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Gregor MacGregor

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

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About Gregor MacGregor

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. About 250 emigrated to MacGregor's invented country in 1822–1823 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.

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by en:Samuel William Reynolds (1773–1835), after Simon Jacques Rochard (1788–1872) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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Occupation: explorer, military personnel, mercenary, con artist
Position held: cacique
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: December 24, 1786
Died: December 4, 1845

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