Macrae Monument

Macrae Monument - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

James Macrae (1677–1746) was most likely born in the parish of OchiltreeShaw, p. 254 and escaped great poverty to become a sea captain and later an administrator who served as the governor of Fort St George and in 1725 governor of the Madras Presidency, modern-day Chennai.Shaw, p. 254 He encountered the pirate Edward England and was noted for reforming the administration of Madras Presidency on behalf of the British East India Company. James returned from India with a fortune conservatively estimated at £100,000. He died unmarried at Monkton House that he had purchased circa 1739Shaw, p. 59 and renamed 'Orangefield' and was buried in 1748 at Monkton Churchyard in, for reasons that are not entirely clear, an unmarked grave.Monkton - Macrae's Monument - Canmore Read more on Wikipedia

type: building
date from: 1750

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