Hugh MacDonell
Hugh MacDonell may refer to: * Hugh Guion MacDonell Sir Hugh Guion MacDonell (5 March 1831, Florence, Italy – 25 January 1904, London) was a British diplomat who was envoy to Brazil, Denmark and Portugal. Background MacDonell was born in Florence on 5 March 1831, the second son of the marr ... (1831–1904), British diplomat * Hugh MacDonell of Aberchalder (1753–1847), soldier and political figure in Upper Canada {{hndis, MacDonell, Hugh ...
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Hugh Guion MacDonell
Sir Hugh Guion MacDonell (5 March 1831, Florence, Italy – 25 January 1904, London) was a British diplomat who was envoy to Brazil, Denmark and Portugal. Background MacDonell was born in Florence on 5 March 1831, the second son of the marriage of Hugh MacDonell of Aberchalder (Scottish Clan MacDonell of Glengarry) and Ida Louise Ulrich. He succeeded his brother Sir Alexander Frederick MacDonell in the representation of the family in the Glengarry Council in Canada. His eldest sister, married to the Alexandre Jean Aguado y Moreno, II Marqués de las Marismas del Guadalquivir, was Dame du Palais to the Empress Eugenie. Another sister, Ida MacDonell, married Don Augusto Conte y Lerdo de Tejada, Spanish Diplomant and Minister Plenipoteniary at Copenhagen. Life and career MacDonell attended Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade on 22 December 1848, He served in British Kaffraria 1849–52, but retired from the army on ...
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