Macbeth Duncan
{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
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| birth_name = Macbeth Moir Duncan
| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|09|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Aberdeen, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|10|2|1866|09|01|df=yes}}
| death_place = Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland
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| position = Three Quarters
| amatyears1 = 1885
| amatyears2 = 1888
| amatyears3 = 1889
| amatteam1 = Cambridge University
| amatteam2 = Fettesian-Lorettonians
| amatteam3 = Aberdeen University
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| provinceyears1 = 1889
| province1 = East of Scotland District
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| repteam1 = Scotland
| repyears1 = 1888
| repcaps1 = 1
| reppoints1 = 0
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| school = Cargilfield
Fettes College
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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union
| term_start = 1927
| term_end = 1928
| predecessor = James Aikman Smith
| successor = David McCowan
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| order = 48th
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Colonel Macbeth Duncan (1 September 1866 – 2 October 1942) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He later became the 48th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.{{Cite web | url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/810.html | title=Macbeth Moir Duncan}}
Rugby Union career
=Amateur career=
Duncan was schooled at Cargilfield before moving on to Fettes College.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19291022/067/0006|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}} He played for Fettesian-Lorettonians.The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
After Fettes, Duncan went up to Clare College, Cambridge.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19421003/043/0003|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}} He played for Cambridge University{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18851219/218/0033|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}} and captained the side. He obtained his mathematics degree with honours before then studying law at both Aberdeen and Edinburgh universities.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19291022/067/0006|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}}
He also played for Aberdeen University while studying law there.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18890126/084/0005|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}}
=Provincial career=
=International career=
He was capped once for Scotland in 1888. for a Home Nations match against Wales in Newport.{{Cite web | url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/810.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match |title = Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Macbeth Duncan - Test matches}}
=Administrative career=
Law career
His father Charles Duncan was an advocate and Procurator-Fiscal for Aberdeenshire.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19421003/043/0003|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}}
Duncan studied law at both University of Aberdeen and at University of Edinburgh. He served an apprenticeship with Peter Duguid (advocate), Henry Peterkin (solicitor), and with the firm Mackenzie and Cormack in Edinburgh. His brother W. O. Duncan was a partner in the firm with Duguid and Peterkin and so Duncan then joined the firm Duguid, Peterkin and Duncan. On the retirement of Duguid, Macbeth Duncan became a partner and the firm was then called Peterkin and Duncans.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19291022/067/0006|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}}
He became a President of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen from 1928 to 1930. In 1928, he was made Sheriff-Substitute of Aberdeen.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19291022/067/0006|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}}
Duncan specialised in mercantile law. He acted for the Board of Trade on their inquiries on the loss of vessels.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19421003/043/0003|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}}
Military career
He was chairman of the City of Aberdeen Territorial Army.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000573/19421008/093/0005|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}} Duncan held a commission at the local Artillery Corps. In the First World War he was sent to France as head of the 1st Highland Brigade (Royal Artillery). He was decorated with a C. M. G.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19291022/067/0006|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}} In 1933, he was made a Honorary Colonel of the 75th Highland Field Brigade in the Royal Artillery (T. A.){{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000573/19421008/093/0005|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}}
Outside of rugby union, law and military
Duncan was a keen golfer. He became Secretary of Aberdeen Golf Club, a post which he held for 28 years.{{Cite web | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19291022/067/0006|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}}
He tried to promote a golfing Northern Counties tournament and became the first chairman of the North-East Association of the Scottish Golf Union.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000573/19421008/093/0005|title=Register|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2023-09-26}}
References
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Category:People educated at Cargilfield School
Category:People educated at Fettes College
Category:Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:Fettesian-Lorretonian rugby union players
Category:Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
Category:Aberdeen University RFC players
Category:East of Scotland District players
Category:Cambridge R.U.F.C. players
Category:Rugby union players from Aberdeen
Category:Rugby union three-quarters