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Rob Roy MacGregor

Ay through time,
Ay through time,
Ay through time was he, lady,
Filled was he wi sweet revenge
On a' his enemys, lady.

• The Rob Roy Centre in the Trossachs
• Rob Roy MacGregor - the Legend and the Truth - the Callander Tourist Information and Trossachs Visitor Guide
• Rob Roy's Letter, auctioned in 2000 by Lyon & Turnbull
• Rob Roy's Will
• Stronvar House is located on the shore of Loch Voil, overlooking the Braes O' Balquhidder, in the heart of Rob Roy country.
• Scottish History Online presents (Raibert Rudah) Robert the Red.
• The Rob Roy Way - a long-distance walk.
• Rob Roy the Movie, MGM Studios
• Rob Roy on the Web, A guide and directory to resources on the Scottish hero Robert "Roy" MacGregor (1671-1734) and his image in literature and film.
• Famous Scots
• Rob Roy, "The Mannie on the Rock," has been a popular tourist stop on Lower Deeside since the 1850s.

Chris McGregor
(1936-1990)

Chris McGregor, born the son of a Scottish missionary, was brought up on church hymns and Xhosa dances. He studied at the Cape Town College of Music and first with his group The Blue Notes and then with Brotherhood of Breath, he discovered the black jazz scene. His fire, energy, and passion still lives on in the minds and hearts of many.

• His great grandfather was Rev. Andrew McGregor (after whom the town of McGregor in the Western Cape is named) who was in turn the son of Alexander McGregor, a merchant of Golspie.

• The McGregor "clan" in South Africa has made notable contributions to South Africa and counts among its members a former Chief Justice of the former Orange Free State Republic, not to mention a former Chief Justice of South Africa (although his name was not McGregor).

• Cuneiform Records - A Brotherhood of Breath review by Mike Fowler.

• A Biography by his brother, Tony McGregor.

• Ex-pat South African pianist McGregor made an immeasurable contribution to British and European jazz in the 1960's and 70's with his Blue Notes, a group of black South African jazz musicians whom the white bandleader hand-picked after hearing them perform at the 1962 Johannesburg Jazz Festival.

• Read more from the BBC's music review.

Ewan McGregor

"...an amazing actor who combines a fresh boldness and a wonderful energy as well as constant humor in his acting and attacks roles that no one else dares touch."

• ewanspotting
• Virtual McGregor
• The Internet Movie Database
  Information on films and TV appearances from an episode on TV from the "Tales from the Crypt" series (1989) playing "Ford" in the episode: "Cold War", to the Star Wars movies where he plays the young Jedi Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Sir Ian MacGregor

1912 - 1998
"Being British is a faith. I'll never lose it."
Sir Ian MacGregor, Sunday Times 1986

• Sir Ian: loved and hated
  The BBC News reports the death of the controversial Sir Ian MacGregor, 85, chair of the British Steel Corporation between 1980-83 and British Coal from 1983-86.
  Sir Ian faced down the steel unions in his first days in post, but entered history as the man who finally broke the coal unions in the year-long miner's strike during 1984-85. Baroness Thatcher, Prime Minister of the time, said "He brought a breath of fresh air to British industry and he had such a genial personality."
• The Ballad of '84
  A folk song about the 1984/85 Miners' Strike.

Jimmy Macgregor

Folk singer Jimmy Macgregor and his partner, Robin Hall, were watched by millions in the 1960s on BBC TV's Tonight show.
Their songs, in a career spanning 21 years, included the Mingulay Boat Song and Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff the Bus.

• The Programmes
  The West Highland Way 1986
  The Speyside Way 1987
  In the Footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie 1988
  On the Outer Edge 1989
  Along the Southern Upland Way 1990
  Macgregor Across Scotland 1991

All the Macgregor TV programmes were produced and directed by Dennis Dick.

John McGregor

Remember The Alamo!
In San Antonio, Texas there is an old mission where a small band of Texans held out for thirteen days against the centralist army of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. John McGregor, a piper from Scotland, fought and died with them.

• John McGregor, a native of Scotland, had a home in Nacogdoches, Texas before deciding to travel to San Antonio to the fight in the Siege of Bexar. It was said that he and his bagpipes would duel with Davy Crockett and his fiddle during lulls in the battle at the Alamo. Mr. McGregor, a Second Sergeant at the Alamo, always won the battle of most noise! thealamo.org

• Scotland Remembers the Alamo by Carl Petersen
  With piper John MacGregor and fiddler Davy Crockett, the men at the Alamo were often entertained by the songs brought to the New World from Scotland and Ireland. These songs were then used as tunes for ballads and stories written about the Alamo and the Texas revolution. Carl Peterson presents these songs, many for the first time, in an incredible double CD collection. Released in 2001, it contains nearly two hours of music! Buy the CD.

John MacGregor
(1825-1892)

John MacGregor single-handedly brought the sport of canoeing to Great Britain, and wrote some great period travelogues about canoeing through Europe, the Middle East, and Scandinavia.

• John MacGregor, through his extremely popular books and magazine articles from 1865 to 1892, practically invented the sport of canoeing (or kayaking, as we call it today).

• MacGregor spent part of his youth in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where his father was stationed in the '30s in a fort. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, became a barrister-at-law in the Temple, London, and formed and became Captain of the Royal Canoe Club, England.

• He published accounts of several other canoe cruises, including one to Scandinavia and another to Jordan and Egypt.

• 1000 miles in a Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe [1866,] is online, complete with illustrations.

Rob MacGregor

"My life's journey has kept me in close touch with the world of adventure, intrigue, mysticism, and romance."

• Rob MacGregor has published over 17 novels and 6 non-fiction books.

• When Rob MacGregor began college, he was planning on becoming an archaeologist. By the time he graduated, he had switched to journalism and began a career as a reporter.

• Between jobs, he traveled and visited ruins from Celtic England to ancient Greece, and from Aztec and Mayan Mexico to Incan Peru. By the time he became involved with Indiana Jones, he had traveled to all the places that Indy would go in his novels.

• Rob adapted the script of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and wrote six other Indiana Jones novels. Other novels adapted from scripts include: Spawn, The Phantom, Private Eye, and Private Eye: Flipside. Prophecy Rock won the 1996 Edgar Allan Poe Award as the Best Young Adult Novel of the year and the sequel, Hawk Moon, was a finalist for an Edgar Award in 1997. He has recently co-authored two science fiction novels with Billy Dee Williams.

• Visit Rob Macgregor's official website.

• Indiana Jones novels and reviews.

• Rob MacGregor's novels are also available from Fictionwise as eBooks.

Captain John MacGregor V.C., M.C., D.C.M.

Canada's Most Decorated Soldier

• Captain John MacGregor V.C., M.C., D.C.M. enlisted as a private in 1915, won a battlefield commission and ended the war with more prestigious awards for valor than other soldier before or since in Canada's armies.

• Read his biography telling the fascinating story of his early struggles, his incredible war in the trenches of WWI, his post war life as a carpenter and fisherman; of how his old Brigadier (and New York Police) helped him get to London for the Prince of Wale's Victoria Cross dinner in 1929, his abortive run for the B.C. Legislature in 1933, enlistment (again as a Private) in 1940, and rise to Colonel commanding the 2nd Canadian Scottish....then his demobilization, and the manner in which the medical authorities failed him and his painful death of cancer.

Note: The Victoria Cross is the highest award for valor that could be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. It equates to the Medal of Honor. In WWI it was the only award that could be given to any rank, commissioned or not.

Notable McGregors listed in Ye Ken Noo!
A listing of 1,626 notable Scots who have some claim to fame, by John Geddes.
Thanks to Scottie of Rampant Scotland for this submission.

• Alasdair Alpin McGregor, (1899-1970)
  Educated at Tain, Inverness and Edinburgh. Author and traveller. Explored MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia (1952-53). Prolific writer, usually illustrated with his own photographs.
• Sir Alexander S.M. McGregor, (1881-1967)
  From Arbroath. Physician. Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow (1925-46). President; Society of Medical Officers of Health (1941-42).
• Andrew McGregor, (1897-)
  From Crieff. Air Vice-Marshal. Senior Air Staff Officer HQ No. 4 Gp.(1940-42), Air Officer Admin., North Africa (1942-44), AOC No.28 Gp.(1945-46) and AOA, HQ Fighter Commd. (1946-49).
• Sir Gregor McGregor, (-d.1845)
  A remarkable character who became a General in the Venezuelan army under Simon Bolivar.
• J. Geddes McGregor, (1909-)
  The son of the late Thos. Geddes MacGregor of Dundee. Dean of the Graduate School of Religion and Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Univ. of Southern California (1960).
• Sir James McGregor
  From Lethendrey, Strathspey. Surgeon and soldier. Was Wellington's Surgeon General. Became known as the 'father of the Royal Army Medical Corps'.
• Lewis R. McGregor, (1886-)
  From Aberfeldy. Director-General Commonwealth of Australia War Supplies Procurement Mission, Washington and Ottawa (1941-45). HM Australian Minister to Brazil (1945-49).
• Robert B. McGregor, (1896-)
  Educated at Dunbar and Edinburgh. Retired as Senior Medical Officer, Malacca Agricultural Medical Board in 1958. Sometime Director, Medical Services, Straits Settlements and Adviser, Medical Services,. Malay States (1940-).

More Great Gregors

• Alexander Donald MacGregor was one of the founders of The Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange in 1845, as well as an important businessman. He was also associated with the Baron of Mauá in building railroads and other industrial concerns in the middle of 19th century Brazil.
• John Macgregor was one of the partners in Todd & Macgregor's shipyard in Partick. The shipyard produced the S.S. Paris - the first all-steam ship (i.e. no sails).
• Justin MacGregor is a film writer and director who's first feature film, the vigil, had its world premiere at the 17th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival in 1998.
• Kevin Scott Greer is a popular American actor who got his start in acting while studying medicine. He made his debut as a guest actor in "ER" in 1996 and later appeared in episodes of the same TV series. Other works include supporting roles in movies, TV, and even a McDonald's commercial.
• Robert MacGregor is an accomplished classical portrait and mural painter in Marietta, Georgia.
• William Yorke Macgregor was one of the "Glasgow Boys" - a school of painters in the late Victorian period. A number of his paintings are in the Scottish Academy.

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