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| Macgregor Laird | |||
| Younger son of William Laird, founder of the Birkenhead firm of shipbuilders. | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Event | |
| 1808 | Born (Greenock). | ||
| 1832 | Dispatched, and participated in, commercial expedition to the Niger in steamers Alburkah and Quorra. | ||
| 18?? | Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London. | ||
| 1837 | Married Eleanor Hester Nicholls (1811-1898, daughter of Gen Sir Ed Nicholls KCB). | ||
| 1837 | One of the promoters of the British and North American Steam Navigation Company. | ||
| 1852 | Founded African Steamship Company. | ||
| 1854 | Dispatched a trading and exploring expedition to the river Tchadda in the steamer Pleiad. | ||
| 9 January 1861 | Died. | ||
| Literature: (DNB). | |||
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