Peter MACGREGOR, 1857 - 1901
Peter
Macgregor was born in Govan, Lanarkshire (probably Meadowside House, Partick) on
21st February 1857, the son of John
Macgregor and his second wife Margaret
York.
John
Macgregor was a shipbuilder and partner in the
firm “Tod and Macgregor”, but died on 23rd September 1858 when
Peter was less than two years old.
He
studied at St Edmund Hall, Oxford 17 October 1874 - 7 November 1879 (He paid the
fees then, so he may have studied until June 1880). He paid his MA fees on 3
June 1881 and received his Bachelor of (Civil) Law on 23rd June 1883.
There
are a few notes about the various subjects that he studied which included
Aristotle, Xenophon, and Cicero, in addition to which he would no doubt have
done exercises in Latin and almost certainly Greek. In March 1878 he stumped up
5/3d (five shillings and three pence if you too young to recall the old
coinage!) to replace a lost library book.
He
paid the Proctor's fees for his Schools examination on 7 November 1879. This is
the unusual bit because it means he was at the Hall for over six years - not
unknown but uncommon - but he probably combined study at Oxford with studying
for the bar. He is listed as being 'Down for the Year' in 1882, which is when he
was called to the Bar. He also paid
Ł1/14/4 every year between 1884 and 1888 for what are described as 'Dues for 1
year ...'
He
took pupilage Middle Temple in 1876 and was called to the Bar on 21st
June 1882. There is no evidence that he ever practiced as a barrister, but he
used the title extensively during his life.
Peter married Christiania Jennings on the 20th August 1890 at St Barnabas, Pimlico and in the presence of Richard Edmonds and Mary Hinse. Peter's address then was 162 Ebury Street, Victoria. Christiania's was 29 Ravensden Street, Kennington.
162 Ebury Street and 29 Ravensden Street as they are now.
She had been married before and her original maiden name was Hubbard. She had a daughter from the first marriage called Muriel Jennings (born 8th June 1886, in Kennington).
By 1891 they had moved to 4 Warman Terrace, Seville Road, Worthing, with Muriel and a servant. They then moved to Shoreham (Ravens Road) and Hove. At Hove they lived at 27 Walsingham Road and then Rutland Gardens.
27 Walsingham Road now
They had four children together:
·
Peter
Macgregor, born Worthing on 17th January 1892, Died 25th November
1918 in Aberdeen.
·
Ivor
Gregor Macgregor, born at Shoreham on 25th April 1894.
· Christiania Macgregor, born at Hove on 2nd October 1895, died of whooping cough 15th November 1895.
· Claude William Macgregor, born at Hove, on 8th November 1897.
Peter
owned the steam yacht “Finnart”, which had been built at “Tod and
Macgregor” and was probably used by his father to return to Finnart House in
Loch Long, after a weeks work at the shipyard.
Although they lived
mostly on the south coast, Worthing, Shoreham and Hove, Peter kept a property in
Glasgow; 3 Park Street West, which he sometimes used.
Christiania
died
of typhoid
on the 11th of July 1899 in Rutland Road, Hove. Her sister
Edith looked after the children prior to
Peter’s death, and she brought up Muriel after he had died.
Peter
Macgregor died of a brain tumour at Hunston,
Rutland Gardens, Hove, Sussex
at 2.15am 22nd
April 1901.
William York Macgregor, his brother, took responsibility for his young orphans after he died. They were moved up to Scotland and the eldest two studied at Dollar Academy. Claude studied at Edinburgh Academy.
Muriel married Percy Roe and they
lived a secluded life in "Sunny" Worthing. They died in the early 1960's.