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 CLAN DONALD GENEALOGY

Sir Alexander W. MACDONALD-BOSVILLE, of Sleat

Male 1865 - 1933  (67 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Alexander W. MACDONALD-BOSVILLE, of Sleat was born on 26 Sep 1865 (son of Godfrey Wentworth BOSVILLE-MACDONALD and Harriet Cassandra WILLOUGHBY); died on 26 Mar 1933.

    Notes:

    14th Baronet. Had his Grandfather legitimated in court and assumed the titles.

    Family/Spouse: Alice Edith MIDDLETON. Alice died on 15 Jul 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sir Godfrey M. 23 MACDONALD-BOSVILLE, of Sleat was born on 25 Sep 1887; died on 3 Aug 1951.
    2. Celia Violet MACDONALD-BOSVILLE, of Sleat was born on 28 Jan 1889; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Godfrey Wentworth BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 6 Jan 1826 (son of Alexander William Robert BOSVILLE-MACDONALD and Matilda Eliza Moffat BAYARD); died on 11 Oct 1865.

    Godfrey married Harriet Cassandra WILLOUGHBY. Harriet died on 28 Sep 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Harriet Cassandra WILLOUGHBY died on 28 Sep 1903.
    Children:
    1. 1. Sir Alexander W. MACDONALD-BOSVILLE, of Sleat was born on 26 Sep 1865; died on 26 Mar 1933.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Alexander William Robert BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 12 Sep 1800 (son of Lord Godfrey 18 MACDONALD, of Sleat and Louisa Maria Edsir LA COST); died on 22 Sep 1877.

    Notes:

    Illegitimate son, later legitimated by his Grandson. Took the name Bosville and the estates.

    Alexander married Matilda Eliza Moffat BAYARD. Matilda died in Jul 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Matilda Eliza Moffat BAYARD died in Jul 1859.
    Children:
    1. William John BOSVILLE-MACDONALD died in 1916 in Canada.
    2. Macrae BOSVILLE-MACDONALD and died.
    3. James BOSVILLE-MACDONALD and died.
    4. Jean BOSVILLE-MACDONALD and died.
    5. Julia Louisa BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 5 Apr 1824 in York, Yorkshire, England; died on 11 Oct 1901.
    6. 2. Godfrey Wentworth BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 6 Jan 1826; died on 11 Oct 1865.
    7. Duncan BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born in 1840; died on 10 Aug 1906 in Briagolong, Victoria, Australia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Lord Godfrey 18 MACDONALD, of Sleat was born on 14 Oct 1775 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (son of Lord Alexander 16 MACDONALD, of Sleat and Elizabeth Diana BOSVILLE, of Gunthwaite); died on 13 Oct 1832.

    Notes:

    18th of Sleat, 11th Baronet, 3rd Lord Macdonald.

    Godfrey married Louisa Maria Edsir LA COST. Louisa (daughter of Duke William HANOVER, of Gloucester and Lady Almeira CARPENTER) was born in 1762; died on 18 Oct 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Louisa Maria Edsir LA COST was born in 1762 (daughter of Duke William HANOVER, of Gloucester and Lady Almeira CARPENTER); died on 18 Oct 1832.

    Notes:

    Illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Gloucester.

    Children:
    1. 4. Alexander William Robert BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 12 Sep 1800; died on 22 Sep 1877.
    2. Louisa BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 16 Sep 1802; died on 1 Sep 1854.
    3. Elizabeth Diana BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 27 Feb 1804; died on 9 Jun 1839.
    4. Julia BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 30 Oct 1805; died on 11 Jul 1884.
    5. Susan Hussey BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 25 Aug 1807; died on 5 Nov 1879.
    6. Lord Godfrey William W. 19 MACDONALD, of Sleat was born on 16 Mar 1809 in London, England; died on 25 Jul 1863.
    7. Lt Gen James William MACDONALD, of Sleat was born on 31 Oct 1810; died on 4 Jan 1882.
    8. Diana BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 12 Apr 1812; died on 8 Dec 1880.
    9. Octavia Sophia BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born about 1814; died on 22 Jan 1897.
    10. Jane BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 25 May 1815; died on 13 Jan 1888.
    11. Marianne BOSVILLE-MACDONALD was born on 27 Jul 1816; died on 12 Jul 1876.