Macpherson, James
(1736–1796)
- Derick S. Thomson
Extract
Macpherson, James (1736–1796), writer, was born in the small settlement of Ruthven, near Kingussie, in Badenoch, on 27 October 1736. His father, Andrew, was a small farmer at Invertromie, and his mother, Ellen, was also a Macpherson, both parents distantly related to the chief of the clan ...
