Colonel Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet of Newton Don (died 1815) was a Scottish soldier who served as a

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officer during the

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Biography

Alexander was the son of Sir Alexander Don, 4th Baronet of Newton Don, and Mary, daughter of John Murray of

Philiphaugh Philiphaugh is a village by the Yarrow Water, on the outskirts of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders. Places nearby include Bowhill, Broadmeadows, the Ettrick Water, Ettrickbridge, Lindean, Salenside, Yarrowford and the Yair Forest. Origina ...

. Alexander succeeded to the title of 5th Baronet on 2 October 1776. In 1778 Sir Alexander was promoted to the rank of captain in the Southern Fencibles. On 21 April 1795 he was commissioned to Colonel of the newly formed Berwickshire Regiment (a

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s cavalry regiment). He died on 5 June 1815.

Family

In 1778 Sir Alexander married Lady Henrietta Cuninghame, daughter of Major-General William Cunningham, 13th

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and Elizabeth Maguire. They had some children: *Elizabeth (died 12 June 1795) *Mary (died 12 June 1795) *

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(1779–1826), his heir and the 6th baronet.

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*. * ** 1815 deaths 19th-century Scottish people People from the Scottish Borders British Fencibles officers British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Scottish soldiers Year of birth missing {{baronet-stub