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Gregor MacGregor

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British soldier, adventurer and confidence trickster (1786-1845)

United KingdomHistorical FiguresLived 1786 to 1845 · aged 58
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Gregor MacGregor was a Scottish soldier, adventurer and con man who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "Cazique".

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A romanticised depiction of a MacGregor clansman, by R R McIanA romanticised depiction of a MacGregor clansman, by R R McIanJosefa Lovera MacGregor, painted by Charles Lees in 1821Josefa Lovera MacGregor, painted by Charles Lees in 1821Battlements at Cartagena de Indias, where MacGregor took part in the defence against Spanish attackers in 1815Battlements at Cartagena de Indias, where MacGregor took part in the defence against Spanish attackers in 1815Part of the fort at Porto Bello, Panama, where MacGregor abandoned his troops led by Colonel William Rafter in April 1819Part of the fort at Porto Bello, Panama, where MacGregor abandoned his troops led by Colonel William Rafter in April 1819An engraving from Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, purporting to depict the "port of Black River in the Territory of Poyais"[110]An engraving from Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, purporting to depict the "port of Black River in the Territory of Poyais"[110]A Bank of Poyais "dollar", printed in Scotland. MacGregor bartered these worthless notes to his would-be settlers, taking their real British money in exchange.A Bank of Poyais "dollar", printed in Scotland. MacGregor bartered these worthless notes to his would-be settlers, taking their real British money in exchange.Carte de la Neustrie showing the (fictional) towns of Sidon, Tyr, Asylum, Refugium, Eden and SertoriaCarte de la Neustrie showing the (fictional) towns of Sidon, Tyr, Asylum, Refugium, Eden and Sertoria

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Gregor MacGregor was a Scottish soldier, adventurer and con man who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "Cazique". Hundreds invested their savings in supposed Poyaisian government bonds and land certificates, while about 250 emigrated to MacGregor's invented country in 1822-23 to find only an untouched jungle in Honduras; more than half of them died. MacGregor's Poyais scheme has been called one of the most brazen confidence tricks in history.

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United Kingdom
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Historical Figures
Type
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1786 to 1845 · aged 58
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