"He entered the army as ensign in the 88th Regiment, Connaught Rangers, 3d June 1795, saw much service in the West and East Indies and South America, and commanded the first battalion of his regiment at Vittoria and Pyrenees, Orthes and Toulouse, and went to Canada in 1814. In 1815 he received the gold clasps for Vittoria and Orthes, with silver medal and clasps for the Pyrenees, Niville, Nive; in June 1854 he attained the rank of Lieutenant-General, and on the 11th February 1857 obtained the colonelcy of his own regiment." It should be noted that from 1852 to 1857 he was Colonel of the 73rd Regiment that saw service in South Africa in the Kaffir Wars. This was an honorary position and he saw no further service in the field.

     "A great grandson of Simon, Lord Lovat, and grandson of Cluny of the '45, the lamented General's sympathies were strongly with the brave Highlanders of Scotland, and since 1819 a resident near Stirling, he always spoke of the Highlands as his home. Quiet and unobtrusive in his manners, those who knew him most liked him best; his noble qualities endeared him to every acquaintance. A good man who died full of years and honours. His remains were removed to the Highlands for interment in the burial-place of the Breakachy family in the Old St Columba's Churchyard, Kingussie (Third Row, Railed Enclosure), of which he was the last descendant."

      The family tree shown on Panel 46 shows that he was married to Eliza, daughter of General Gabriel Gordon. They had no children of their own but she had a daughter from her first marriage, Thomasina Scott who had a son, Charles Crockley Johnston who thus was a step-grandson who presented the general's sword to ' Old Cluny' as described below.

      General Macpherson's sword is on display at cabinet 41 and bears the following inscription: