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DEBRETT S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 315 Virtue for itself alone. MACDONALD, BARON. (MACDONALD.) RONALD ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, 6th Baron in the peerage of Ireland, and a Baronet. Born June 9th, 1853; succeeded his brother in 1874: married (1875) Louisa Ross, daughter of Col . Ross, of Cromarty. Sisters living, Eva Maria Louisa, b. 1846. Lilian Janet, b. 1856, Alexandrina Victoria, b. 186o. Heir presumptive, His uncle, the Hon. James Bosville-Macdonald, C B., son of the 3rd Baron Macdonald, b. 1810: educated at Harrow; entered the 8 1st Regiment 1829, exchanged to the 1st Life Guards 1831, became Lieut. 1834, Capt. 1837, Major 1849, Lieut.-Col. 1854, and Col. I860, Major-Get'.. 18/5; served in the Crimea as Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Cam- bridge, and was present at the Alma, Balaclava, Inkermann, and Sebastopol ; is Equerry and Private secretary to the Duke ol Cambridge, f nd a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and of the Medjidie : has the Crimean and Turkish medals : m. 1859, the Hon. Elizabeth Nina Blake, daughter of the 3rd Baron Wallscourt, and has with other issue, George Godfrey, b. 1861. Residence, Ranger's-lodge, Hyde-park, W. Club, White's. Creation, Baron Macdonald of Slate, Antrim, in the peerage of Ireland, 1776. A Baronet, 1625. arms, Quarterly : 1st and 4th, grand quarters, quarterly ; 1st, argent, a lion rampant gules ; 2nd, or, an armed arm couped at the elbow fessewise, the hand towards the dexter holding a cross crosslet fitchee gules ; 3rd, argent, a lyrnphad, sails furled and oars in action sable; 4th, vert, a fish naiant in fesse argent, Macdonald; 2nd and 3rd, argent, five lozenges conjoined in fesse gules, and in chief three bears' heads erased at the neck sable, muzzled or, Bosville. (Crests, 1st, a dexter arm in armour, couped at the elbow and fessewise, the hand holding a cross crosslet fitchee gules, Macdonald : 2nd, a bull passant argent, armed sable, issuant from a hurst or copse of oaks proper, Bosville. Supporters, Two tigers, proper, collared, or. Seat, Armadale Castle, Isle of Skye. MACDONALD, Baron, His lordship's predecessor was his brother, Spmerled James Brudenell, 5th Baron Macdonald. He was b. Oct, 2, 1849, and succeeded his father in 1863; was educated at Eton, and d. unmarried 1874. MACDONALD, Baroness, MARIA ANNE, daughter of George Thomas Windham, Esq. of Croiner-hall, Norfolk ; m. 1845, the 4th Baron Mac- donald, who d. 1863. Residence, Armadale Castle, Isle of Skye. Macduff, Viscount, M.P., son of the Earl of Fife, (see Fife.) Mackanshire, Baron, title borne by the Duke of Hamilton. Mackarness, surname of the Bishop of Oxford. Mackay, family name of Baron Beay. Me Donnell, family name of the Earl of Antrim. McLeod, Baroness, title borne by the Countess of Cromartie.