Gregor MacGregor
Soldier and adventurer
General Gregor MacGregor was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, and confidence trickster 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... Wikipedia
Born: December 24, 1786, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom
Died: December 4, 1845 (age 58 years), Caracas, Venezuela
Spouse: Maria MacGregor (m. 1805)
Place of burial: Catedral de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Allegiance: United Kingdom (1803–1810); Venezuela (1812); New Granada (1813–1815, 1818–1819); Venezuela (1816–1817, 1839–1845)
Battles/wars: Peninsular War; Spanish American wars of independence
Other work: Involved in Amelia Island affair of 1817. Claimed to be Cazique of Poyais from 1821 to 1837