year  1886    
Entry  Son of Lt-Colonel Duncan Macpherson : born Feb. 27, 1827 : joined the 78th Highlanders, 1845 : Adjutant in the Persian war, 1856-7 : under Havelock at the relief of Lucknow, Sep. 25. 1857, when he gained the Victoria Cross, setting an example of heroic gallantry to the men of the regiment at the period of the action in which they captured 2 brass 9 -pounders at the point of the bayonet, under heavy fire : under Outram at the defence of the Alambagh : at the capture of Lucknow, severely wounded : joined the Bengal Staff Corps as Major in 1865 : in the Hazara Black Mountain campaign, 1868 : in the Lushai expedition, 1871-2 : in the Jowaki campaign, 1877 : commanded a Brigade in the Khyber in the Afghan war, 1878 : in Sir F. Roberts' march on Kabul, 1879 : in the fighting round Kabul : in the march to Kandahar and the battle there, Sep. 1880 : K.C.B. : Maj-General in command of Indian troops in Egypt, 1882, at Tel-el-Kebir : K.C.S.I. : C. in C. of Madras, 1886 : Lt-General : went to Burma to complete the pacification of the country : on his way down from Prome to Rangoon, he died of fever on board the steamer, Oct. 20, 1886.     
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