Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet
Colonel Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet of Newton Don (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:
- Elizabeth[1] (died 12 June 1795)
- Mary[1] (died 12 June 1795)
- Alexander[1] (1779–1826), his heir and the 6th baronet.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Lundy 2011, p. 32649 § 326484 cites Mosley 2003, p. 1165
- ↑ British War Office 1797, p. 6.
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