William Macpherson

Scottish judge and Chief of the Clan Macpherson (1926-2021)

Sir William Macpherson of Cluny (William Alan Macpherson; 1 April 1926 – 14 February 2021)[1][2] was a Scottish High Court judge. He served as the 27th Hereditary Chief of the Clan Macpherson.[3][4] In the late 1990s, Macpherson led the public inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence.[5]

Macpherson was born in Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. He studied at Summer Fields School, a preparatory school near Oxford.[4] He later studied at Wellington College in Crowthorne and Trinity College, Oxford.[4]

Macpherson died on 14 February 2021, aged 94.[6]

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