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Name: McGREGOR, Arthur Wallace (Rev.)
Birth Date: 1863 Cirencester, bapt. 25 Sep
Death Date: 26.9.1931 Banbury
Nationality: British
First Date: 1892
Last Date: 1927
Profession: CMS Missionary. Influence with Kikuyus was remarkable.
Area: Settled near what became Kikuyu Station & built house, Singer, Fort Hall, 1922 CMS Fort Hall
Book Reference: Gillett, Binks, Bewes, Tignor, Tucker, EAHB 1905, KAD, Red 25, Hut, North, Curtis, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, Red 22, CMS, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Foster, Leader14, Red Book 1912
War Service: Royal Army Chaplains' Dept.
General Information:
Binks - 1900 - .... going up to Kikuyu to stay with Rev. A.W. McGregor, ex choirboy at St. Albans, a missionary. ....... near the McGregor's house another similar house was being constructed in readiness for the impending arrival of the Rev. Harry Leakey, his wife, child and nurserymaid. ......... one hand was almost useless. Some time previously while operating a mission station at Taveta, a leopard had attacked a native woman and child. He went to help and was mauled by the leopard.
Bewes - about 1900 - 'Bwana' McGregor is still remembered in Kabete, and there grows the orange tree that he planted. Later he founded the mission station at Weithaga ...... while Canon Leakey carried on the work at Kabete.
Tignor - in 1902 opened a station near Karuri, then moved his location to Weithaga which was to become the hub of CMS work in the Fort Hall area for a number of years.
North - arr. Mombasa 9/6/1892; Arr. Mochi July 1892; Mission moved to Taveta Oct. 1892; running school at Taveta 1895-6; arr. Kikuyu 13/10/1900, to work with Masai near Fort Smith; Kikuyu 11/11/1901; Thurguri, Kenya Dist.
Curtis - p. 25 - ....... We ought to get to Taveta tomorrow. Mr Maxsted, the Commissioner there, has written to us several times, giving us a very warm welcome. Taveta, July 6th 1899 - This place is quite fascinating and Captain Maxsted the best of hosts. He is building himself such a jolly little house, which is far enough advanced to house us. The only other European in the place is the Missionary, Mr McGregor, and he is very ill with inflammation of the lungs. Capt. Maxsted combines the offices of Judge, Doctor, Commander of the Forces, Organist in Church, Postmaster and everything else in the village. He is a regular little king here. Every morning after breakfast all his out-patients arrange themselves in front of his verandah. ......…
It was strange after 6 days march and hardly meeting a soul to come on this place with its three or four thousand inhabitants, with its church, printing office, store and even a parish magazine. .....
Curtis - p. 44 - '.... The European congregation in Nairobi was first ministered to be A.M. McGregor, a CMS missionary, who bicycled in from Kabete once a fortnight in 1900-01 to take services. .…
Drumkey 1909 - CMS Kenya - Mr A.W. MacGregor
CMS 1892 - Age 28. b. at Cirencester. 1891, May 12 Prep. Instn. 1892, May 9 to E. Eq. Africa Mission - Taveta
EAHB 1904 - A.W. Macgregor
EAHB 1907 - A.W. MacGregor
Foster - He founded Weithaga and Kahuhia (1906) Missions in the early 1900s. Arrived in Kenya 1892 CMS Missionary Taveta, Thungiri, Nairobi. He was still working in Kenya in 1918
Red Book 1912 - A.W. McGregor - Nairobi
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - Arthur Wallace McGregor - Clerk in Holy Orders, CMS Weithaga, Fort Hall
Tucker - at Taveta in Mar. 1895.
EAHB 1905 has A.W. Macgregor - CMS Kikuyu.
KAD 1922 - CMS, Fort Hall,
Red 25 - Fort Hall