Alastair Dubh MacDonell, 11th of Glengarry (died 28 October 1721) was a Scottish Jacobite soldier and Chief of

Clan MacDonell of Glengarry Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, also known as Clan Ranald of Knoydart & Glengarry () is a Highland Scottish clan and is a branch of the larger Clan Donald. The clan takes its name from River Garry where the river Garry runs eastwards through Loch ...

Biography

MacDonell was the son of Ranald Macdonell, 10th of Glengarry and Flora MacLeod. He joined the

Jacobite rising of 1689 The Jacobite rising of 1689 was a conflict fought primarily in the Scottish Highlands, whose objective was to put James II of England, James VII back on the throne, following his deposition by the November 1688 Glorious Revolution. Named after ...

and fought at the

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, when he carried the Royal Standard. He was

attainted In English criminal law, attainder was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony or treason). It entailed losing not only one's life, property and hereditary titles, but ...

by the government of

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but managed to retain possession of his estates. MacDonell participated in the

Jacobite rising of 1715 The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( ; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Francis Edward Stuart, James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland ...

. He led his clan in the

Battle of Sheriffmuir The Battle of Sheriffmuir (, ) was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising of 1715, Jacobite rising in Scotland. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Histor ...

, when he rallied the Jacobite right wing after the death of Alan of

Clan Donald Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald or Clan McDonald ( ), is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans. Historically the chiefs of the Clan Donald held the title of Lord of the Isles until 1493 and two of those chiefs a ...

by throwing up his

blue bonnet The blue bonnet was a type of soft woollen hat that for several hundred years was the customary working wear of Scottish labourers and farmers. Although a particularly broad and flat form was associated with the Scottish Lowlands, where it was so ...

and crying ''Buillean an-diugh, tuiream a-màireach!'' ("Blows today, mourning tomorrow!"). MacDonell was again attainted in 1716. On 9 December 1716, the exiled

James Francis Edward Stuart James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs (British political party), Whigs or the King over the Water by Jacobitism, Jacobites, was the House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of Ki ...

created him Lord MacDonell in the

Jacobite peerage The Jacobite peerage includes those peerages created by James II and VII, and the subsequent Jacobite pretenders, after James's deposition from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. These creati ...

of Scotland.Marquis of Ruvigny
''The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour''
(T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1904), p.85. MacDonell married twice. He married firstly Hon. Anne Fraser, the daughter of Hugh Fraser, 8th Lord Lovat. He married secondly Lady Mary, daughter of

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References

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