Macrae Monument
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macrae-monument-314-11012033
title:
Macrae Monument
text:
James Macrae (1677–1746) was most likely born in the parish of Ochiltree and escaped great poverty to become a sea captain and later an administrator who served as the governor of Fort St George and in 1725 governor of the Madras Presidency, modern-day Chennai. He encountered the pirate Edward England and was noted for reforming the administration of Madras Presidency on behalf of the British East India Company. James returned from India with a fortune conservatively estimated at £100,000. He di
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description:
Monument in Monkton, Scotland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrae_Monument
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date modified:
2023-11-20T02:45:21Z
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13
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