Birth
Duncan MacGregor Crerar was born at Amulree, Glenquaich, Perthshire on 4 December 1837 . He received a good education, studying under Robert Sinclair, and was destined by his parents to join the Presbyterian ministry. He abandoned these intentions, however, on the death of his father.
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