Francis Alexander MacKinnon, The 35th MacKinnon of MacKinnon DL (9 April 1848 – 27 February 1947) was the longest-lived

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er until being surpassed by

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on 8 November 2009. MacKinnon, who was 98 years, 324 days old when he died, was the oldest-ever

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er at that time.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 347–349.
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. Retrieved 7 August 2022.) MacKinnon was born at Acryse Park, near

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, and was educated at

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. An amateur cricketer, he joined the MCC in 1870, and played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1885. He attended

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, graduating in 1871. He played cricket for

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, winning his blue in 1870. He played in the famous

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in 1870, known as Cobden's Match, in which Cambridge's

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conceded only one run and took three wickets in the last four-ball over to win the match by two runs. MacKinnon played for

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from 1875. He toured

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with

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in 1878–79, and played his only Test on this tour, making 0 and 5 in his two innings, bowled by

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twice. His first dismissal was the second in the first

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. He was President of Kent in 1889. In 1888, MacKinnon married the Hon. Emily Hood. They had one son and one daughter. His wife died in 1934. He was a captain in the

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from 1871 to 1893, promoted to honorary major in 1886 and resigned, but was re-appointed captain on 14 March 1900. He was a justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Kent from 1900 to 1902. On the death of his father in 1903, he became The MacKinnon of Mackinnon, the 35th Chief of the

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. He died at his home, Drumduan, in

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, Scotland.

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