Hugh Macdonald, of Sleat

I. HUGH Macdonald of Sleat d 1498
s/o Alexander, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles & NN d/o O'Beolan, lay Abbot of Applecross
x Fynvola d/o Alexander Maclain of Ardnamurchan
1. John, his successor, d1502
xx Elizabeth Gunn d/o Crowner of Caithness
2. Donald Gallach d 1506
xxx NN d/o Macleod of Harris
3. Donald Herrach
xxxx NN d/o Torquil Macleod of Lewis
4. Archibald Dubh
xxxxx NN d/o the Laird of Coll
5. Angus Collach
xxxxxx NN d/o Maurice Vicar of S.Uist
6. Angus Dubh

THE MACDONALDS OF SLEAT. -
The Macdonalds of Sleat are descended from
1. HUGH, son of Alexander, Earl of Ross, and Lord of the Isles, by the daughter of O'Beolan, lay Abbot of Applecross, and are known patronymically as Clann Uisdein. Hugh married, first, Fynvola, daughter of Alexander Maclain of Ardnamurchan, and had by her —

1. John, his successor, d1502

He married, secondly, Elizabeth Gunn, daughter of the Crowner of Caithness, and had by her—

2. Donald Gallach.

He married, thirdly, a daughter of Macleod of Harris, by whom he had—

3. Donald Herrach, from whom Clann Domhnuill Herraich.

Hugh had also several sons, whose claims to legitimacy do not seem to have been admitted even by the social canons of the time, viz. : —

4. Archibald Dubh, by a daughter of Torquil Macleod of Lewis.
5. Angus Collach, by a daughter of the Laird of Coll.
6. Angus Dubh, by a daughter of Maurice Vicar of S.Uist,

Hugh Macdonald of Sleat died in 1498, and was succeeded by his oldest son,

II. JOHN. It has been seen how he surrendered his whole patrimony to the King, by whom it was afterwards bestowed upon Ranald MacAllan of Clainranald and Angus Reochson MacKanald of Morar. This grant, however, never took effect. John died in 1502, and was succeeded by his brother,
III. DONALD GALLACH. He did not long occupy the position of Chief of Sleat, as he was murdered by his brother, Archibald Dubh, in 1506. He married Agnes, daughter of Sir John Cathanach Macdonald of Dunnyveg and the Glens, by whom he had—

1. Donald Gruamach, his successor.
2. Alexander, whose sons fought in Ireland on the side of their kinsman, Sorley Buy.
3. Angus, who had a son, John.
4. Ranald Collach, who had a son, Alexander.

Donald Gallach of Sleat was succeeded by his oldest son,

IV. DONALD GRUAMACH. He married, first, Catherine, daughter of Alexander Macdonald of Clanranald, and had —

1. Donald Gorm, his successor.

He married, secondly, a daughter of Macleod of Lewis, and had —

2; John Og, who married a daughter of Alastair Crotach Macleod of Dunvegan, without issue.
3. Archibald, the Clerk. He had two sons —

(A) Hugh, whose career and fate have already been described. He had a son, Alexander, who appears on record.
(B) Donald.

4. James of Castle Camus, known as Seumas a’ Chaisteil, progenitor of Kingsburgh and other families.

He had other sons said to have been natural, viz. : —

5. Alexander.
6. John Dubh.
7. Angus.
8. Alexander. None of these appear to have left traceable posterity.

Donald Gruamach died in 1534

https://archive.org/details/clandonald03macduoft/page/n547/mode/2up...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_of_Sleat

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