Sir James Macdonald, 6th Baronet
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Sir James Macdonald, 6th Baronet (died 1723) was a Scottish Chief of Clan Macdonald of Sleat.


Early life

Macdonald was a younger son of Sir Donald Macdonald, 3rd Baronet and Lady Mary Douglas. Among his siblings was elder brother, Sir Donald Macdonald, 4th Baronet, who participated in the
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. His paternal grandparents were
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(the eldest and only surviving son of Sir Archibald Macdonald, a
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) and Margaret Mackenzie. His maternal grandparents were
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and the former Anne Villiers (a daughter of Sir Edward Villiers).


Career

Upon the death of his nephew,
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in 1720, he succeeded as the 6th Baronet Macdonald, of Sleat, in the Isle of Skye, County Inverness, which had been created in the
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in 1625. He lived at Oransay, Scotland.


Personal life

Macdonald married Janet ( Macleod)
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, a widow of John Macleod, 2nd of Talisker, and daughter of Alasdair MacLeod, 2nd of Grishornish and Margaret MacQueen. Before her death, they were the parents of: * Margaret Macdonald, who married Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet, son of Sir Robert Douglas, 4th Baronet, in . * Isabel Macdonald, who died unmarried.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''
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* Janet Macdonald, who married Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 5th Baronet, son of Sir Colin Mackenzie, 4th Baronet. *
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(1711–1746), who married Anne Erskine, daughter of David Erskine, in 1733. After her death, he married Lady Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of
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, in 1739. After her death, he married Margaret Macdonald, daughter of John Macdonald. Together, they were the parents of: * John Macdonald, who died young.George Edward Cokayne, editor, ''The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes'' ((); reprint,
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Sir James died in 1723 at Forres, Morayshire, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest surviving son,
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References

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