Reginald Macdonald

{{Infobox military person

|name= Sir Reginald Macdonald

|birth_name= Reginald John James George Macdonald

|birth_date=19 October 1820{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Bernard |last2=Burke |first2=Sir Bernard |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland |date=1898 |publisher=Harrison & sons |page=956 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YUtNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA956 |language=en}}

|death_date= {{dda|15 December 1899|19 October 1820|df=y}}

|birth_place= Westminster, Middlesex, England1861 Scotland Census

|death_place=Kensington, LondonEngland & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837–1915

|image= Reginald John Macdonald, Vanity Fair, 1880-02-07.jpg

|caption="Rim". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1880.

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|allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}}

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|rank= Admiral

|branch= {{navy|United Kingdom}}

|commands=HMS Ferret
HMS Hogue
HMS Arethusa
HMS Bellerophon
East Indies Station
Nore Command

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|battles=Eighth Xhosa War

|awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India

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Admiral Sir Reginald John James George Macdonald {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|KCSI}} (19 October 1820 – 15 December 1899) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Early life

Macdonald was born in Westminster, the son of Reginald George MacDonald, chief of Clan Ranald, and Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe, daughter of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.{{cite book |title=Kelly's Handbook to the Upper Ten Thousand for 1878: Containing about Twenty Thousand Names of the Titled, Landed and Official Classes |date=1878 |publisher=Kelly and Company |page=377 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dtuKniCyBuAC&pg=PA377 |language=en}}

Naval career

Macdonald joined the Royal Navy in 1833.[http://www.nhcra-online.org/19c/macdonald.htm National Historical Collectors and Research Association] He served in the Eighth Xhosa War as Commander of HMS Ferret.[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=935 William Loney RN] Promoted to captain in 1854, he commanded HMS Hogue, HMS Arethusa and then HMS Bellerophon. He was appointed Second-in-Command of the Channel Fleet in 1872 and from 1873 he became the 21st chief of the Clan Macdonald of Clanranald.

Promoted to rear-admiral, he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station with his flag in the armoured cruiser, {{HMS|Undaunted|1886|6}}, in 1875 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1879. He retired in 1884.

Family

In 1855, he married Hon. Adelaide Louisa Warren Venables-Vernon, daughter of 5th Baron Vernon. They had two sons and two daughters:{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 3999 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}{{cite book |last1=Seaver |first1=Jesse Montgomery |title=Macdonald Mcdonald Family Records |date=1929 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OBGvwxl9cFUC&pg=PA14 |language=en}}