Meriel Iona Macdonald of MACDONALD: Our Family History

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CLAN DONALD GENEALOGY

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Generation: 1

1. Meriel Iona Macdonald of MACDONALD was born in private (child of Lord Godfrey James Macdonaldof MACDONALD and Claire CATLOW).

Generation: 2

2.	Lord Godfrey James Macdonaldof MACDONALD was born in private (son of Lord Alexander Godfrey Macdonaldof MACDONALD and Anne WHITTAKER). Godfrey married Claire CATLOW in private. Claire was born in private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Claire CATLOW was born in private.

Children:

Alexandra Louisa Macdonald of MACDONALD was born in private.
Isabella Claire Macdonald of MACDONALD was born in private.
1. Meriel Iona Macdonald of MACDONALD was born in private.
Godfrey Evan Hugo T. Macdonald of MACDONALD was born in private.

Generation: 3

Lord Alexander Godfrey Macdonaldof MACDONALD was born on 27 Jun 1909 (son of Lt Godfrey Evan Hugh MACDONALD, of Sleat and Helen BANKES); died on 29 Nov 1970.

Notes:

7th Lord Macdonald. Named High Chief and Macdonald of Macdonald 1947 by the Lord Lyon.

Alexander married Anne WHITTAKER. Anne died on 19 Jul 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne WHITTAKER died on 19 Jul 1988.

Children:

2. Lord Godfrey James Macdonaldof MACDONALD was born in private.
Janet Anne Macdonald of MACDONALD was born in private.
Alexander Donald A. Macdonald of MACDONALD was born in private.

Generation: 4

Lt Godfrey Evan Hugh MACDONALD, of Sleat was born on 5 Mar 1879 (son of Lord Ronald Archibald 21 MACDONALD, of Sleat and Louisa Jane Hamilton ROSS); died on 2 Nov 1914 in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.

Notes:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record: In Memory of THE HON. GOFREY EVAN HUGH MACDONALD Lieutenant 1st Bn., Scots Guards who died on Monday, 2nd November 1914. Age 35. Additional Information: Son of 6th Baron Macdonald of Slate; husband of Helen Macdonald (nee Bankes), of Ostaig, Isle of Skye. Served in the South African Campaign. Commemorative Information Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 11 Location: Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin and Courtrai, and bears the names of men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.

Godfrey married Helen BANKES. Helen died on 7 Nov 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen BANKES died on 7 Nov 1928.

Children:

4. Lord Alexander Godfrey Macdonaldof MACDONALD was born on 27 Jun 1909; died on 29 Nov 1970.
Capt James Archibald MACDONALD, of Sleat was born on 11 Dec 1911; died on 22 Oct 1942 in El Alamein, Egypt.