of the 42nd Regt.; and a nephew of the present Capt. Colin Macdonald, R.N., C.B.
This officer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, immediately on passing his examination, 8 Sept. 1827. His appointments have since been – 30 May, 1834, to the Wolf 18, Capt. Edw. Stanley, fitting for the East Indies, where, in command of the boats of that ship, he came into contact in 1836 with 18 Malay piratical vessels of 2 guns each, and where in 1837 (being at the time First-Lieutenant) he destroyed several others off the island of Poulo Linghy – 30 Jan. 1839 (a few months after the Wolf had been paid off) to the Coast Guard – 4 April, 1842, to the command (which he retained for nearly 12 months) of the Charybdis brigantine in North America and the West Indies – 30 Oct. 1844, again to the Coast Guard – and 15 March and 12 June, 1845, to the successive command of the Lizard and Meteor steamers, in the latter of which vessels, of 140-horse power, he is now serving in the Mediterranean.
Lieut. Macdonald married, in 1837, Martha, daughter of ___ Greig, Esq., and niece of Lady Rollo, by whom he has issue three daughters. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
MACDONALD. (Retired Commander, 1829. f-p., 31; h-p., 37.)
John Macdonald died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1777, as Midshipman, on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Geo. Balfour, and in 1780-1 was present in that ship in several engagements with the French fleet in the West Indies. Removing, in the course of the latter year, to the Bedford 74, Commodore Affleck, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing in Rodney’s action, 12 April, 1782. During the peace he was employed, chiefly in the capacity of Master’s Mate, in the Edgar, Capt. Adam Duncan, Pégase, Capts. Marshall and Rich. Rodney Bligh, Adventure, Capts. Fras. Perry and John Nicholson Inglefield, Fairy, Capt. Thos. Spry, Elephant, Capt. Chas. Thompson, and Barfleur, flag-ship of Admiral John Elliot. On 29 Nov. 1793, a few days after he had joined Lord Hood in the Victory off Toulon, Mr. Macdonald found himself promoted to a Lieutenancy in an armed ship, commanded by Capt. Walter Serocold. His subsequent appointments were – 15 Dec. 1794, to the Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship of Admirals Philip Cosby, Robt. Linzee, and Robt. Mann, under the second-named of whom he shared in Hotham’s actions 14 March and 13 July, 1795 – 23 March and 10 Nov. 1797, to the Defiance 74, Capt. Theophilus Jones, and Monarch 74, flag-ship of Admirals Sir Rich. Onslow and Arch. Dixon, both on the Home station – 19 May, 1800 (after eight months of half-pay), to the Impress service at Exeter, where he remained until Oct. 1801 – in 1804-5, to the successive command of the Chance, Nancy, and Vigilant, in which vessels we find him employed, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, until Jan. 1806 – and, 8 Aug. 1807, to the Transport service, in which he continued upwards of eight years. He became a Retired Commander on the Senior List 14 Feb. 1829.
MACDONALD. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Reginald John James George Macdonald is eldest son of Reginald Geo. Macdonald, Captain and Chief of Clanranald, a Deputy-Lieutenant for Inverness, by Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe, second daughter of Richard, second Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. One of his sisters is married to Hon. Chas. Cust, second son of the Earl of Brownlow; and another to the Hon. and Rev. Alfred Wodehouse, youngest son of Lord Wodehouse.
This officer entered the Navy 11 May, 1833; passed his examination 8 May, 1839; and, after having served in the Mediterranean, as Mate of the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell and Robt. Smart, flag-ship latterly of Sir Fras. Mason, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Dec. 1842. His appointments have since been – 15 Feb.
1843, again to the Howe, commanded at the time by Capt. Thos. Forrest – 3 Nov. 1843, to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, off Lisbon – and, 30 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, Capt. R. Smart, bearing the flag in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, to whom he became Signal-Lieutenant 20 Jan. 1847. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
M‘DONELL. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 25; h-p., 11.)
John M‘Donell entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leveret brig, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, stationed at first in the North Sea, and afterwards in the Mediterranean; where, on becoming attached to the Unité 36, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, he was wounded in the boats of that frigate at the capture of two of the enemy’s vessels in 1812. Removing, as Midshipman, in Oct. 1814, to the Phoenix 36, Capt. Chas. John Austen, he continued to serve in the Mediterranean until wrecked in a hurricane near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816; after which, and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Sept. 1823, we find him employed, six years of the time as a passed Midshipman, in the Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, Maeander 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Egeria 24, Capt. Robt. Rowley, Active 38, Capt. Sir I. A. Gordon, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and Apollo and Royal George yachts, Capts. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel – on the Home and Newfoundland stations. His succeeding appointments were – 9 Dec. 1S24, to the Pandora 18, Capts. Wm. Gordon, Wm. Clarke Jervoise, and Hon. John Fred. Gordon, with whom, until paid off in Feb. 1830, he served at Newfoundland and in the East Indies – 9 Nov. 1830, as First, to the Ariadne 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips, employed on particular service – 9 Sept. 1831, in a similar capacity, to the Curaçoa 26, Capt. David Dunn, on the East India station – 26 June, 1832, again as Senior, to the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Parker, with whom he returned home in the early part of 1833 – 25 March, 1836, still as First, to the Hercules 74, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, on the Lisbon station – and, 24 Jan. 1837, as only Lieutenant, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He continued in the latter vessel until promoted to the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838; and he afterwards, from 24 Aug. 1841 until put out of commission in 1844, officiated as Second-Captain of the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, on the Mediterraneon station. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and is now on half-pay. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.
M‘DONELL. (Commander, 1846.)
John Julius M‘Donell entered the Navy 16 Jan. 1816; and while Midshipman of the Cambrian frigate was intrusted with the charge of a merchantman, in which he succeeded in beating off two piratical boats in the Negropont. He passed his examination in 1823; obtained his first commission 13 Sept. 1826; and was afterwards appointed – 3 Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys in North America and the West Indies – 8 Dec. 1830, to the command of the Firefly schooner, which vessel, employed on the station last mentioned, he had the misfortune to lose in 1835 – 8 July, 1844, to the Coast Guard – and 1 July, 1845, to the command of the Nautilus 10. He was employed in the latter vessel on Home service until advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and is now on half-pay.
He married, in 1841, Louisa, relict of the late H. Hyde, Esq., of London. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
M‘DONELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 9; h-p., 34.)
Thomas M‘Donell entered the Navy, 4 March, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Veteran 64, Capts. Sir Rich. King, Jas. Newman Newman, and Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, employed on the Home and West India stations. On his return to England in 1807, as Midshipman of the Hercule 74, Capt. Barrington Dacres, he cruized for several
