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Donald MacDonald (Saskatchewan Politician)
Donald MacDonald or Donald Macdonald may refer to: Military personnel *Donald MacDonald (army officer) ( – 1760), Scottish military officer who saw service for France, Charles Edward Stuart, and Great Britain *Donald Alexander Macdonald (1817–1896), Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Ontario *Donald Alexander Macdonald (general) (1845–1920), Canadian general *Donald Balloch MacDonald (died ), Scottish-Gaelic lord Politicians *Donald MacDonald (Alberta politician) or Don MacDonald (), Canadian politician, member of the Alberta legislature *Donald Macdonald (Australian politician) (1886–1962), Australian politician and Presbyterian minister * Donald MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician) (1909–1986), Canadian politician, social democrat and trade unionist *Donald MacDonald (Saskatchewan politician, born 1886) (1886–1970) *Donald A. MacDonald ( –1884), Canadian farmer, member of the Prince Edward Island legislature *Donald Alexander Macdonald (1817 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald MacDonald (army Officer)
Captain Donald MacDonald (c. 1724–1760) was a military officer who fought for France, for Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland, and later for Great Britain in Quebec. Life MacDonald (sometimes spelt MacDonell) was the second son of Ranald MacDonald, 18th Chief of Clanranald. When still young he was sent to France where he received a commission in the Royal-Ecossais Regiment of the French army. In 1745 he was sent by King Louis XV to assist Charles Edward Stuart in the Jacobite rising. MacDonald was wounded at the siege of Stirling Castle and imprisoned after the surrender of the Jacobite forces. As a French officer he was released from imprisonment and returned to France. MacDonald took advantage of the amnesty which was granted by Britain to Jacobite officers, and on 12 January 1757 was gazetted a captain in the regiment raised by Simon Fraser, the 78th Fraser Highlanders. In 1758 MacDonald sailed to Louisbourg which was then under siege as part of the Seven Years' War. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald MacDonald (actor)
Donald MacDonald (February 8, 1886 – August 6, 1972) was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1911 and 1934. He also directed 40 films between 1913 and 1917. He was born in California and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Almost a Rescue'' (1913) * ''The Abandonment'' (1916 - directed) * ''The Smugglers of Santa Cruz'' (1916 - directed) * ''A Desert Wooing'' (1918) * '' Who Cares?'' (1919) * '' The Law of Men'' (1919) * '' Silk Hosiery'' (1920) * ''The Yellow Typhoon'' (1920) * ''45 Minutes from Broadway'' (1920) * '' The White Dove'' (1920) * ''The Woman in the Suitcase'' (1920) * ''The Sky Pilot'' (1921) * ''Greater Than Love'' (1921) * ''A Midnight Bell'' (1921) * ''Her Face Value'' (1921) * ''The Woman He Married'' (1922) * ''The Bootlegger's Daughter'' (1922) * ''Lorna Doone'' (1922) * ''Crashin' Thru'' (1923) * '' Stepping Fast'' (1923) * '' Another Man's Wife'' (1924) * ''If Marriage Fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Donald Gorme Og Macdonald, 1st Baronet
Sir Donald Gorme Macdonald, 8th Laird of Sleat, and 1st Baronet (died 1643) was a Scottish laird. He had succeeded his uncle, Donald Gorme Mor Macdonald, 7th Laird of Sleat, who died, in 1616, without heirs. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, by King Charles I, with a special clause of precedency placing him second of that order in Scotland. He adhered to the cause of Charles I, and died in 1643. Marriage and children He married Janet, the second daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail and they had several children: * Sir James Mor Macdonald, 9th Laird of Sleat *Mary Macdonald, who married Ewen Cameron of Lochiel Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (Scottish Gaelic: ''Eòghain Camshròn Mac Dhòmhnaill Dubh''; February 1629 – 12 June 1719) was a Scottish highland chief, soldier and courtier. He was the Chief of Clan Cameron – the 17th Lochiel, and was renow ... *Alexander MacDonald of Sleat whose daughter married Lachlan Maclean, 3rd Laird of Torloisk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Gorm MacDonald Of Carey
Donald Gorm MacDonald of Carey was a son of James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg and Agnes Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll. Donald obtained the barony of Carey in Antrim by patent on 18 September 1584. He was killed during the battle of Ardnaree The Battle of Ardnaree, was a battle in the Tudor conquest of Ireland fought at Ardnaree (now a suburb of Ballina, County MayoIn 1586, Ardnaree was in County Sligo. The River Moy was the county boundary from the shiring of Connacht in 1585 until t ..., Ireland in 1586 against the English. Donald had issue: *Donald Gorm Og References *pp378–379, Rev. A. MacDonald & Rev. A. MacDonald; The Clan Donald 1586 deaths Donald Gorm Donald Gorm Year of birth unknown {{Scotland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Alaster Macdonald
Donald Alaster Macdonald (6 June 1859 – 23 November 1932) was an Australian journalist and nature writer, writing under the pen names including 'Observer' and 'Gnuyang' (gossip).Hugh Anderson,Macdonald, Donald Alaster (1859–1932), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, p. 249. Retrieved 14 November 2010 He was considered one of Australia's widely known journalists, and is in the Melbourne Press Club's Australian Media Hall of Fame. He was credited with making 'Australian natural history and botany popular interests'. Early life Macdonald was born in Fitzroy, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, the elder son of Donald Macdonald (of Scottish–Canadian heritage) and his wife Margaret, ''née'' Harris. Macdonald was educated at the Keilor state school where he became a pupil-teacher in 1876. He later joined ''The Corowa Free Press'' and then the ''Melbourne Argus'' newspaper in 1881. On 26 February 1883 at Scots' Church, Melbourne, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald MacDonald (stained Glass)
Donald MacDonald (1841–1916) was a leading stained glass artisan and designer in 19th century Boston. Born Donald McDonald, he altered the spelling of his surname to "MacDonald" around 1877. Early life Born in 1841, the son of a Scottish farmer, in the Gorbals district of Glasgow, MacDonald was trained as a glass painter in London. By 1863, he was a partner in the London firm of McMillan & McDonald of Camden Town, furnishing stained glass for the New Stepney Meetinghouse (destroyed) in the Tower Hamlets district of East London. In 1868, he settled in Boston, probably at the urging of William Robert Ware (1832–1915), founder of the school of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ware was instrumental in MacDonald's early career in Boston, providing professional introductions and commissions, using samples of MacDonald's glass work to illustrate his lectures and commending MacDonald publicly for his efforts to improve the art of stained glass in the U.S. Bost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald MacDonald (rugby Union)
Donald Shaw Mackinnon Macdonald (born 25 September 1951) was a Scottish international rugby union player.Bath, p139 He was capped for seven times between 1977 and 1978. He also played for Oxford University RFC, London Scottish FC, and West of Scotland FC. His older brother Dugald MacDonald was also capped for against the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa In 1974, the British & Irish Lions toured South Africa, with matches in South West Africa and Rhodesia. Under the leadership of Willie John McBride, the Lions went through the tour undefeated, winning 21 of their 22 matches and being held to a .... References *Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) * 1951 births Living people London Scottish F.C. players Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players West of Scotland FC players Oxford University RFC players Rugby union number eights {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Macdonald (rugby League)
Donald William Macdonald (died 12 June 1994) was an Australian rugby league referee and administrator. Career Macdonald began his refereeing career in the Newtown District Junior Rugby League. He was subsequently graded to referee in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) in 1963, gaining his first first-grade match in 1967. He went on to control over 150 top grade matches in a career that lasted until 1979. Macdonald was a no-nonsense referee who was not averse to sending off players for violent play or dissent, including Craig Young, Johnny Greaves and Ron Raper, Steve Kneen, Kevin Ryan, Paul Sait, Graham Olling and Bill Ashurst William Frank Ashurst (12 April 1948 – 14 June 2022) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Lancashire, .... Macdonald was also involved in some volatile situations after matches, being pelted with fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald MacDonald (poet)
Donald MacDonald may refer to: *Donald MacDonald (army officer) (c. 1724–1760), Scottish military officer who saw service for France, Charles Edward Stuart, and Great Britain *Donald Alexander Macdonald (1817–1896), Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Ontario *Donald Macdonald (minister) (1825–1901), founding minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland *Donald Alexander Macdonald (general) (1845–1920), Canadian general *Donald MacDonald (stained glass) (1841–1916), American stained glass artist *Donald MacDonald (pastoralist) (1857–1937), Australian pastoralist *Donald Alaster Macdonald (1859–1932), Australian sports journalist and war correspondent * Donald MacDonald known as Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna (1887–1967), North Uist stonemason and war poet in the Scottish Gaelic language *Donald MacDonald (actor) (1886–1972), American film actor and film director * Donald MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician) (1909–1986), Canadian politician, social democ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald MacDonald (pastoralist)
Donald MacDonald mostly known as Dan MacDonald (18579 March 1937) was a prominent Australian pastoralist. Early life MacDonald was born at Bradley in Laggan, New South Wales, Laggan in New South Wales and was the fourth child of Scottish immigrant Donald MacDonald. The MacDonald and MacKenzie families had read about the Alexander Forrest descriptions of lands in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region of Western Australia that would be open for leasehold. MacDonald had already arrived in Western Australia by 1879 when his father wrote to ask to explore the area. The younger MacDonald did asked then applied for a selection at the junction of the Margaret River and Fitzroy River (Western Australia), Fitzroy River, that later became part of Fossil Downs Station. Career MacDonald began to establish the station and waited for his brothers, Charles and William, to arrive with the stock they were droving from Goulburn, New South Wales, Goulburn. The brothers eventually arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald MacDonald (preacher)
The Rev. Donald Macdonald (1825–20 August 1901) was one of two ministers in the founding Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, which separated in 1893 from the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900) as the result of a Protest at the meeting of the General Assembly of the Free Church on 25 May 1893 by the Rev. Donald Macfarlane against the Declaratory Act passed by the General Assembly in 1892 modifying the church's adherence to the Westminster Confession of Faith, believing that it thereby 'altered and vitiated' the constitution of the Free Church in law. Macdonald was born at Langash in the parish of North Uist in 1825. He became the Free Church of Scotland minister in Shieldaig in 1872 but he was evicted from his church and manse in 1893. His biographer wrote: “The Assembly of 1877 presented them he minister and his congregationwith church and manse in consideration of their faithful adherence to the principles of the Free Church; the Assembly of 1893 dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Macdonald (minister)
The Rev. Donald Macdonald (1825–20 August 1901) was one of two ministers in the founding Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, which separated in 1893 from the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900) as the result of a Protest at the meeting of the General Assembly of the Free Church on 25 May 1893 by the Rev. Donald Macfarlane against the Declaratory Act passed by the General Assembly in 1892 modifying the church's adherence to the Westminster Confession of Faith, believing that it thereby 'altered and vitiated' the constitution of the Free Church in law. Macdonald was born at Langash in the parish of North Uist in 1825. He became the Free Church of Scotland minister in Shieldaig in 1872 but he was evicted from his church and manse in 1893. His biographer wrote: “The Assembly of 1877 presented them he minister and his congregationwith church and manse in consideration of their faithful adherence to the principles of the Free Church; the Assembly of 1893 dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |