The death has taken place at his residence, Langhouse, Inverkip, Renfrewshire, of Brigadier-General Andrew Laurie Macfie, a former commander of the Liverpool Scottish, and until February last a Deputy-Lieutenant for the County Palatine of Lancaster.

Brigadier-General Macfie was a member of the Liverpool firm of sugar refiners, Messrs. Fairrie and Co., Ltd. which he joined in 1881, but it is through his military career that he will be best remembered on Merseyside, for he was one of the founders of the Liverpool Scottish, and was for several years, commanding officer.

Volunteer at Eighteen

Born in Argyllshire in 1860, he was educated at Edinburgh Adademy and the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. At the age of eighteen he joined the 1st Lanark Rifle Volunteers and the following year he obtained his commission in the 4th Lanak Rifles. In 1901, he became major and second in command of the Liverpool Scottish, and a year later he succeeded to the command and the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was awarded the Volunteer Decoration in 1906 and the Coronation Medal in 1911. Among other important occasions, he led the Battalion at the Royal Reviews in Edinburgh in 1905 and at Knowsley in 1909 and in that year he was gazetted Colonel and given command of the South Lancashire Infantry Brigade T.F.. On the outbreak of war he was gazetted Brigadier General in the Regulars. He commanded the 217th Infantry Brigade.

A keen athlete, Brigadier-General Macfie was at one time a member of the Lancashire county tennis team and he played for several years in the Northern tournaments at Aigburth and Old Trafford and was also on the management committee. He played cricket well, too. The funeral is at Glasgow tomorrow.

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Lawn Tennis Legislator

Brigadier-General Macfie, C.B., V.D., whose death occured at Langhouse Inverkip, this week was for many years one of the foremost legislators in British lawn tennis. Along with Viscount D'Abernon and Lord Desborough he was an honorary life vice-president of the Lawn Tennis Association, and was a familiar figure at the meetings of that body, the president of which is Sir Samuel Hoare.