Lieutenant Colonel James Macdonald

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES MACDONALD

Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonald is the second son of Ranald Macdonald of Clanranald and his second wife Flora Mackinnon. Macdonald History: 435

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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[1800]: (Copy) Bond by William Honyman, Esq., of Armadale, Senator of the College of Justice and other tutors of Clanranald (conform to nomination of tutors and curators by the late John Macdonald of Clanranald, dated 5 September 1794) in name of Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald, to Donald Macdonald of Balranald in North Uist, for £1000 sterling, to be repaid to the lender and his wife, whom failing, to James Macdonald Captain in - Regiment of Foot, their second son. Undated. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/1/315

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1812-26: Statement of sums paid in loan to, and on behalf of, Col. James Macdonald by Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald and his cashiers. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/274

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17 June 1818: Insurance policy for £500 in name of James Macdonald, former Lt.-Col., then residing at Drumdryan House in Edinburgh. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/306

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16 December 1818: Bond by James Macdonald, late Lieutenant Colonel in the army, to Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald, for £450 sterling, in security of which he assigns the annuity of £100 sterling allowed to him by Clanranald, and the sum of £500 sterling, contained in a policy of the Westminster Society for Insurance. At Edinburgh. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/1/330

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31 July 1826: Note of money paid and advanced to Col. James Macdonald. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/415

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15 November 1827: Copy memorial for Major James Macdonald, Askernish, as only surviving trustee of deceased Donald Macdonald of Balronald concerning payment of annuity to latter and his wife. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/439

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1836: Draft summons in causa Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald against Lt.-Col. James MacDonald. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/554

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1837: Copy amended summons, with notes of amendments, in causa Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald against Lt.-Col. James Macdonald. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/560

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29 May 1837: Printed copy defences for Lt.-Col. James Macdonald to summons at instance of Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/564

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23 November 1837: Statement of sums which have been in loan by Clanranald to his uncle, Lt.-Col. James Macdonald. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/568

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1838: Draft revised condescendence for Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald against Lt.-Col. James Macdonald, residing in Edinburgh. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/571

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14 June 1838: Draft note to counsel for Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald in action at his instance against representatives of deceased Lt.-Col. James Macdonald. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the MacDonald Family of Clanranald, reference GD201/5/578

Genealogical Accounts

1. History of the Macdonalds and Lords of the Isles; with Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name, by Alexander Mackenzie, FSA. Scot. (A. & W. Mackenxie, Inverness, MDCCCLXXXI), 534 pp. For Macdonald of Clanranald see pp. 367-437
2. Darryl Lundy's Peerage