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Preserved Edinburgh Society
CLAN DONALD GENEALOGY
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 1759 - 1831 (71 years)
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| Name |
John MACDONALD |
| Prefix |
Lt Col |
| Suffix |
of Kingsburgh |
| Born |
30 Nov 1759 |
Kingsburgh, Rosshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
16 Aug 1831 |
Exeter, England |
| Person ID |
I3703 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Nov 2021 |
| Father |
Alan 7 MACDONALD, of Kingsburgh, b. Abt 1720, Kingsburgh, Rosshire, Scotland , d. 20 Sep 1772, Kingsburgh, Rosshire, Scotland (Age ~ 52 years) |
| Mother |
Flora of the '45 MACDONALD, of Milton, b. 1722, Milton, North Uist, Scotland , d. 5 Mar 1790, Kingsburgh, Rosshire, Scotland (Age 68 years) |
| Married |
6 Nov 1750 |
Milton, North Uist, Scotland |
| Family ID |
F1655 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Frances Maria CHAMBERS, b. Abt 1779, Bengal, India , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
Abt 1795 |
| Children |
| | 1. Alan Norman MACDONALD, of Kingsburgh, b. Abt 1800, d. 22 Jun 1804 (Age ~ 4 years) |
| | 2. Major Robert Collins MACDONALD, of Kingsburgh, b. 2 Oct 1800, d. 11 Apr 1841 (Age 40 years) |
| | 3. Capt John Alexander MACDONALD, of Kingsburgh, b. 20 Feb 1802, Kingsburgh, Rosshire, Scotland , d. 18 May 1832, At Sea (Age 30 years) |
| | 4. Maj Gen William Pitt MACDONALD, of Kingsburgh, b. 4 Apr 1804, Kingsburgh, Rosshire, Scotland , d. 12 Mar 1867 (Age 62 years) |
| | 5. Lt Reginald Wilton MACDONALD, of Kingsburgh, b. Abt 1807, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. Captain James Murray MACDONALD, of Kingsburgh, b. 22 Sep 1807, d. 7 Aug 1847 (Age 39 years) |
| | 7. Charles Edward Chambers MACDONALD, of Kingsburg, b. 11 Dec 1807, d. 17 Jun 1832 (Age 24 years) |
| | 8. Flora Frances MACDONALD, of Kingsburgh, b. Abt 1809, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 9. Henrietta Louisa Lavinia MACDONALD, b. Abt 1811, d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2021 |
| Family ID |
F1663 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- John Macdonald was born at Flodigarry on Skye in 1759, the son of Allan Macdonald of Kingsburgh and Flora Macdonald, the Jacobite heroine, his wife. Educated at Portree and Edinburgh, he acquired an Indian cadetship in 1780 and became a military engineer because of an early aptitude. He moved to the Bengal Engineers in 1783 and was posted to Sumatra three years later. There he was raised to the local rank of Captain and commander of artillery, and spent his spare time making observations and maps which are now held in the British Museum. He was made 1st. Lieutenant in 1794, and in 1796 took sick leave home. Back in Edinburgh he became Commandant of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Artillery. He retired from the Bengal Engineers on half-pay in 1800 and was made Lieutenant Colonel of the Alpine Fencible Infantry, and served with them for a year in Ireland before they were disbanded. He published translations of French military works, then moved to Dover to work on the Cinque Ports. Later work on military telegraphs took him to Exeter where he settled, and was much involved in charity work. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1800 and was one of the original members of the Asiatic Society. He died in Exeter in 1831.
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