Alexander Wentworth Macdonald, 2nd Baron Macdonald (9 December 1773 – 19 June 1824) was a Scottish peer and

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. Macdonald was the eldest son of

Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald (c. 1745 – 12 September 1795), was a Scottish nobleman and Chief of Clan MacDonald of Sleat. Macdonald was the younger son of Sir Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baronet, and his wife Lady Margaret (née Montg ...

of Skye, Scotland, and his wife Elizabeth Diana (née Bosville). He succeeded his father to the barony in 1795 but, as this was an

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, it did not entitle him to a seat in the

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. The following year he was instead elected to the

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for

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, a seat he held until 1802. Lord Macdonald died in June 1824, aged 50. He never married and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother, Godfrey Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald of Sleat.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Alexander Macdonald, 2nd Baron 1773 births 1824 deaths People from the Isle of Skye Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs who inherited peerages Sleat, Alexander Macdonald, 7th Lord 2