‘Macpherson came with another important qualification he was self-evidently a fully paid-up member of the British establishment (Scottish division). He was twenty-seventh chief of the Macpherson
Sir William Macpherson, judge whose 1999 report found the Metropolitan Police was institutionally racist – obituary
His inquiry into the police investigation into the killing of Stephen Lawrence was blamed by some on the Right for harming race relations
16 February 2021 • 8:15am
Macpherson in 1997, when the inquiry he was to lead was announced by the home secretary, Jack Straw
Credit: Roy Letkey
Sir William Macpherson of Cluny, who has died aged 94, was the 27th Chief of Clan Macpherson and a High Court judge from 1983 to 1996; he was, though, largely unknown to the wider public until he chaired the inquiry in 1997 into “matters arising from the death of Stephen Lawrence”.