George Makgill [SEP] date of death
George Makgill
Sir George Makgill, 11th Baronet (24 December 1868 in Stirling – 16 October 1926 in London) was a Scottish peer who was also a novelist and right-wing propagandist.
Biography.
George Makgill was the son of Captain Sir John Makgill 10th baronet, and Margaret Isabella Haldane, sister of Lord Haldane. He was the grandson of George Makgill, 9th Baronet.
Educated privately, Makgill lived for several years in New Zealand where his father had a station at Waiuku. In 1891 he married
in the 19th century was Captain Sir John Makgill. Makgill arrived with his family in Waiuku in 1882 and established a farm called 'Brackmont' at Taurangaruru. He eventually increased his holdings there to about 2500 acres, and also bought land at Orua Bay. Sir John Makgill died at Brackmont on 14 November 1906. His wife was Margaret Isabella Haldane, sister of Lord Haldane, and their eldest son was George Makgill who spent most of his adult life in Scotland, becoming 11th Baronet of Makgill on his father's death.