Lord MacDonell explained

Lord MacDonell
Creation Date:9 December 1716
Peerage:Peerage of Scotland (Jacobite peerage)
First Holder:Alastair Dubh MacDonell
Present Holder:Colin Patrick MacDonell, 13th Lord MacDonell
Heir Apparent:Angus Curt MacDonell, Younger of Glengarry
Family Seat:Invergarry Castle (historically)
Former Seat:Strome Castle
Motto:Creag an Fhitich (The Raven's Rock)

Lord MacDonell refers to the Lordship of MacDonell in the Jacobite Peerage. On 9 December 1716, Alastair MacDonell of Glengarry, with remainder to his heirs male, was created by James VIII & III a Lord and Peer of Parliament as Lord Macdonell. The current holder of the title is Colin Patrick MacDonell, 13th Lord MacDonell, 24th[1] titular chief of MacDonell of Glengarry.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: High Council of Clan Donald. 12 August 2015.
  2. Web site: MacDonell of Glengarry, chief of MacDonell of Glengarry. 10 June 2009. Burke's Peerage and Gentry.
  3. Marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval, The Jacobite peerage, baronetage, knightage, and grants of honour, extracted, by permission, from the Stuart papers now in possession of his Majesty the King at Windsor Castle, and supplemented by biographical and genealogical notes (2003 reprint), pp. 85–92
  4. Donald J. MacDonald, Clan Donald (2008), p. 359
  5. http://www.clandonaldchiefs.org.uk/glengarry/glengarry.htm Glengarry