
Gregor MacGregor
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 179 years ago |
Date of birth | December 24,1786 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Stirlingshire |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | December 4,1845 |
Died | Caracas |
Venezuela | |
Spouse | Maria MacGregor |
Rank | Divisional general |
Battles and wars | Peninsular War |
Spanish American wars of independence | |
Education | Uppingham School |
Awards | Wisden Cricketers of the Year |
Place of burial | Catedral de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela |
Battleswar | Peninsular War; Spanish American wars of independence |
Other work | Amelia Island affair |
Poyais | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 704341 |
Gregor MacGregor Life story
General Gregor MacGregor was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "Cazique".