James Gordon Macpherson (1924 - 2008)

Born 22 Jan 1924 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 7 Sep 2008 at age 84 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

James Gordon Macpherson, 2nd Baron of Drumochter, was the only son of Thomas Macpherson, 1st Baron of Drumochter. ^[1]

He was a tailgunner in the Royal Air Force, in World War II.^[1]

He met Ruth Coulter in the military. They were married in spring 1947.^[1]

He died in 2008.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Sarah Ransome, Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back, New York: HarperOne, 2021.

   '... My maternal grandfather was the late Honorable Lord James Gordon Macpherson, 2nd Baron of Drumochter, a member of the UK Parliament, and a multimillionaire. He was the only son and thus heir to the fortune of his father, Thomas Macpherson, 1st Baron of Drumochter—a Scottish businessman, Labour Party politician, and chairman of Macpherson Train and Co. Limited. My great-grandfather amassed his wealth by importing and exporting food and produce. He reared his three children—my grandpa and his two sisters—in a Downton Abbey-type estate in Brentwood, Essex, amid the high-society sensibilities he passed on to his offspring.' (pp.7-8)

   '... He served as a tail gunner [in World War Two], ... It was in the military that Grandpa met the demure and stunning Ruth Coulter—also known as my grandmother.' (p.8)

   'Ruth, daughter of a Scottish reverend, was a Wren (Women's Royal Naval Service). ... They married in Spring 1947.' (p.8)

   '... In 1974 ... my grandmother, then fifty, succumbed to throat cancer....' (p.13)

   'The bell tolled for my grandfather in 2008, when he succumbed to pneumonia.' (p.61)

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