MACDONALD, Ranald George (1788-1873).

b. 29 Aug. 1788, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Macdonald, 18th chief of Clanranald, by 1st w. Katherine, da. of Robert Macqueen, SCJ (Lord Braxfield), of Braxfield, Lanark. educ. Edinburgh; Eton 1799. m. (1) 13 Feb. 1812, Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe (d. 10 Apr. 1824), da. of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 1s. 5da.; (2) 30 June 1826, Anne Selby (d. 8 July 1835), da. of William Cunninghame of Lainshaw, Ayr, wid. of Richard Barré Dunning, 2nd Baron Ashburton, s.p.; (3) Nov. 1855, Elizabeth Rebecca Newman. suc. fa. 1794.