“Sir James M’Grigor, Bart., K.C.B.” by Matthew Noble (1817-76) (original) (raw)

Sir James M’Grigor, Bart., K.C.B

Matthew Noble (1817-76)

1865

Source: Illustrated London News

“A short memoir of Sir James M'Grigor, whose unobtrusive but useful service, extending over sixty years, raised him, unaided by influence, to the highest post in his profession, may not be uninteresting. Ho was a native of Aberdeen, and entered the Army, as surgeon of the 88th (or Connaught Rangers), in 1793. The scene of his first experience was in Hol[l]and. under the Duke of York; then in the West Indies, where the yellow fever Witt decimating our troops. His next tour of service was to Ceylon and Bombay, whence he crossed the desert with Sir D. Baird's force to join the army under Sir R. Abercrombie in Egypt, a campaign memorable as the first in which a gleam of success dawned on the British arms.” [continued below]

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