William Douglas Lawson Macpherson (15 May 1841 – 24 February 1920) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1871 for Gloucestershire, and a school administrator. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper who made 3 first-class career appearances.[1]

In 1864, Macpherson was appointed Secretary (also sometimes serving as Treasurer)[2] of the Council of Clifton College, Bristol, and lived at Clifton.[3][4][5] His sons- K. D. W. Macpherson (a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy),[6][7] A. G. Macpherson (a schoolmaster at Newton Abbot College), and C. G. Macpherson (a solicitor)- were educated at Clifton College.[8]

References

  1. ↑ CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2 December 2010.
  2. ↑ The Cliftonian, Clifton College, 1877, p. 46
  3. ↑ Clifton College Register, A List of Cliftonians from September, 1862 to July, 1887, ed. E. M. Oakeley, Rivingtons, 1890, p. 16
  4. ↑ Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the City of Bristol, ed. E. R. Kelly, M.A., Kelly & Co., London, 1883, p. 764
  5. ↑ The Clifton Magazine, 150th Anniversary Edition, Clifton College, 2012, p. 2
  6. ↑ "Catalogue description Name Macpherson, Kenneth Douglas Worsley Date of Birth: 03 November 1883".
  7. ↑ "Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Dreadnought Era 1904-1945: Royal Navy Full Admirals". www.admirals.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010.
  8. ↑ Clifton College Annals and Register 1862-1912, ed. Frank Borwick, Clifton College, 1912, pp. 285, 295, 360


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.