Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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McGregor, Daniel , Farmer, George Farm, Weston, Mr McGregor was born in 1838 in West Stirlingshire, Scotland, near romantic Loch Lomond, where he was educated at the parish school, and in his early years followed farming. He came to the Colony in 1863 in the ship “Arimea,” worked as a farmer to the south of Dunedin for six years, removed to the Oamaru district in 1870, and in 1891 settled at Weston. Mr. McGregor is an enthusiastic stock-breeder and a very successful exhibitor of Clydesdale horses and Ayrshire cattle. He gained, in one day, in 1879, three gold medals for Ayrshires, won the cup as the largest prize-taker in 1892, besides winning the first prize and a championship with his horse “Glengyle,” and also gained the gold medal for the best entire colt. Mr. McGregor is a director of the Waiarcka Dairy Factory, and a member of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, school committee, etc. His residence is a substantial two-storey stone building, with stables and out-houses of the same material.