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Baron Macdonald, of Slate in the
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, is a title in the
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. It was created in 1776 for Sir Alexander Macdonald, 9th Baronet, of Sleat. The Macdonald family of
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descends from Uisdean Macdonald (died 1498), also known as Hugh of Sleat, or Hugh Macdonald, who was an illegitimate son of Alexander Macdonald, Earl of Ross. On 28 May 1625, his great-great-great-great-grandson Donald Gorm Og Macdonald (not to be confused with Donald Gorm, Hugh's great grandson) was created a baronet, of Sleat in the Isle of Skye in the County of Inverness, in the
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. The baronetcy was created with remainder to heirs male whatsoever and with a special clause of precedence which provided that it should have precedency over all former baronets (
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excepted). On 23 December 1716 the fourth baronet, Sir Donald MacDonald, was created Lord Sleat in the
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. The first baronet's great-great-great-grandson, the ninth Baronet, was raised to the
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as Baron Macdonald, of Slate in the County of Antrim, in 1776. Lord Macdonald married Elizabeth Diana Bosville, daughter of Godfrey Bosville. Their eldest son, the second Baron, represented
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in Parliament. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. He was a
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in the Army. In 1814 Lord Macdonald inherited the Bosville estates of Thorpe and Gunthwaite in
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through his mother, and assumed by Royal licence the surname of Bosville in lieu of Macdonald the same year. However, on inheriting the Macdonald estates on the death of his older brother in 1824 he resumed by Royal licence the surname of Macdonald after that of Bosville. In 1803 Lord Macdonald married, in an English ceremony, Louisa Maria la Coast, illegitimate daughter of
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(grandson of King George II). The couple had previously married in a Scottish ceremony in 1799. However, the validity of the Scottish marriage was disputed, and as a result the eldest son of Lord Macdonald born before his 1803 marriage, Alexander William Robert Bosville, was not allowed to succeed his father in the titles (this decision was later challenged; see below). He was therefore succeeded by his eldest son born after the 1803 marriage, the fourth Baron. His great-grandson, the seventh Baron, served as
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from 1952 to 1970. the barony is held by the latter's eldest son, the eighth Baron. He is
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of Macdonald (see
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). The family seat is Kinloch Lodge, near
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,
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. According to a decision by the
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in June 1910, the children born before the 1803 marriage of the third Baron Macdonald were legitimate according to Scottish Law. However, this decision was only valid regarding the Nova Scotia baronetcy and not the Irish barony. As a result, the third Baron's rightful successor in the Baronetcy was his eldest son Alexander William Robert Bosville (the de jure twelfth Baronet). He had assumed by Royal licence the surname of Bosville in 1832 and had in 1847 inherited his father's Bosville estates in Yorkshire by Act of Parliament. His grandson, the de jure fourteenth Baronet, was recognised in the Baronetcy according to the aforementioned 1910 decision by the
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. the baronetcy is held by the latter's great-grandson, the seventeenth Baronet. The family seat is Thorpe Hall, near
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.


Macdonald baronets, of Sleat (1625)

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Sir Donald Gorme Og Macdonald, 1st Baronet Sir Donald Gorme Macdonald, 8th Laird of Sleat, and 1st Baronet (died 1643) was a Scottish laird. He had succeeded his uncle, Donald Gorme Mor Macdonald, 7th Laird of Sleat, who died, in 1616, without heirs. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scot ...
(died 1643) *
Sir James Mor Macdonald, 2nd Baronet Sir James Mor Macdonald, 9th Laird of Sleat and 2nd Baronet (1605 – 8 December 1678) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. Biography Born the eldest son of Sir Donald Gorme Og Macdonald, he inherited his father's titles aged around 38 upon his ...
(died 1678) *Sir Donald Macdonald, 3rd Baronet (died 1695) *
Sir Donald Macdonald, 4th Baronet Sir Donald Macdonald, 4th Baronet (1650 – March 1718) was a Scottish Jacobite soldier and Chief of Clan Macdonald of Sleat. He fought in two Jacobite uprisings and was known as ''Dòmhnall a' Chogaidh'' ("Donald of the War") and, after 1716, ...
(died 1718) *Sir Donald Macdonald, 5th Baronet (–1720) *Sir James Macdonald, 6th Baronet (died 1723) *Sir Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baronet (1711–1746) *Sir James Macdonald, 8th Baronet (–1766) * Sir Alexander Macdonald, 9th Baronet (c. 1745–1795) (created Baron Macdonald in 1776)


Barons Macdonald (1776)

* Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald (–1795) * Alexander Wentworth Macdonald, 2nd Baron Macdonald (1773–1824) * Godfrey Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald of Slate (1775–1832) * Godfrey William Wentworth Bosville-Macdonald, 4th Baron Macdonald (1809–1863) * Somerled James Brudenell Bosville-Macdonald, 5th Baron Macdonald (1849–1874) * Ronald Archibald Bosville-Macdonald, 6th Baron Macdonald (1853–1947) *
Alexander Godfrey Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald Alexander Godfrey Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald, MBE (27 June 1909 – 1970) was a grandson of Ronald Bosville-Macdonald, 6th Baron Macdonald. Born Alexander Godfrey Bosville-Macdonald, he changed his surname to Macdonald on becoming Chief ...
(1909–1970) * Godfrey James Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald (b.1947) The
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is the present holder's only son Hon. Godfrey Evan Hugo Thomas Macdonald, Younger of Macdonald (born 1982).


Macdonald baronets, of Sleat (1625); reverted 1832

For further succession, see
Macdonald baronets There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Macdonald family, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of t ...
.


See also

* Earl of Ross (1215 creation) *
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 ...
* Clan Macdonald of Sleat


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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald 1776 establishments in Ireland Noble titles created in 1776 Baronies in the Peerage of Ireland Clan Donald