Sir Reginald Macdonald | |
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Birth name | Reginald John James George Macdonald |
Born | 19 October 1820[1] Westminster, Middlesex, England[2] |
Died | 15 December 1899 Kensington, London[3] | (aged 79)
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Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | HMS Ferret HMS Hogue HMS Arethusa HMS Bellerophon East Indies Station Nore Command |
Battles/wars | Eighth Xhosa War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India |
Admiral Sir Reginald John James George Macdonald KCB KCSI (19 October 1820 – 15 December 1899) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.
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.[4]
In 1855, he married Hon. Adelaide Louisa Warren Venables-Vernon, daughter of 5th Baron Vernon. They had two sons and two daughters:[7][8]