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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 343Macfarlane, Peter. Ensign, 23rd May, 1811 ; lieutenant, 23rdJuly, 1813. Served with the regiment during its second visit to thePeninsula, present at Pyrenees (wounded). To half-pay, 25th March,1817.Machin, David Vaus. Ensign, 3rd September, 1812. Servedin Holland, wounded and taken prisoner at Bergen-op-Zoom. Lieutenant,27th July, 1814. To 46th Foot, 24th November, 1814.Mackenzie, Alexander Watson. Ensign, 6th October, 1848 ;lieutenant, 6th December, 1850. Served in the Kaffir War of 1851-52,and succeeded to the command of the patrol at Goga, when MajorWilmot, R.A., was killed. Captain, 17th February, 1854. Retired,9th February, 1855.Mackenzie, John. Ensign, 7th January, 1803 ; lieutenant, llthAugust, 1804. To paymaster, 95th Foot, 1805.Maclagen, David. Assistant-surgeon, 1807 to 1811.Maclaine, Murdock. Ensign, 29th November, 1833. To 4thFoot, 1837.Maclean, Allen. Ensign, 1797 (1798).Maclean, Andrew. Served at the Cape with the regiment,afterwards as sergeant-major through the Peninsular War, at Waterloo,Cambray, and occupation of Paris. Promoted lieutenant and quartermaster,1821. In 1825, being sjpecially recommended by Sir CharlesRowan, he was appointed superintendent of the London Metropolitanpolice, in which post he served many years, ultimately retiring toBoulogne on a pension of 120 a year, where he died in 1869.Maclean, G-eorge. Ensign, 5th February, 1818. To half-pay,88th Foot, 22nd March, 1821.Maclean, James. Ensign, 16th August, 1797 ; lieutenant, 18thApril, 1800 ; captain, 19th June, 1806. To half-pay, 91st, 1813.Macnab, Robert. From half-pay, 88th Foot. Lieutenant, 13thFebruary, 1794. Served with the regiment at the Cape of Good Hope.Captain, 25th September, 1801 ; major, 25th December, 1804. Mentionedin General Craig's despatches of 19th August, 1796, for servicesat Saldanha Bay. On leaving the regiment became an inspectingofficer for recruiting. Retired, 1813.MacNeal, D. Lieutenant, 18th April, 1794; captain, llthDecember, 1800. One of the four officers selected to raise a certainnumber of men in 1804, for which he received promotion. Major,1st August, 1811; lieutenant-colonel, 3rd September, 1818. Servedwith the regiment during the Peninsular War, present at the Pyrenees(wounded), medal with clasp. Received the gold medal for his gallantconduct in command of the light companies of the Highland Brigade,sixth division, at Sauroren, on the 28th and 30th July, 1813, whenhe was promoted lieutenant-colonel in the army. Retired in 1824.