Ranald MacDonald of Smerby, also known as Ranald MacJames ( gd, Raghnall mac Séamuis) was a son of

James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg James MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: ''Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill''), alias McDonnell, 6th Chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, Scottish-Gaelic lord, died 1565. Biography MacDonald was the son of Alexander MacDonald, lord of Islay and Kintyre (''Can ...

and

Agnes Campbell Lady Agnes Campbell (1526–1601) was the daughter of The 3rd Earl of Argyll and his wife, Lady Jean Gordon, daughter of The 3rd Earl of Huntly. She was likely born at Inveraray Castle. Her sister, Elizabeth, married The 1st Earl of Moray, an ...

, daughter of

Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (c. 1486 – 9 October 1529) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. He was also known as "Cailen Malloch". Life Colin Campbell was the son of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Lady Elizabeth Stuart ...

. He was granted

Smerby Castle Smerby Castle, also known as Island Muller Castle, is a ruined fortified house on a promontory known as Isla Muller, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, north of Campbeltown. The site is protected as a scheduled monument. History 16th century Ra ...

from his father. He was a hostage for the good behaviour of his family together with his nephew

James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

held by

Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean Sir Lachlan Mór Maclean (1558 – 5 August 1598) or Big Lachlan Maclean, was the 14th Clan Chief of Clan MacLean from late 1573 or early 1574 until 1598. Mór or Mor translates as ''big'' in English, or ''magnus'' in Latin, when added to a nam ...

. He was in charge of the garrison of troops within

Loch Gorm Castle Loch Gorm Castle is a ruined castle located on Eilean Mòr (''big island'') on Loch Gorm, Islay, Scotland. It was once a stronghold of Clan Macdonald. The castle was square, with a round bastion at each corner. The ruins, however, are heavily ...

and surrendered the castle to Sir John Campbell of Cawdor on 28 January 1615. Ranald died in 1616, and was buried at

Saddell Abbey Saddell Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery located in western Scotland. The abbey was established in 1160 by Somerled, Lord of Kintyre, who was killed in 1164. The abbey was completed by his son, Ragnall, a few years later. The original layo ...

Family

By his wife, a daughter of Bannatyne of Kames, their children were: *Coll *Archibald, who had issue, Coll and Archibald. *Donald Gorm, who was a party to the surrender of Loch Gorm Castle. *Mary, who married Ranald Macdonald of Benbecula, had issue.

References

*p378, Rev. A. MacDonald & Rev. A. MacDonald; The Clan Donald 1616 deaths Ranald Ranald Year of birth unknown {{Scotland-bio-stub