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Gregor MacGregor

1786 - 1845

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General Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786 – 4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, and con man 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". Hundreds invested their savings in supposed Poyaisian government bonds and land certificates, while about 250 emigrated to MacGregor's invented country in 1822–23 to find only an untouched jungle; more than half of them died. Seen as a contributory factor to the "Panic of 1825", MacGregor's Poyais scheme has been called one of the most brazen confidence tricks in history. From the Clan Gregor, MacGregor was an officer in the British Army from 1803 to 1810; he served in the Peninsular War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregor MacGregor is the 1,703rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,363rd in 2019), the 3,471st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,287th in 2019) and the 87th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gregor MacGregor ranks 1,703 out of 2,058. Before him are Semyon Bogdanov, Dmitry Senyavin, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Pyotr Gavrilov, and Karl Allmendinger. After him are Nozu Michitsura, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Giovanni Luppis, Melita Norwood, Braxton Bragg, and John Benbow.

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Among people born in 1786, Gregor MacGregor ranks 50. Before him are Moshoeshoe I, Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Pavel Schilling, Louis Vicat, Thomas Nuttall, and Andreas Metaxas. After him are Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Auguste de Montferrand, Wilhelm Gesenius, José Joaquín Prieto, Henry Bishop, and Rudolph Schadow. Among people deceased in 1845, Gregor MacGregor ranks 35. Before him are Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc, Christian Frederik Hansen, Antoine Risso, Matvei Gedenshtrom, Johnny Appleseed, and Elizabeth Fry. After him are Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Karl Julius Perleb, Josef Danhauser, Friedrich Ludwig Persius, Johann Wilhelm Meigen, and János Batsányi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gregor MacGregor ranks 3,472 out of 8,785. Before him are Tommy Cooper (1921), Mark Wright (1963), John Thaw (1942), Gwen John (1876), Alan Cumming (1965), and Rory McCann (1969). After him are Leonard Meredith (1882), Mick Hucknall (1960), Emma Bunton (1976), Geoff Downes (1952), Paul Potts (1970), and Nicholas Clay (1946).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Gregor MacGregor ranks 87. Before him are William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Flora Sandes (1876), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Thomas Gage (1719), Charles Warren (1840), and George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697). After him are Melita Norwood (1912), John Benbow (1653), Roy Urquhart (1901), Tom Phillips (1888), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), and Harry Patch (1898).

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