Born about in Keppoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Coll MacDonald
and Barbara MacDonald
Husband of
Janet Stewart
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Anna (MacDonell) Gordon, Clementia MacDonell, Angus (MacDonell) MacDonald, Barbara MacDonell, Katherine MacDonell, Ranald MacDonell, Jessie MacDonell, Alexander MacDonell and Charlotte MacDonell
Died
at about age 52
in Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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| Alexander (MacDonald) MacDonell was a prominent member of a Scottish Clan. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland |
| Preceded by Coll MacDonald |
17th Laird of Keppoch 1729-1746 |
Succeeded by Ranald MacDonell |
Biography
Alexander (MacDonald) MacDonell is a member of Clan MacDonald of Keppoch.
Alexander (MacDonald) MacDonell is Notable.
Alexander was born about 1694. He was the son of Coll MacDonald and Barbara MacDonald.
Alexander was one of the first to join ”Bonnie Prince Charles” Stuart in the 1745 Jacobite Uprising.
He led his clan in the Battle of Culloden, where he was killed.
In the battle of Culloden (April 15th, 1746), when the Macdonald regiment retreated without having attempted to attack, Macdonald of Keppoch advanced, with his drawn sword in one hand, and his pistol in the other. He had got but a little way from his regiment when he was wounded by a musket-shot, and fell. A friend who had followed, conjuring him not to throw his life away, said that the wound was not mortal, that he might easily join his regiment, and retreat with them. Keppoch desired him to take care of himself, and going on, received another shot, and fell to rise no more.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Angus MacDonald, M.D., p. 43.
See also:
- Macdonald, Rev. A. and Macdonald Rev. A. (1904). The Clan Donald: Volume 3. Inverness, Scotland. Northern Counties Publishing Company Ltd. http://archive.org/stream/clandonald03macduoft#page/422/mode/2up
- Ruvigny et Raineval, Melville Henry Massue, marquis de, The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Grants of Honour, Extracted, by Permission, from the Stuart Papers Now in Possession of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle, and Supplemented by Biographical and Genealogical Notes Edinburgh : T. C. & E. C. Jack https://archive.org/stream/jacobitepeerageb00ruvi#page/94/mode/2up
- A family Memoir of the MacDonalds of Keppoch, by Angus MacDonald, M.D., of Taunton. Edited by Clements R. Markham, C.B.; 1885. http://www.yourphotocard.com/Ascanius/documents/A%20family%20memoir%20of%20the%20Macdonalds%20of%20Keppoch.pdf
- Alexander MacDondald, 17th of Keppoch
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