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  Baillie
Alexander MacDonald, (1791-1837), was born in the Parish of Clyne.
Donald MacDonald, (1784-1857), was a native of Caithness, Scotland.
Laughlin MacDonald was born in 1810 on the Isle of Coll, Argyle, Scotland.
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 The Barony of MacDonald
In 1476 John MacDonald, the last MacDonald Earl of Ross, was created a Lord of Parliament as Lord of the Isles, but this title was forfeited to the Crown in 1493 and has since been reserved for the eldest son of the reigning monarch.
John MacDonald in 1469 gave a charter of the lands of Sleat on the Isle of Skye to his illegitimate half-brother Hugh, and Hugh’s direct descendant, the 8th Laird of Sleat, was in 1625 created a baronet as Sir Donald MacDonald of Sleat.
In 1776 his direct descendant Sir Alexander MacDonald of Sleat, the 9th Baronet, was raised to the peerage as Baron MacDonald of Slate (note the spelling change).
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 MacDonald
Donald held the mainland territories of Kintyre, Morvern and Ardnamurchan with the island of Islay.
Donald, Lord of the Isles, is enumerated among the allies of Henry V.
nephew of Donald Gorm Mor of Sleat, son of Archibald MacDonald, grandson of Donald Gormson of Sleat.
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 Fourth Generation
Hector Macdonald was born on 24 Feb 1866 in Harlosh, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Euphemia Macdonald was born in 1894 in Smithtown, Culloden, Scotland.
Alexander Macdonald was born in 1896 in Smithtown, Culloden, Scotland.
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 The Clan Donald Society of Edinburgh - Genealogy
Donald of Harlaw Macdonald of the Isles (Abt.
Iain Mor Tanister Macdonald of the Isles (Bef.
Alexander Macdonald of the Isles and Earl of Ross (Bef.
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 Memorial Resolution - H. Malcolm Macdonald
Dr. Macdonald was born in San Francisco in 1914, the son of Dr. George C. Macdonald and Helena Zaun.
Macdonald had been an officer in the Naval Reserve before the war, and on its outbreak he was immediately called to active service.
Macdonald cherished his Scottish heritage, often flaunted his customary Scottish thriftiness, and always claimed (sometimes literally) a close kinship with the Lord of the Isles.
www.utexas.edu /faculty/council/1998-1999/memorials/Macdonald/macd.html   (1235 words)

  
 Donald Alexander Macdonald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donald Alexander Macdonald, PC (February 17, 1817 – June 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician.
In 1875 Macdonald was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and held that post until 1880.
He was the brother of John Sandfield Macdonald, the first Premier of Ontario, and Alexander Francis Macdonald, the MP for Cornwall from 1874 to 1878.
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 Fraserfield
Alexander of Muckerach, whose male representatives on the death of Duncan Macdonell Chisholm, on the 18th of September, 1858, without male issue, succeeded to the family estates as heir of entail, and of whom in their order.
Hugh Frazer of Eskadale and Alexander Chisholm of Teawigg.]
Hugh was a witness at the marriage of Donald Fraser and Margaret McGregor in February 1816, and Johanna Everts was godmother at the baptism of John Fraser, son of Donald and Margaret in December 1816.
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 Books and Publications
Argyll's Highlands or MacCailein Mor and the Lords of Lorne with traditionary tales and legends of the county of Argyll and the Campbells and Macdonalds.
MacDonald, "The Graves of the Keppochs," vol 10, 1902.
Note on Murdoch Macdonald the Harper and Colm O Baoill and Note on possible descendants of Alexander Mor son of Donald grandson of Somerled by Reginald Maclean of Dochgarroch..
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 Macdonald, Sir John Alexander - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER [Macdonald, Sir John Alexander] 1815-91, Canadian statesman, first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada, b.
Macdonald was the most potent figure in bringing about confederation (1867) of the provinces as the Dominion of Canada.
Changing industrial conditions made Macdonald the advocate of a protectionist policy (known as the National Policy), and he was returned as prime minister in 1878 and served until his death.
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 The Life, Times & Family of Orson Pratt Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Alexander F. Macdonald and companions, Christopher Layton and John W. Campbell, returned to Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico from an exploring tour to some of the valleys lying on the east slope of the Sierra Madre Mountains and found several families of polygamy exiles who had arrived from the United States.
Alexander and Elizabeth went to live in Liverpool, England, the headquarters of the British Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where Alexander's abilities were recognized and his missionary duties increased.
Alexander F. Macdonald was the father of 26 children, 14 of whom grew to adulthood.
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 MacDonald of Sleat
The MacDonalds of Sleat are descended from Hugh of Sleat, a son of a handfast marriage of Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles - hence their patronymic of Clann Uisdein, or Children of Hugh.
Donald also dwelt at Dun Sgathaich and was married 1 to Catherine of Clanranald and 2 to a daughter of MacLeod of Lewis.
Thence MacDonald of Sleat Chiefs dwelt at Duntulm.
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 Clan MacDonald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Long the mightiest of all the clans, Clan Donald sprang from Donald, grandson of Somerled King of the Isles and Lord of Argyll and Kintyre.
In the fourteenth century the MacDonalds, who assumed the style of Lord of the Isles, held in the South Isles and part of the North Isles.
In the late seventeenth century High MacDonald of Sleat in Skye was recognised by the Privy Council as Laird of MacDonald.
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 Amazon.ca: John A. Macdonald : The Young Politician. The Old Chieftain: Books: Donald Creighton,P.B. Waite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Sir John A. Macdonald's flamboyant personality dominated Canadian public life from the years preceding Confederation to the end of the nineteenth century, and the political structures and national policies which developed under his leadership continue to shape public issues today.
Indeed, Creighton wrote Macdonald's biography in the shape of a novel, which means that the only quotations in the book are either from newspaper articles or from letters written by, to, or about John A. Macdonald.
Macdonald once declared: "A British subject I was born, a British subject I will die," and his famous National Policy, which favoured the development of the Canadian West and which introduced high tariffs on American goods, is still considered as one of the most nationalistic policies ever applied in Canada.
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 johnamacdonald.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Macdonald's involvement in the negotiations for a contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway to BC involved him eventually in the Pacific Scandal; during the 1872 election.
MacDonald is famous because he was the first Prime Minister of Canada.
MacDonald died in office in 1891 and is buried at Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario.
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 clan donald-usa - recent
Although Clan Donald no longer controls the vast areas of Scotland that once formed the "Lordship of the Isles." At the end of the 15th century Clan Donald lands were divided among various Highland clans.
Clan Donald-USA, Inc. is a family organization embracing the MacDonalds and all of the other surnames that are recognized as variants, branches or adherents of the greatest of the Highland clans.
In 1976 Ellice McDonald, Jr, CBE of Delaware was appointed High Commissioner by Lord Godfrey Macdonald and with the assistance and cooperation of a few commissioners and clansmen, the clan began to prosper.
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 Donald Alexander Smith Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914), was a Canadian politician, diplomat, philanthropist, and business leader with extensive interests in the fur trade, railroads, and banking.
Donald A. Smith was born on Aug. 6, 1820, at Forres, Morayshire, Scotland.
Donald was educated at the Anderson Institution, Forres.
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 clan donald names
Clan Donald MacAlonies derive from: Gaelic MacGille OnFhaidh "son of the servant of the storm".
MacCarters not of Clan Donald are of Clan MacArthur.
MacLures not of Clan Donald are of Clan MacLeod.
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 North Tolsta Historical Society - MacDonald
Donald Beag Buidhe or Donald Cuagach Buidhe, as he was also called, and his wife Isabella Murray, lseabail Og.
Her mother had been married to a Norman Murray, Ness, but on her husband's death by falling off a load of herring nets five months before her baby was born, her mother returned to her father's house (John Smith, lan Og, Tolsta's first elder) at No. 24, and there lseabail was born and reared.
Christina was married twice, first to Donald Mackay, and secondly, to a William Macleod; Effie married her cousin, Kenneth Macdonald; Kennina died at eighteen in Massachusetts; Margaret married Alexander Nicolson, whose parents were among the early emigrants from Tolsta in 1852.
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 Clan MacDonald
The MacDonalds of Sleat are the descendants of Hugh, the third son of Alexander, 3rd Lord of the Isles.
From this period the family was loyal to the crown and nearly all of the clans attached to the Lord of the Isles transferred their affections to the Royal Stuarts.
The Macdonalds originally occupied Dunscaith and Knock Castles, and while they moved to Duntulm Castle in the late 17th century they still looked after the farm and gardens at Armadale, and it was here that Flora MacDonald was married in 1750.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Macdonald
MacDonald, Edward H. — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Socialist.
MacDonald, Kathleen I. — of Wayne County, Mich.
Son of John G. Macdonald and Harriet (Hart) Macdonald; married 1944 to Phyllis Brooks.
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 The Rise and Fall of Clan Donald
John's grandson, Alexander, the third Lord of the Isles, added the earldom of Ross, including the island of Skye and extensive northern Highland holdings, to his territory.
All of the chiefs of the various branches of Clan Donald received their lands directly from the king, not through a single lord.
Clan Donald fought against the Stuarts until the Stuarts were no longer kings, and then supported their pretentions.
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 Officer Biography
SIR ALEXANDER: 9th Bart.; 1st Lord Macdonald; elevated to peerage of Ireland, 1776, by the title of Baron Macdonald, of Slate,
Col. McDonell was the son of Donald, 2nd of Lochgarry, and Isabel,
John, Lord Berriedale was a major in the 76th (MacDonald) Highlanders.
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 McCabeClan - MacDonald
The descent of Clan Donald is from Somerled, Regulus of the Isles who expunged the Western Isles of the Norse invaders during the 12th century A.D. Somerled was killed at Renfrew in 1164, leaving three sons.
The second son, Reginald, Lord of the Isles, succeeded Somerled, Reginald died in 1207 and, was himself succeeded by his eldest son, Donald "de Isla", from whom the Clan Donald takes its name.
As Lords of the Isles the Clan Donald were foremost amongst the Highland clans, their chief until 1493 ranking as an Island Sovereign.
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 clan donald-usa - intro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Clan Donald-USA embraces all the MacDonalds and other surnames that are recognized as branches or adherents of the greatest of the Highland clans.
Follow this link to check the full list of the Names and Adherents who are part of Clan Donald and see if you are eligible to join us.
In the United States since 1956 when the late Lord Alexander Macdonald of Macdonald established Clan Donald in the USA to serve as an extension of the clan in the US we have grown to our current position as the one of largest clan organizations in the country today.
www.clan-donald-usa.org /introduc.htm   (608 words)

  
 macdonald01
Families covered: MacDonald of the Isles, MacDonald of Lochalsh, MacDonald of MacDonald, MacDonald of Ross, Macruairi of Garmorran
Alexander MacDonald, Lord of the Isles, Earl of Ross (d 07.05.1449)
Alexander ('Alastair Carrach') MacDonald, 1st of Keppoch (a 1431)
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 ScotClans - Clan MacDonald of Sleat - Clan History
John had five sons, each to a different woman, and these MacDonalds threw the clan into a period of destructive evil.
In 1608 after almost a century of feuding, including MacDonald battles with the MacKenzies and the MacLeans in attempts to reclaim lost property of the house of Sleat, all the relevant chiefs were called to meet Lord Ochiltree, the King’s representative, to discuss the royal intentions for the governing of the Isles.
Because Sir Alexander MacDonald took no part in the 1745 rising the Sleat possessions remained secure.
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 The Descendants of Alexander (Sandy the Squire) MacDonald
The Descendants of Alexander (Sandy the Squire) MacDonald
Children of ALEXANDER MACDONALD and MARCELLA MACDONALD are:
Children of DONALD MACDONALD and ANNIE FISHER are:
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 The Burden of Bad Ideas: How Modern Intellectuals Misshape Our Society by Heather MacDonald
Critics have attacked the foolishness of some of today's elite thought from many angles, but few have examined the real-world consequences of those ideas.
Mac Donald argues, grow out of a powerful set of ideas that have governed our public policy for decades, the product of university faculties and a professional elite who are convinced that America is a deeply unjust society.
And while these beliefs have damaged the nation as a whole, she observes, they have hit the poor especially hard.
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 Alexander Findlay Macdonald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The purpose of the Alexander F. Macdonald web site is threefold:
To gather, preserve and disseminate the history and genealogy of Alexander Findlay Macdonald (1825-1903), including his wives, descendants, ancestors, and the locales of his life and work.
To help his descendants learn more about their shared heritage, and to understand and appreciate it.
www.afmacdonald.com /index.html   (65 words)

  
 William MacDonald - Charles MacDonald - George MacDonald - William McDonald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
William MacDonald - Charles MacDonald - George MacDonald - William McDonald
William MacDonald born Feb 10 18xx near Linside, WV m.
George Washington MacDonald (McDonald) B. Nov 28, 1868, d.
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