William Macpherson (cricketer)

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William Douglas Lawson Macpherson (15 May 1841 – 24 February 1920) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1871 for Gloucestershire, and a school administrator. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper who made 3 first-class career appearances.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31160/31160.html CricketArchive]. Retrieved on 2 December 2010.

In 1864, Macpherson was appointed Secretary (also sometimes serving as Treasurer)The Cliftonian, Clifton College, 1877, p. 46 of the Council of Clifton College, Bristol, and lived at Clifton.Clifton College Register, A List of Cliftonians from September, 1862 to July, 1887, ed. E. M. Oakeley, Rivingtons, 1890, p. 16Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the City of Bristol, ed. E. R. Kelly, M.A., Kelly & Co., London, 1883, p. 764The Clifton Magazine, 150th Anniversary Edition, Clifton College, 2012, p. 2

His sons- K. D. W. Macpherson (a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy),{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7604037|title=Catalogue description Name Macpherson, Kenneth Douglas Worsley Date of Birth: 03 November 1883}}{{cite web |url=http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=702 |title=Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Dreadnought Era 1904-1945: Royal Navy Full Admirals |website=www.admirals.org.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620155830/http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=702 |archive-date=2010-06-20}} A. G. Macpherson (a schoolmaster at Newton Abbot College), and C. G. Macpherson (a solicitor)- were educated at Clifton College.Clifton College Annals and Register 1862-1912, ed. Frank Borwick, Clifton College, 1912, pp. 285, 295, 360