Alexander MacDonnell (1713 - 1775)

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Plunkett — married 2 Jan 1739 in Louth, Ireland

Descendants

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Biography

Alexander MacDonnell was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Alexander Mac Donnell, 5th Earl of Antrim (1713-1775) was the son of Randal Mac Donnell, 4th Earl of Antrim and Hon. Rachael Skeffington. He m.(1) Elizabeth Pennefather, daughter of Matthew Pennefather and Catherine Beresford, on 10 April 1735, (2) Anne Plunkett, daughter of Charles Patrick Plunkett and Elizabeth Stratford, on 2 January 1739 and (3) Catharine Meredyth, widow of James Taylour, daughter of Thomas Meredyth and Catherine Baldwin, on 5 July 1755. He died on 13 October 1775 at age 62, buried at Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ireland.

He succeeded his father as 5th Earl of Antrim [I., 1620] on 19 October 1721. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.).

Child of Alexander Mac Donnell, 5th Earl of Antrim and Elizabeth Pennefather

1. Lady unknown Mac Donnell b. 7 Feb 1736

Children of Alexander Mac Donnell, 5th Earl of Antrim and Anne Plunkett

1. Lady Rachel Mac Donnell
2. Lady Elizabeth Helena Mac Donnell+ d. 1796
3. Sir Randal William Mac Donnell, 1st and last Marquess of Antrim+ b. 4 Nov 1749, d. 29 Jul 1791

Sources

• http://thepeerage.com/p1525.htm#i15248
• wikipedia:Earl of Antrim
• http://fabpedigree.com/s048/f590803.htm
• Burke's PEERAGE (1913), p. 112