| Administrative History | John Gregory (1797 - 1869) was the eldest child of physician, James Gregory (1753 - 1821) and his wife, Isabella Macleod (c1772 - 1847). He was admitted Advocate in 1820, but never practised. He did not marry.
He had ten siblings, many of whom attained academic and professional distinction: Hugh (1799 - 1811); James Craufurd (1801 - 1832); William (1803 - 1858) and twin Donald (1803 - 1836); Jane Macleod (1805 - 1813); Elizabeth Forbes (1808 - 1811); Margaret Craufurd (1809 - 1849), who married her first cousin, William Pulteney Alison; Georgina (1811 - 1877); Duncan Farquharson (1813 - 1844); and Isabella (1816 - 1818). |