Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet

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]

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:

• Elizabeth ^[1] (died 12 June 1795)
• Mary ^[1] (died 12 June 1795)
• Alexander ^[1] (1779–1826), his heir and the 6th baronet.

Notes

1. Lundy 2011 , p. 32649 § 326484 cites Mosley 2003 , p. 1165
2. British War Office 1797, p. 6.

References

• British War Office (22 June 1797), List of the officers of the several regiments and corps of fencible cavalry and infantry: of the officers of the militia [etc.] (5 ed.), p.  1 (contents).
• Lundy, Darryl (10 March 2011), Sir Alexander Don of Newton Don, 5th Bt., The Peerage, p. 32649 § 326484
  • Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage; 107th, 3 volumes, vol. 1, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books), p. 1165

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