Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet

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Colonel Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet of Newton Don, Kelso, Scottish Borders, (died 1815) was a Scottish soldier who served as a British Army officer during the French Revolutionary Wars. [1]

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Biography

Alexander was the son of Sir Alexander Don, 4th Baronet of Newton Don, and Mary, daughter of John Murray of Philiphaugh. [1]

Alexander succeeded to the title of 5th Baronet on 2 October 1776. In 1778 Sir Alexander was promoted to the rank of captain in the Southern Fencibles. [1] On 21 April 1795 he was commissioned to Colonel of the newly formed Berwickshire Regiment (a fencibles cavalry regiment). [2] He died on 5 June 1815. [1]

Family

In 1778 Sir Alexander married Lady Henrietta Cuninghame, daughter of Major-General William Cunningham, 13th Earl of Glencairn and Elizabeth Maguire. [1] They had some children:

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lundy 2011 , p. 32649 § 326484 cites Mosley 2003 , p. 1165
  2. British War Office 1797, p. 6.

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Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Alexander Don
Baronet
(of Newton)
1776–1815
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