Gregor MacGregor
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 "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; 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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Date of Birth
December 24th, 1786
Age
237
Birth Place
United Kingdom, Scotland
Date of Death
December 4th, 1845
Died Aged
58
Star Sign
Capricorn
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