May 10, 1870, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.

May 28, 1927, West­min­ster, Eng­land.

MacPherson be­came a chor­is­ter at St. Paul’s Ca­thed­ral in 1879. He lat­er served as choir mas­ter at St. Cle­ment’s East­cheap; or­gan­ist for Sir Ro­bert Men­zies at Weem, Perth­shire (1887); Ma­dam de Fal­ba’s cha­pel at Lu­ton Hoo Park, Bed­ford­shire (1889); as­sist­ant or­gan­ist at St. Paul’s Ca­thed­ral (1895), and or­gan­ist there (1916).

• Frost, p. 681

1. Exsurgat De­us
2. Stonypath