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| Macfie, Robert Andrew Scott. Adm. at CAIUS, Oct. 1, 1886. [Eldest] s. of J[ohn] W[illiam], merchant, of New Ferry, Cheshire. B. there [Apr. 10], 1868. School, Oundle, and at Edinburgh University (B.Sc., 1891). Matric. Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889; M.A. 1894. Enlisted in the Scots Guards, 1895, and in 1896 worked as a dock-labourer in London. Chairman of Messrs Macfie and Sons Ltd., sugar refiners, of Liverpool. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (R.Q.M.S., King's (Liverpool) Regt., Liverpool Scottish T.F.; mentioned in despatches; M.M.). A student of Romany folk-lore. Editor for many years of the Gypsy Lore Society's Journal. Author, With the Gypsies in Bulgaria. Presented to Caius College Library a complete set of the Gypsy Lore Society's Journal. Entertained ideas of becoming a Mohammedan, carrying the Koran with him while on service in France. Of Shaws, Lund, Sedbergh, Yorks. Died, s.p., June 9, 1935. Vol. XIV. (1935) of the Gypsy Lore Society's Journal was devoted to an account of his life. Brother of the above. (Venn, II. 483 and addenda; Univ. War List; Burke, L.G.; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; The Times, June 11, 1935.) | Robert Andrew Scott MACFIE Approx. lifespan: 1868–1935 Adm Gonville & Caius College 1886:10:01 Eldest s. of J W , merchant, of New Ferry, Cheshire , b. there 1868:[04:10] Sch: Oundle School Oundle, [Northamptonshire], , and at Sch: Edinburgh University Edinburgh, [Scotland], (B.Sc.(1891)) Matric 1886:10MT: BA 1889 MA 1894 Enlisted in Scots Guards 1895, and in1896 worked as a dock-labourer London , Chairman of: Messrs Macfie and Sons Ltd, sugar refiners, of Liverpool, [Lancashire], served in the Great War: 1914-19 (R.Q.M.S., King's (Liverpool) Regiment, Liverpool Scottish T.F.; Mentioned in Despatches M.M.) Student of: : Romany folk-lore. Editor for: : many years of the Gypsy Lore Society's Journal Publ.: With the Gypsies in Bulgaria . Presented to Gonville & Caius College College Library a complete set of the Gypsy Lore Society's Journal Entertained ideas of becoming a Mohammedan, carrying the Koran with him while on service France , Of Shaws, Lund, Sedbergh, Yorkshire , d., s.p. 1935:06:09 Vol. XIV. (1935) of the Gypsy Lore Society's Journal was devoted to an account of his life. brother of the above. MACFIE ( Venn, II. 483 and addenda; University War List ; Burke, L.G. ; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; The Times 1935:06:11) |