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{{short description|Scottish colonial administrator and senior British army officer}}
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| name = Sir Evan Murray-Macgregor
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| image = Sir Evan John Murray-MacGregor, 2nd Baronet (1785–1841), by Henry Raeburn.png
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| caption = Portrait by [[Henry Raeburn|Sir Henry Raeburn]], 1797–1799
| birth_name = Evan John Murray
| birth_date = 1785
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| death_date = 14 June 1841
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Sir Evan John Murray-Macgregor of Macgregor, 2nd Baronet''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|KCH}} (born '''Murray'''; 1785 – 14 June 1841) was a Scottish colonial administrator and senior [[British Army]] officer.

Murray's father was a [[baronet]] and [[Scottish clan chief|chief]] of [[Clan Gregor]]; the family had a military tradition, which Murray followed, serving in the [[British Army]] from 1801. He fought in the [[Peninsular War]] (1808–11) and, after arriving in India in 1811, the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] (1817–18); he was severely injured while serving in the latter. By that time a Lieutenant-Colonel, he returned to England in 1820, inherited his father's baronetcy and chieftaincy two years later (adding Macgregor to his surname) and was appointed an [[aide-de-camp]] to the King in 1825.

In 1831, he was appointed [[List of colonial governors and administrators of Dominica|Governor of Dominica]] and the following year became [[List of colonial governors and administrators of Antigua|Governor of Antigua]] and the [[Leeward Islands]], during which time he implemented the [[Emancipation of the British West Indies|abolition of slavery]] on the island (1834); unusually, he was able to do this without using the optional transitional and highly restrictive [[Emancipation of the British West Indies|apprenticeship]] system on the islands. The relative peace which followed immediate emancipation convinced him that this could be achieved elsewhere. He became [[List of governors of Barbados|Governor of Barbados]] and the [[Windward Islands]] in 1836, and worked to bring about the early end of the apprenticeship system which had been implemented on the islands in 1834; although he achieved that result in 1838, the British also passed an [[Act of Parliament (UK)|Act of Parliament]] overruling the local legislature to the same effect and Murray-Macgregor was accused of duplicity by some of the island's planters, who refused his request to bring their own termination date earlier still. Murray-Macgregor proclaimed early termination, effective on 1 August 1838. In the aftermath, he also had restrictive employment contract laws overruled. Although controversial and blamed for deteriorating legislative–executive relations, he has also been regarded as conciliatory and tactful in his approach to governing, with his administration overseeing liberal reforms. Having suffered from ill health for some time, Murray-Macgregor died in office in 1841.

== Early life and family ==
Evan John Murray was born either in January 1785<ref name=":0">Cokayne, p. 303.</ref> or on 2 June 1785,<ref name=":3">Foster, p. 401.</ref> the only child of Captain [[Sir John Macgregor Murray, 1st Baronet|John Murray]] (1745–1822), an officer in the [[Bengal Army]], and his wife Anne, daughter of Roderick Macleod, [[Writer to The Signet|WS]], of [[Edinburgh]]. In 1787, his father inherited the [[Scottish clan chief|chieftaincy]] of [[Clan Gregor]] (or Macgregor) and in 1795 was created a [[baronet]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>Macgregor, p. 394.</ref>

On 28 May 1808, Murray married Lady Elizabeth Murray (1787–1846), daughter of [[John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl]],<ref name=":0" /> and had five sons who lived to adulthood:{{refn|group="nb"|Another son, Roderick Dhu Alexander, died young.<ref name="Debrett, p. 486">Debrett, p. 486.</ref>}}
* [[Sir John Murray-Macgregor, 3rd Baronet|John Atholl Bannatyne Murray-Macgregor]] (1810–1851), who would inherit the baronetcy and serve as [[List of presidents of the British Virgin Islands|President of the British Virgin Islands]].<ref name="burke">Burke, p. 713.</ref>
* Evan John William Murray-Macgregor (1819–1850), an officer in the Austrian military.<ref name="burke"/>
* James Strathallan Murray-Macgregor (1821–1843), who died in Dominica.<ref name="burke"/>
* Lieutenant Francis Alexander Robert Murray Macgregor (1823–1857), an officer in the Indian Army who was killed by members of his regiment in [[Jabalpur|Jubbulpore]] during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]].<ref name="burke"/><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QTtzqpaW7oQC&pg=PA304 The East-India Register and Army List for 1858]'' (1858), p. 304.</ref>
* Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Augustus Murray Macgregor (1825–1869), an officer in the [[9th Light Cavalry]] in the East India Company's Army and a [[Groom in Waiting]] to the Queen (1869).<ref name="burke"/><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1NAZsLlcJd4C&pg=PA331 The Register and Magazine of Biography]'', vol. 1 (1869), pp. 331–332.</ref><ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7919/page/49 The Edinburgh Gazette]'', 12 January 1869 (issue 7919), p. 49.</ref>

And three daughters: Jane Anne Maria (married John James Hamilton Burgoyne, son of Sir [[John James Burgoyne]]), Elizabeth Mary Anne (died 1857; married to Joseph Blake of London) and Amelia Georgiana.<ref name="burke"/>{{refn|group="nb"|Another daughter, Louisa Isabella, died in 1830.<ref name="Debrett, p. 486">Debrett, p. 486.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BvAIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA541 "Sir E. J. Murray Macgregor, Bart."], ''The Gentleman's Magazine'', new series, vol. 16, part 2 (July–December 1841), p. 541.</ref>}}

== Military career ==
A number of Murray's relatives had military careers; his father was Military Auditor General of Bengal between 1789 and 1796, and several uncles and cousins were also officers in the East India Company's Bengal army.<ref name=":3" /><ref>Hodson, p. 141.</ref> Murray purchased a commission as an Ensign in the [[81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)|81st Regiment of Foot]] in the British Army in 1801,<ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15439/page/1531 The London Gazette]'', 26 December 1801 (issue 15439), p. 1531.</ref> then bought a commission as a Lieutenant in the [[9th Regiment of Foot]] the following year,<ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15451/page/130 The London Gazette]'', 6 February 1802 (issue 15451), p. 130.</ref> and was transferred to the 15th Dragoons with the rank in 1803.<ref name=":0" /> The following year, he became Captain of a Troop (by purchase) in the same regiment.<ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15726/page/953 The London Gazette]'', 7 August 1804 (issue 15726), p. 953.</ref>

Murray fought with the Cavalry in the [[Corunna Campaign|Corunna campaign]] of 1808–09 during the [[Peninsular War]], serving under [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey|Lord Paget (who later became the Marquis of Anglesey)]]; he was present at the [[Battle of Sahagún]] in December 1808. In 1810, he exchanged his commission and transferred to the 52nd Foot; he then travelled to [[Cádiz]] on [[Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch|Lord Lynedoch]]'s [[Staff (military)|staff]]. Murray was promoted to Major in the 103rd Foot in April 1810<ref name=":1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=EdsRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA243 "Major-General Sir Evan John Murray Mac Gregor, of Mac Gregor, Bart., K.C.B., K.C.H."], ''The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Gazette'' (1841, part 3), pp. 243–244.</ref> and appointed Assistant [[Adjutant general|Adjutant-General]] in Spain and Portugal.<ref name=":0" /> He was present during the [[Siege of Cádiz]].<ref name=":1" />

In June 1811, Murray exchanged into the 8th Light Dragoons and went to the East Indies, arriving in October that year. He was appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General in January 1812 with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He transferred back to the 8th Light Dragoons three years later. In June 1816, he was appointed Deputy Adjutant-General and served in the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] under Sir [[Sir Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet|Thomas Hislop]] in the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]].<ref name=":1" /> An obituary in the ''[[United Service Journal]]'' records that he "distinguished himself" at the [[Battle of Mahidpur]] (December 1817) by leading the attack on the batteries under Maharaja [[Malhar Rao Holkar II]]'s command.<ref name=":1" /> After Holkar's forces were defeated in the battle, most of his border fortresses surrendered. The last holdout was the fort at [[Talnar]] (or Talnier).<ref>H. M. Chichester, revised by Alex May, [[doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13367|"Hislop, Sir Thomas, first baronet"]], ''[[The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' (online ed., [[Oxford University Press]], September 2005). Retrieved 11 April 2020.</ref> There, the following February, Murray joined Hislop's forces in storming the fort.<ref name=":1" /> Although the attack was successful (though controversial for Hislop slaughtered the remnants of the Maratha garrison after it had surrendered),<ref name=":1" /> Murray was severely wounded (sustaining seven dagger wounds); he was left unable to use his right arm.<ref name=":1" /> Murray's stand, surrounded by enemies, was captured in a watercolour by [[William Heath (artist)|William Heath]], which is now housed in the [[British Museum]]'s collections.<ref name=":6">[https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=742895&partId=1 "Collection online: museum number 1937,0308.17"], ''[[British Museum]]''. Retrieved 11 April 2020.</ref> He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB) in October 1818 but was forced to return to England in July 1820 because of his injuries.<ref name=":1" />

Murray inherited the [[baronet]]cy on his father's death in June 1822; he also became chief of Clan Gregor and in December 1822 received a [[Royal Licence]] to take the surname ''Murray-Macgregor''.<ref name=":0" /> He was also made a Knight of the [[Royal Guelphic Order]] (KH) in 1822. In May 1825, Murray-Macgregor was appointed an [[aide-de-camp]] to the King (with the rank of [[colonel]]) and travelled with him to [[Lisbon]] two years later.<ref name=":1" /> In 1831, he participated in the coronation procession of William IV in his capacity as an aide-de-camp,<ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/18848/page/1862 The London Gazette]'', 13 September 1831 (issue 18848), p. 1862.</ref> and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order (KCH).<ref name=":1" /> In 1837 was promoted to the rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]].<ref name=":1" />

== Colonial governor ==

=== Dominica (1831–32) and Antigua and the Leeward Islands (1832–36) ===
On 25 July 1831, Murray-Macgregor was appointed [[List of colonial governors and administrators of Dominica|Governor of Dominica]].<ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/18828/page/1505 The London Gazette]'', 26 July 1831 (issue 18828), p. 1505.</ref> On 19 December 1832, he was made [[List of colonial governors and administrators of Antigua|Governor of Antigua]], [[Montserrat]] and [[Barbuda]], [[Saint Kitts|St Christopher]], [[Nevis]], [[Anguilla]] and the [[British Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]], and [[Dominica]],<ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19006/page/2786 The London Gazette]'', 21 December 1832 (issue 19006), p. 2786.</ref> administered together as the [[British Leeward Islands]].<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4343 "Leeward Islands"], ''[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]''. Retrieved 11 April 2020.</ref> Murray-Macgregor's gubernatorial appointments coincided with the passage of the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833|Slavery Abolition Act]] in the British Parliament in 1833<ref name=":1" /> and the [[Emancipation of the British West Indies|abolition of slavery in the British West Indies]]. While abolishing slavery in all British colonies, the 1833 Act allowed for slaves to remain as apprentices of their former masters for a period of four to six years as part of a transition period.<ref>Latimer, pp. 52–57.</ref> Murray-Macgregor implemented laws abolishing slavery and, uniquely, foregoing apprenticeships in the Leeward Islands in 1834, granting freedom to all former slaves immediately. He believed the process to have been peaceful and successful. This likely convinced him that swift moves towards full emancipation were both possible and beneficial elsewhere.<ref name=":4">Marshall, pp. 2–3.</ref> Murray-Macgregor also appointed two non-white justices of the peace in Antigua.<ref>Lowes.</ref>

=== Barbados and the Windward Islands (1836–41) ===

==== Abolition of apprenticeships ====
Murray-Macgregor left the Leeward Islands and was appointed [[List of governors of Barbados|Governor of Barbados]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Saint Vincent]], [[Grenada]] and [[Tobago]] (the [[British Windward Islands]]) in October 1836.<ref>''[[The London Gazette]]'', 18 October 1836 (issue 19429), p. 1814.</ref> By the time he took office in Barbados, the colony's [[Planter class|planters]] were embittered following the 1833 Act, poor relations with Murray-Macgregor's predecessor Sir [[Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet|Lionel Smith]], and the British government's decision to amalgamate the governorship of the island with that of the other Windward Islands in 1833.<ref>Marshall, pp. 4–6.</ref> When the Abolition of Slavery Act came into force in 1834, the islands opted to impose the apprenticeship scheme on former slaves.<ref>Sebastian Foltz, [https://scholar.library.miami.edu/emancipation/whites1.htm "Plantation Owners and Apprenticeship: The Dawn of Emancipation"], ''Emancipation: The Caribbean Experience'' (University of Miami Library). Retrieved 13 April 2020.</ref> Criticism of the system grew from [[Abolitionism|abolitionists]] in Britain, who argued that former slaves fared little better as apprentices;<ref>Latimer, pp. 53–54.</ref> pressure mounted on the British government to end the system early. In late 1837, the [[Colonial Office]] encouraged governors to persuade local legislatures to terminate the apprenticeship system early.<ref>Marshall, pp. 6–7.</ref>

In January 1838, Macgregor formally recommended to the [[Parliament of Barbados]] that it abolish apprenticeships, but in the following months the planters (who made up most of its membership) made clear their opposition to the notion. They resented what they saw as another attempt to weaken their position economically and impose laws on them.<ref>Marshall, pp. 8–13.</ref> In March and April, the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]] began debating legislation which would force an end to the apprenticeships (the [[Act to Amend the Abolition of Slavery Act 1838|Bill to Amend the Abolition of Slavery Act]]); Macgregor therefore encouraged the Barbadian planters to realise that they faced a choice: free the apprentices on their own terms, or be compelled on the terms of the British government.<ref>Marshall, pp. 12–13.</ref> He worked with others, notably [[Robert Bowcher Clarke]], to champion early termination.<ref>Marshall, p. 15.</ref><ref>Clarke received a knighthood at Murray-Macgregor's recommendation in 1840 (Schomburgk, p. 489).</ref> He had to give some concessions to planters, mainly over the right of apprentices to retain their tied tenures after termination,<ref>Marshall, p. 20.</ref> and the Bill passed on 15 May in Barbados; equivalent Bills were passed in all but the [[Saint Lucia]]n assemblies within the month. The assemblies voted to abolish the apprenticeship scheme effective in August 1838, creating a system of free labour.<ref>Marshall, p. 2.</ref> This applied pressure on planters in other colonies, such as [[Colony of Jamaica|Jamaica]], to do the same.<ref>Green, p. 158.</ref>

In late May the British Parliament passed their Bill; this made early termination effective from 1 August unless the assemblies were to bring forward emancipation earlier still. When the Act arrived at Barbados, many on the island were deeply unhappy with the move (and felt that Macgregor had deceived them), seeing it as an imposition on the part of the British government. Macgregor tried to convince the planters to bring forward the commencement of their own Bills. They refused, arguing that to do so would signal to the British that the islanders could be coerced into supporting anything coming out of the Colonial Office: they could "be brought into a dog-like fidelity ... the more they were kicked and spurned". They therefore voted down a move to bring the date for early termination before August.<ref>Marshall, pp. 32–39; the quote is from Dr Francis Goding and on p. 38.</ref>

On 2 July, Murray-Macgregor proclaimed emancipation for apprentices in Barbados effective from 1 August.<ref name=":5">Beckles, pp. 38–39.</ref> Saint Lucia's legislature still had not passed an Act to the same effect and so he arrived on the island on 13 July 1838 with a 100 infantrymen and convinced the planters to pass the Bill three days later.<ref>Marshall, pp. 29–30.</ref> On 19 July, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).<ref>Shaw, p. 234.</ref> The historian [[Hilary Beckles]] states that the end of the apprenticeship system occurred peacefully,<ref name=":5" /> although there were reports of rioting in [[Saint Andrew, Barbados|Saint Andrew]] in July, some freed labourers refusing to work in August, [[Sugarcane|cane]] fires being started in late 1839 and early 1840, and [[Strike action|strikes]] in 1840, all of which prompted the legislature to pass laws appointing [[special constable]]s to assist the police forces in 1840.<ref>Gobert and Handler, p. 251, n. 11.</ref>

==== "Contract Laws" of 1838 and 1840 ====
With the end of the apprenticeships, the Barbadian legislature passed the [[Masters and Servant Act 1838]], which became known as the Contract Law. It stipulated that a worker who was employed for five days a week was assumed to be employed on a one-year contract, which could be ended by either party with one month's notice. It placed workers at a disadvantage, allowing employers to evict them from [[Tied cottage|tied tenancies]] and punish them for misbehaviour (imposing jail terms for using [[Profanity|foul language]]). Employers were also allowed to employ [[private police]] on their estate. Murray-Macgregor disliked the law, feeling it unfair on workers; he convinced the Colonial Office in October 1838 to overrule it and another vagrancy law which was being abused by planters. Workers were also critical of their low wages and he encouraged them to negotiate with their employers.<ref>Beckles, pp. 70–72.</ref> In 1840, a "mildly modified" form of the 1838 Act was passed, which allowed for contracts of one month instead of one year.<ref>Beckles, p. 72.</ref> Despite that, the Act "institutionalised discrimination against black and coloured workers".<ref>Appiah and Gates, p. 372.</ref>

== Death and legacy ==
Murray-Macgregor's health had been "for some time delicate", but his death in office at Barbados on 14 June 1841 was "unexpected", according to one contemporary.<ref name=":2">Schomburgk, p. 490.</ref> His funeral was paid for by public funds and attended by a large number of government officials, army and navy officers and "gentlemen" from across the colony.<ref name=":2" /> He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son John.<ref name=":0" />

Macgregor's role in the process of ending the apprenticeship scheme on Barbados was summarised by the historian [[Woodville K. Marshall]]: "the policy and actions of ... Sir Evan McGregor [''sic''], are of central importance. He, more than any other, was responsible for the early termination of the Apprenticeship in the Windward Islands".<ref name=":4" /> In Marshall's view, he was also responsible for the deteriorating relations between the executive and legislative branches on the island from May 1838, and was likely motivated by sympathy for abolitionists, but more still by belief in his own style of governing and a desire (as an "able and articulate" governor) to limit the British government's embarrassment over the apprenticeship system.<ref>Marshall, pp. 3–4 (p. 4 for the quote), 44.</ref> The historian [[Hilary Beckles]] argues that Macgregor "did well to convince the legislature that they should abolish the system".<ref>Beckles, p. 37.</ref> Another historian, [[William A. Green]], argues that: "MacGregor was neither formidable nor austere. His language was conciliatory ... His correspondence was uninspired, offering limited analysis of colonial affairs ... [but he] confronted none of the animus which Smith [his predecessor on Barbados] had encountered ... and his administration was distinguished by the production of liberal and remedial legislation".<ref>Green, p. 148.</ref>

== Likenesses ==
An [[Oil painting|oil-on-canvas]] portrait of a young Murray-Macgregor by Sir [[Henry Raeburn]] was completed around 1797–99; it was exhibited in 1939 at the [[Royal Academy of Arts|Royal Academy]] and in 1956 at the [[Scottish National Gallery|National Gallery of Scotland]]. Ownership remained in the family until it was sold at [[Christie's]] in 2014 for £458,000.<ref>[https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/sir-henry-raeburn-ra-stockbridge-1756-1823-edinburgh-5813600-details.aspx "Portrait of Sir Evan Murray-MacGregor of MacGregor, 2nd Bt., K.C.B., K.C.H., 19th Chief of Clan Gregor, as a boy (1785-1841), full-length, in tartan, in a landscape"], ''Christie's''. Retrieved 14 April 2020.</ref><ref>''Raeburn: Bi-Centenary Exhibition : National Gallery of Scotland, 16 July to 16 Sept. 1956'' ([[Scottish National Gallery|National Gallery of Scotland]] exhibition catalogue, 1956), p. 32 (no. 31).</ref> A print by [[Henry Dawe]] (after George Watson) of 1825 depicts Murray-Macgregor wearing [[tartan]] "In the Dress as He appeared at His Majesty's [[Levee (ceremony)|Levee]] [[Holyrood Palace]], 1822". Published by Robert Scott, a copy was acquired in 1902 by the British Museum, where it remains (museum no. 1902,1011.610).<ref>[https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3120571&page=1&partId=1&peoA=103536-2-23&people=103536&sortBy=producerSort&view=list "Sir Evan J Murray MacGregor"], ''British Museum''. Retrieved 14 April 2020.</ref> The watercolour by [[William Heath]] depicting his stand at the storming of Fort Talnar is also housed in the British Museum's collection (no. 1937,0308.17).<ref name=":6" />

== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
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=== Bibliography ===
*[[Kwame Anthony Appiah|Appiah, Kwame Anthony]], and [[Henry Louis Gates Jr.|Henry Louis Gates Jr]], ''Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience'', 2nd ed., vol. 3 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).
*[[Hilary Beckles|Beckles, Hilary]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Yr10kDUTgs4C Great House Rules: Landless Emancipation and Workers' Protest in Barbados 1838–1938]'' (Kingston: [[Ian Randle]], 2004).
*[[Bernard Burke|Burke, Sir Bernard]], ''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire'', 30th ed. (London: Harrison, 1868).
*[[George Edward Cokayne|Cokayne, G. E.]], ''[[iarchive:cu31924092524416/page/n325/mode/2up|The Complete Baronetage]]'', vol. 6 (Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., 1900).
*[[John Debrett|Debrett, John]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=FPFRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA962 The Baronetage of England]'', 4th ed. (London: F.C. and J. Rivington and others, 1819).
*[[Joseph Foster (genealogist)|Foster, Joseph]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=uFE4AQAAMAAJ The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire for 1881]'' (Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1881).
*Gobert, David L., and [[Jerome S. Handler]], [http://jeromehandler.org/wp-content/uploads/Layrle1-78.pdf "Barbados in the Post-Apprenticeship Period: The Observations of a French Naval Officer – 1"], ''The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society'', vol. 35, no. 4 (1978), pp. 243–266.
*[[William A. Green|Green, William A.]], ''British Slave Emancipation: The Sugar Colonies and the Great Experiment, 1830–1865'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976).
*Hodson, V. C. P., ''List of the Officers of the Bengal Army: 1758–1834'' (London: Constable, 1946).
* Latimer, James, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2294514 "The Apprenticeship System in the British West Indies"], ''[[The Journal of Negro Education]]'', vol. 33, no. 1 (1964), pp. 52–57.
*Lowes, Susan, "They Couldn’t Mash Ants”: The Decline of the White And Non-White Elites In Antigua, 1834–1900", in Karen Fog Olwig (ed.), ''Small Islands, Large Questions: Society, Culture, and Resistance in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean'' (London: Cass, 1995), pp. 31–52.
*MacGregor, Amelia Georgiana Murray, ''[[iarchive:historyofclangre02macg|History of Clan Gregor]]'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh: William Brown, 1901).
*[[Woodville K. Marshall|Marshall, Woodville K.]], [https://www.proquest.com/openview/30d507572959804c88c42aac3123343c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1817061 "The Termination of the Apprenticeship in Barbados and the Windward Islands: An Essay in Colonial Administration and Politics"], ''[[Journal of Caribbean History]]'', vol. 2 (1971), pp. 1''–''45.
*[[Robert Hermann Schomburgk|Schomburgk, Sir Robert H.]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1wvT630bvH8C&pg=PA475 The History of Barbados]'' (London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848).
*Shaw, William A., ''[[iarchive:knightsofengland01shawuoft/page/234/mode/2up|The Knights of England]]'', vol. 1 (London: Sherratt and Hughes, 1906).

== Further reading ==

* [[Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl|Atholl, Duchess of]], "Major-General Sir Evan John Murray Macgregor of Macgregor, Bart., K.C.B., K.C.H. 1785–1841", in [[Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl]] (ed.), ''A Military History of Perthshire, 1660–1902'', vol. 1 (Perth: R. A. & J. Hay, 1908), p. 502.
*Dyde, Brian, ''A History of Antigua: The Unsuspected Isle'' (London: Macmillan, 2000).
*Dyde, Brian, ''Out of the Crowded Vagueness: A History of the Islands of St Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla'' (London: Macmillan, 2005).
*Figueroa, Luis Antonio, "From Slave to Peasant: Comparative Perspectives on Post-Emancipation Class Formation in Puerto Rico" (MA thesis, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1985).
*Hall, Douglas, ''Five of the Leewards, 1834–1870: The Major Problems of the Post-Emancipation Period in Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts'' (Caribbean University Press, 1971).
*Heuman, Gad, and David Vincent Trotman, ''Contesting Freedom: Control and Resistance in the Post-emancipation Caribbean'' (London: Macmillan Caribbean, 2005).

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