MACDONALD, Ranald George (1788-1873), of Seamore Place, Mdx.

b. 29 Aug. 1788, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Macdonald, 18th chief of Clanranald, and 1st w. Katherine, da. of Robert Macqueen, SCJ (Lord Braxfield), of Braxfield, Lanark. educ. Edinburgh; Eton 1799; European tour. m. (1) 13 Feb. 1812, Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe (d. 10 Apr. 1824), da. of Richard Edgcumbe†, 2nd earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 1s. 5da.; (2) 30 June 1826, Anne Selby (d. 8 July 1835), da. of William Cunninghame of Lainshaw, Ayr, wid. of Richard Barre Dunning, 2nd Bar. Ashburton, s.p.; (3) Nov. 1855, Elizabeth Rebecca Newman, s.p. suc. fa. 1794. d. 11 Mar. 1873.