Biography
MacGregor was born in 1961. He was educated at Emanuel School in London and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, where he graduated with a degree in Economics and Modern History. He was previously the National Chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students (FCS), where he was associated with the libertarian faction.
In October 2002, MacGregor accepted undisclosed libel damages and a public apology at the High Court over allegations in Punch magazine, which claimed that he once wore a T-shirt bearing the words "Hang Nelson Mandela". Mr Justice Eady was told that MacGregor had never been chairman or a member of the Young Monday Club, nor had he ever supported forced or voluntary repatriation of immigrants, as had been falsely claimed by the magazine. Mr MacGregor also successfully sued the Daily Mail for libel over similar allegations related to his period as Chairman of the FCS.
Read more about this topic: Mark Mac Gregor
Famous quotes containing the word biography:
“Had Dr. Johnson written his own life, in conformity with the opinion which he has given, that every man’s life may be best written by himself; had he employed in the preservation of his own history, that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons, the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited.”
—James Boswell (1740–95)
“Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.”
—Rebecca West [Cicily Isabel Fairfield] (1892–1983)
“A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the flowers, the few flowers, which brought sweetness into a life, and present it as an offering to an accomplished destiny. It is the dying refrain of a completed song, the final verse of a finished poem.”
—André Maurois (1885–1967)