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4 Life and times of Captain James Donald 6 Donald family portraits 8 Family tree 10 Military career 12 The storming of Seringapatam, 1799 15 Prize money for Seringapatam 16 The battle of Argaum, 1803 17 Letter from Arthur Wellesley to Captain James Donald 18 The Grahames of Whitehill 20 Register of Captain James Donald’s death 22 Captain James Donald’s seal, cufflinks and silver medal 23 Captain James Donald’s will 26 Value and details of Captain James Donald’s estate 31 Catalogue of the sale of the Baird Jewels and archive 32 Tipu Sultan’s silver box and fish 34 Portrait of General Thomas Scott of Malleny 36 Grave of Anne Donald, Captain James Donald’s widow 38 Details from Thomas Donald’s will 40 Notes and references
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Life of James Donald JAMES DONALD was born in 1775 at the start of the American War of Independence. He was born into a family of tobacco merchants. Tobacco and trade had brought his family great wealth and his father Thomas had inherited a fortune at the age of 16, as well as an estate at Geilston on the north banks of the River Clyde and interests in many trading companies. James’s great uncle Robert Donald of Mountblow was Provost of Glasgow during the early years of the American War of Independence, but as the war continued, the family’s business interests faltered. Before the American War, the Donald family companies had built up a large amount of credit with estate owners in America and after the war ended in 1783, the family tried to claim against its loss. Not surprisingly, the newly independent Americans were unwilling to honour and despite a number of court cases, little money was paid back. Despite the falling family fortunes, James Donald was somehow able to purchase a commission in the army, firstly as an ensign in the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and then very quickly after as a Lieutenant in the 94th Scotch Brigade. Four years later at the age of 24 he was present at the 1799 Siege of Seringapatam, the climax of the fourth AngloMysore War. He was paymaster for the corps at the siege, see page 15. At Seringapatam he was awarded both the gold and the silver medal. He received
Geilston House, owned by James’s father Thomas. His parent’s marriage contract from 1773 the silver one as he was a Lieutenant, and his son Thomas Donald wrote in the 1890s: “I believe that my father was one of the storming party on Forlorn Hope for Floyd says that if he had not been so he never would have had the Gold Medal in addition to the silver one and Floyd says that the gold medal was only given to a limited number of officers” Floyd served in the Lanarkshire Militia with Thomas Donald, and was son of General Floyd who was at Seringapatam.
James Donald fought again at the battle of Argaum [Argaon] in 1803 where he was injured. He stayed with the regiment and was made paymaster in 1808, a post he retained until he was retired on half pay in 1810. In 1822, at the age of 47, he married Anne Grahame from a well connected Glasgow family. They had two children, Thomas and Helen. In 1831 he died at Whitehill, a large mansion in the suburb of Denniston, from the effects of his wounds received at Argaum.
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Life of James Donald James Donald born, son of Thomas Donald of Geilston and Janet Dunlop
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Family history
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James’s great uncle Robert Donald of Mountblow is Provost of Glasgow 2 Colin Dunlop Donald, James’s brother born 8
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April, made ensign in the 67th Regiment 3 June, made Lieut. in Scotch Brigade
10 James’s uncle Alexander Donald returns to America and starts a correspondence with Thomas Jefferson in Paris. They had been childhood friends 20
Retired on half pay Marries Anne Grahame Birth of Thomas Donald Birth of Helen Donald Dies at Whitehill from effects of wounds from Battle of Argaum
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Paris ends the American War of Independence
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21 Thomas Donald, James’s father dies Part of the Forlorn Hope at the 24 Storming of Seringapatam. Awarded both the silver and gold medal 25 Alexander Donald sent to King’s Bench debtor’s prison Injured in the Battle of 28 Argaum 28 Robert Donald, James’s uncle dies 27 January, promoted Captain 29
Appointed Paymaster Receives letter from Arthur Wellesley re payment and medals (see page 15)
World events Start of American War of Independence
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James’s brother Lt Thomas Donald of the 94th drowned whilst on the Java on way home from India
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Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Waterloo
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Robert Donald of Mountblow, brother and business partner of James’s grandfather (below). Provost of Glasgow during the American War of Independence
Katherine Donald, wife of Robert Donald of Mountblow and his first cousin. She came from Greenock on the other side of the Clyde from Geilston and Mountblow
James Donald of Geilston, Captain James Donald’s grandfather. Built up many successful trading companies. Died of apoplexy in 1760 at the age of 47
Colin Dunlop Donald, James Donald’s brother. He founded a very successful law firm. Wellington wrote to him on the death of his brother in 1831 (see page 23)
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Thomas Donald of Geilston, James Donald’s father. He inherited a fortune at the age of 16, but by the time of his death, aged 54, he had lost both this and the Geilston estate
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Letters of a son of Geilston
Alexander James Donald Donald’s family tree family tree 1) William Donald of Lyleston 1711-
1) John Donald of Lyleston
1) Martha, -1831 ; 4) Thomas Donald, 1784-1807
3) Walter 1718; 5) Thomas 1726 (died young); 6) Thomas 1732; 7) Elizabeth; 8) Catherine 10) Janet; 11) Christian, married William Smith, Merchant in Paisley in 1753; 12) Christina
Susannah Allan, daughter of Mr John Allan,
Margaret Cunningham, daughter of George Leny of Glins, Stirlingshire
2) William Donald; 3) Anna; 4) Catherine; 5) Janet;
2) James Donald,
1775-1831. Captain in the 94th Regt at the storming of Seringapatam in 1799 and was severely wounded at the battle of Argaum in 1803.
1) Thomas Donald 1813-1887 Writer
Frances Maxwell of Dargavel 1815-
1) Colin Dunlop Donald 1848-1895
Ellen Mary Wilsone Brown -1882
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Catherine “Kate” Donald, daughter of Robert Donald of Greenock, wife and first cousin of Robert Donald of Mountblow, 1737-1798
Alexander Donald, 1745-1808
4) Robert Donald of Mountblow 1724-1803 Provost, Married Catherine
1) Elizabeth, 1741; 2) Janet, 1743 Unmarried
3) Thomas Donald of Geilston 1744-1798
Anne Graham of Whitehill, Daughter of Robert Graham and Helen Geddes
3) Colin Dunlop Donald 1777-1859 Writer
Janet Dunlop of Carmyle Married 1773
Marianne Stirling 1785-1825
2) John Stirling Donald 1814-1900 Sheep farmer in Australia, wrote letter on pages 39-41; 3) Colin Dunlop Donald 1815-1886; 4) James Donald 1816-1896 Australia; 5) Janet Donald 1818-1855 Married James Dunlop; 6) Martha Matilda 1820 (died young by falling out of a window) 7) Marianne 1822; 8) Mary Donald 1823-1886; 9) William Donald 1824-1877, founder of Donald, Victoria, Australia 10) Anne Graham 1825, Wed Count von Reischach
2) Mary Maxwell 1850; 3) William
Alexander Donald 1852New Zealand; 5) John
Robert Donald
4) Thomas Francis Donald 1853-1932 RNYC
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Letters of a son of Geilston Thomas William Donald in Auchaill, Born circa 1620-
Janet Lecky
1) James Donald of Lyleston, 1654-1726
Catherine McAdam
2) Catherine
1) Thomas Donald of Lyleston, 1681-1757
Janet Cumming of Baremman
2) John Donald, 1688-
Marion Daughter of Thomas Yuille of Darleith, 9 Nov 1716Married on 28 December 1740
1) James Donald, 1728; 2) Andrew Donald, 1729; 3) Robert Donald, 1731 merchant in Warwick, Virginia; 4) Thomas Donald, 1732; 5) Mary Donald, 1734; 6) Catherine, 1737 (Mrs Mountblow); 7) Christian Donald 1738; 8) Jean Donald, 1740 (married Captain William Hamilton, 25 January 1762 - Alexander, Robert William, Walter, William Hamilton and girls Christian and Elizabeth); 9) William Donald, 1741-1783, trader partner of William Hamilton; 10) Helen Donald, 1743 (married John Fullarton); 11) Robert Donald, 1744; 12) Janet Donald, 1747; 13) Hugh Donald, 1749; 14) Alexander Donald, 1750;
2) James Donald of Geilston 1713-1760 Baillie
4) Alexander Donald 23 May 1745-1808 “When in prosperity, many felt the warmth of his benevolent heart; his liberal hand being always extended to relieve the distresses of his fellow-creatures.” . Obit
1) James Donald of Jamaica 3) Sarah Donald
From James’s second marriage to Isabella, daughter of Archibald Govan of Bogerhapill in Stirlingshire, 5) Margaret, Married in 1777, James Dennistoun of Colgrain
2) Janet Donald, married William D’Orsey, of Haunchwood Nuneaton
1) Alexander James Donald Dorsey, 1812-1894 Scottish Episcopal Clergyman Portuguese Scholar MA Glasgow University, master at the High School of Glasgow from 1834-1854. Priest in charge of the Anderston Mission in Glasgow from 1846-1850. Incumbent at St John’s Church, Glasgow from 1850-1856 and chaplain in Madeira in 1856 to the English Church, Becco Dos Aranhas, Funcal. The national archive lists four collections of Alexander James Donald Dorsey’s correspondence. In 1860 he won the Chancellor’s Medal at the Cambridge Commencement in 1860 for his poem ‘The Great Comet of 1858, as seen from the Island of Maderia.”
A son, died young in Madeira
3) Robert Donald of Greenock, 1698
Christian Lees
Child of William: Andrew Donald - 1806, of Fancy Farm, Bedford, VA, married Sally Moore
1) Benjamin Andrew
Donald of Otterburn, VA, 1797-1871, married Sarah (Sally) Camm, 1808-1881, daughter of John Camm II of Lynchburg. They had a daughter who died before the age of one.
4) Janet, 1702 (above)
Children of James Donald: Andrew, Robert and Margaret, married Captain George Charles Jones of the 84th in 1805
2) Geils Donald , married, George Noble, 12 children, including Sir Andrew Noble
2) William McTaggart Dorsey, 1813-1878 Doctor in Australia. Married Margaret Douglas in Glasgow in 1837. 1842 moved to Sydney. In addition to his medical practice Dorsey pursued his squatting interests; in 1853-55 he bought many small freeholds in the Moreton Bay area and took large leases in the Leichhardt district. His burial at Ipswich cemetery was largely attended and a contingent of the local volunteer artillery provided a band and fired three volleys over his grave.
Three sons and three daughters, one of whom married JP Bell (Source: Australian National Dictionary of Biography)
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Paymasters
Captain James Donald 11 1. Private, Battalion Company, Scotch Brigade, 1794 2. Officer, India Service Dress, Scotch Brigade, 1779-1807 3. Private, Battalion Company, 94th (Scotch Brigade), c 1812
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General Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Sultan Tippoo Sahib after having captured Seringapatam, on the 4th May, 1799, by Sir David Wilkie. This portrait is in the collection of the National Galleries Scotland. James Donald was paymaster of the corps at Seringapatam, see opposite. His son Thomas left in his will a silver box and turban ornament which James received at Seringapatam belonging to Tipu Sultan to Sir David Baird’s family. It was subsequently sold for £1,400 in 2003 (see pages 32, 33)
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The Battle of Argaum 1803 EXTRACT FROM: Memoir of the war in India, conducted by General Lord Lake, commander-in-chief, and Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington; from its commencement in 1803, to its termination in 1806, on the banks of the Hyphasis, Major William Thorn Major-General Wellesley, in his report of this action, particularly praised the conduct and bravery of the seventy-fourth and seventy-eighth regiments: high encomiums were also passed on Colonel Stevenson for his advice and assistance; on the honourable Lieutenant-Colonel St. Leger, for the manner in which he led on the British cavalry; and on Lieutenant-Colonels Wallace, Adams, (who commanded Lieutenant-Colonel Harness’s brigade, the latter being absent on account of severe indisposition) Haliburton, Macleane, Pogson, and Major Huddlestone, who commanded brigades of cavalry and infantry; to Major Campbell, commanding the ninety-fourth regiment; to Captain Beauman, commanding the artillery, with the division under the major-general’s immediate command; to Captain Burke, commanding the artillery, with the subsidiary force; and to the officers of the staff belonging to both divisions. The major-
Sash and bullets From a letter written by James’s son Thomas: "I have the sash that he was shot in at Argaum, likewise the bullets [see page 38]. I have also Tippu Sultans betel nut box. If I die without children I should like all these heirlooms to go back to you ... as the Somersets will not value them"
Details of James Donald’sAPPENDIX. disability pay from the British Library673 infantry, Lieutenant Langlands, general also reported the Mogul Seventy-one pieces of cannon of different calibres. His Majesty’s cavalry, under Solabut Khan,laden with ofammunition, and seventy-fourth 44 stand of colours. tumbrils Sixty-four complete, regiment, andnot Lieutenant A. blowncavalry, under and theditto Mysore Ditto the number ascertained. up on the field of battle, of the above-mentioned with the ex The whole Pundit, ordnance appears Turner, of theserviceable, first battalion Bistmapah as having ception of eight pieces of small ordnance. of the third regiment native distinguished themselves. The brass guns, mortars, and The iron guns are of European manufacture. infantry. Of theexcepted. subsidiaryThe force, The former took a standard have been cast in India, one Dutch six-pounder dimen howitzers Captains Burke and Dalrymple sions in general troops. those ofOur the loss French. The mortars and howitzers are furnished fromare Scindiah’s made byand to give either elevating adjustment, with a simple and of ingenious the artillery, Lieutenant amounted to screws, three hundred of them the double capacity of mortar and howitzer. The Ammunition is made forty-six men, killed and wounded, Barnby of the sixth regiment up in the same manner as that taken at Delhi. cavalry, Lieutenants James and forty-four horses. The officers or hackrees muskets, and stores, also carts laden withofmatchlocks, Fifty-seven Donald, John Robertson, and twelve artificers' wounded werecarts. Captain J. M. J. Robinson,of His Frederick Campbell, Vernon, of the second battalion Captain Commanding the Artillery. Majesty’s ninety-fourth regiment. of the twelfth regiment of native '
Abstract of the Killed, Wounded and Missing, of the Troops under the command of Major-General the Honourable Arthur Wellesley, onthe29th November 1803, in the Action, on the plains of Argaum, with the United Armies of Dowlut Rao Scindiah, and the Rajah of Berar, commanded by the Maharajah, and Munnoo Bappoo, brother to the Rajah of Berar.
Major-Gen. Wellesley's Division. Europeans — killed, 13; wounded, 101. Natives — killed, 21 ; wounded, 93 ; missing, 4. Horses— killed, 6 ; wounded, 3 ; missing, 9. Europeans — killed, 2 ; wounded, 44 ; missing, 2. The Nizam's Subsidiary Force. Natives — killed, 10; wounded, 55; missing, 1. Horses— killed, 18; wounded, 6;
missing, 2. Officers Wounded.— Capt. J. M. Vemon, 2d Batt. 12th Reg. N. I. Lieut. Langlands, H.M.'s 74th Reg. ; and Lieut. A. Turner, 1st Batt. 3d Reg. N.I. Lieut. Officers Wounded.— Captains Burke, and Dalrymple, of the Artillery. Lieutenants James Donald, John Robertson, and Fre Barnby, 6th Reg. Cavalry. derick Campbell, of H. M.'s 94th Reg. B. Barclay, Dep. Adj.-Gen. Mysore.
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Letter from Arthur Wellesley to Captain James Donald Dublin Castle, 29 October 1808 Dear Sir, I have received your letters of the 20th instant, the one relating to the second division of the Mahratta prize money, the other to a claim of your own to share as a captain. In answer to the first, I have to inform you that I have reason to believe that the second division of the Mahratta prize-money has been made, and I conclude we shall all hear of it in a more substantial way at no very distant period. It appears to me that the general orders by Lt-Gen McDonald have provided in a satisfactory manner than their prize money should be sent to the 19th Dragoons and 74th and 94th regiments. Upon the other point in your letter of the 20th, viz, your claim to share as a Captain, I wish that it had been brought forward at an earlier period, when it would have been in my power to consider of and decide upon it. When I left India the decisions upon all points of claims which, under the orders of government and according to the custom of the service, had been referred to me, was referred to a committee, consisting of Colonel Wallace and Major Barclay and I should be obliged to refer your claim to their consideration if it were now possible to give effect to any decision which might be passed upon it. But I apprehend that, as the second division has been made, there are no funds remaining, and you could derive no benefit from any decision that might be passed upon your claim. When you wrote to me on the subject of Mr Leatt’s prize-money, my attention was much occupied by other subjects, and I was not
Miniature of 40-year-old Arthur Wellesley in 1808 able to answer you; and I don’t know what I have done with your letter, not have I any recollection of the particular points of the case. I rather believe that I sent your letter to India; but if you and Mr Leatt should be of opinion that you will derive any benefit of a consideration and a decision on your claims at present, I beg you to send me a letter from each of you containing the grounds of the claim of each, which I will forward to the East Indies, with my opinion of each, if you should be desirous that the committee
should have my opinion. I am concerned that you feel the bad effects of the wound you received in the battle of Argaum. You do me great injustice if you suppose that I have not a lively recollection of the different events in which we were concerned, and the circumstances of those days. I beg you to present my best compliments to Colonel Campbell and the officers of the 94th regiment and you will Believe me, etc Arthur Wellesley
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The Grahames of Whitehill
Provost Robert Grahame and his wife Helen. Helen’s portrait was by Sir Henry Raeburn
IN 1822 at the age of 47, Captain James Donald married Anne Grahame of Whitehill. His father-in-law was Robert Grahame of Whitehill (above left). He married Helen Geddes (above right) and had two sons and two daughters - James, advocate; Thomas, who married Hannah Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay of Castle Toward, and had three daughters - Jessie, who married Thomas Cobbe; Helen, who married Colonel Nugent of Clonlost; and Hannah; Anne, who married James Donald; and Jane, who married Mr., afterwards Sir John Robison. Robert Grahame was Provost of Glasgow from
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James Grahame (1756-1811) above was James Donald’s unclein-law and Thomas Graham (1791-1870) below was Jame’s brother-in-law. The portrait below was painted just after James Donald married Anne Graham, when Thomas was 32 1833 to 1834. He was born in 1759 and lived until he was 91. Robert Grahame’s brother was the poet James Grahame. A copy of his book of poetry, the Birds of Scotland, published in 1806, was owned by Captain James Donald and includes his bookplate. James Donald and Anne had two children, Thomas and Helen. Thomas married Emily Townsend, her father was EJ Townsend, rector of Rawmarsh, near Rotherham. They had no children. Thomas died in 1902 in Brighton and was buried next to Emily in Bournemouth (see page 39). Helen married the Rev. William Somerset, the grandson
of Henry Somerset, the 5th Duke of Beaufort, at the age of 17. They had a daughter, Frances Somerset. Helen died in 1849 at the age of 24, two years after her mother.
James Grahame James Grahame was born in 1765, and started his career in 1791 as a Writer to His Majesty’s Signet. He soon abandoned this profession, and in 1795 was admitted advocate. But his heart was not in the law, and in 1809 he was ordained by the Bishop of Norwich deacon in the Church of England. He acted as curate in one or two parishes, but his health, never good, soon began to fail, and in 1811 he died at Whitehill when on a visit there along with his wife. His most popular book was The Sabbath, published in 1804.
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Seal of Captain James Donald, cufflinks made from Scotch Brigade gold buttons and Captain James Donald’s silver medal from Battle of Seringapatam
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Extract from letter from Thomas Donald, James’s son “There was a letter which the Duke of Wellington wrote to your father [Colin Dunlop Donald, James’ brother] at the time of my father’s death, which letter was entitled to another I foolishly gave away ... I medal or two, which were am trying to buy it again if I can trace it. My father only issued 15 years ago,
and on my applying for them they said I was too late.”
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Extract from Thomas Donald’s will - the son of Captain James Donald
Extract from auction catalogue of the sale of the collection of Sir David Baird
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In the sale from 2003, the silver casket and fish turban ornament sold for £1,400. General Baird’s gold medal for Seringapatam sold for £7,000 and the “Bedchamber Sword” of Tipu Sultan sold for £150,000. General Sir David Baird’s arms, below
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Thomas Scott of Malleny THIS PORTRAIT of Lieutenant-General (later General) Thomas Scott by William Nicholson from 1817 is mentioned in Captain James Donald’s will (page 27) and his son Thomas’s will (page 32). Scott is wearing his gold medal for Seringapatam. He was the second son of John Scott of Malleny in Midlothian; he was created lieutenant-general on 4 June 1813 and obtained the rank of general on 22 July 1830. He served in the American War of Independence (1775–1783); Flanders 1793 and the Fourth Mysore War (1799), including the fall of Seringapatam. On return home he was captured by a French privateer but eventually made it back home to Scotland.
The portrait is part of the National Army Museum. Hazel Shorland, the Registrar of the National Army Museum, wrote in December 2017: “Unfortunately in 1966 when we acquired the painting our research was not quite as thorough as it is these days and all I have been able to find that mentions the source of the painting is the attached letter. As you can see the National Portrait Gallery recommended we contact Mr Charles Wrey Gardiner as they had seen the painting and thought it might be of interest. They mention that the portrait was “descended” to him, but we know no more than that.” Gardiner was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher.
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OBITUARY.
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Oct. 9. At Tiverton, aged 75, Mrs. Govett, widow of John Govett, jun. esq. surgeon. Oct. 10. At Exmouth, at an advanced age, Alice-Anne, relict of Richard Welsh, esq. of Hyde, Jamaica, and dau. of the Rev. Nathaniel Preston, of Swainstone, co. Meath. Oct. 11. At Billacombe, Plymstock, the wife of James Rooke Watts, esq. Oct. 13. At Torquay, Ann, relict of the Rev. Canon Hume, late of the Close, Salisbury. In St. Thomas, near Exeter, aged 84, Miss Rachel Williams. Sept. 15. At Blandford, DoRs ET. after a long illness, contracted during the Chinese war, aged 27, Arthur Vyvyan Johns, R. N. third son of H. W. Johns, esq. Sept. 22. At Parkstone, near Poole, aged 45, James Slade, esq. of the firm of David and James Slade, Newfoundland merchants, at the port of Poole. Sept. 28. At Weymouth, Mrs. Donald, relict of Capt. James Donald, 94th Foot. DURHAM.–Sept. 8. At Cleadon House, near Sunderland, aged 67, Rachel, wife of Brian Abbes, esq. Essex. — Sept. 8. Aged 97, James Fisin, esq. of Colchester. Sept. 16. Aged 28, Caroline, wife of Charles S. Owen, esq. of Manningtree. Lately. At Leyton, aged 23, Emma Lucy, dau. of R. Barclay, banker, London. Oct. 11. Aged 88, William Hall, esq. of Leyton. Oct. 12. At Leyton, aged 57, Samuel James Capper, esq. He was the nephew of the late George Capper, esq. who died June 15, 1846; and was of the firm of Capper, merchants, Messrs. John and S. of Adelaide-place, London Bridge. When very young he wrote a Poetical History of England, which was privately printed. He married a sister of Mr. Alderman Copeland, by whom he has left a large family. Oct. 13. At Sewardstone Green, near Waltham Abbey, aged 86, Joseph Atkin son, esq. GloucestERsh.—Sept. 13. At Clifton, Mary, second dau. of J. Blake, esq. R.A. Sept. 17. At Hawkesbury, at the resi dence of his son-in-law E. Bletchly, esq. aged 80, Henry Fletcher, esq. many years Capt. in the 77th Regiment. Sept. 28. At Cheltenham, aged 71, Lydia, wife of George Schonswar, esq. Lately. At Cheltenham, aged 63, H. Hudson, esq. Wick, near Pershore. At Twyning, near Tewkesbury, aged 74, Michael Procter, esq. At Tetbury, aged 73, Elizabeth, wife of R. C. Paul, esq.
[Nov. At Bristol,
47, Charles Oct. 8. Venner Crawford, esq. formerly of the Auditor's Office, East India House.
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30, Commander Edward Crouch, R.N. lately invalided from Her Majesty's ship Devastation. Sept. 19. At Kingston-crescent, near Portsmouth, aged 84, George Waller, esq. late of Her Majesty's Dockyard at that p ort. Sept. 25. At Southsea, aged 70, Capt. James Campbell (1827). As a midship man he served at the capture of the islands of Martinique and St. Lucia, and storm ing of Basse Terre, Gaudaloupe, in 1794; and was acting signal Lieutenant of the Triumph, in Calder's action. His com mission as Lieutenant was Aug. 31, 1807 ; Commander 1813. He has left a widow and two sons; the elder is the Rev. John U. Campbell, chaplain to the Dockyard at Bermuda; and the younger is a Cap tain in the Royal Marine Corps. Sept. 27. Near Southampton, aged 75, Elizabeth, relict of David Haynes, esq. late of Tillingbourne Lodge, Surrey. Sept. 30. At Gosport, Commander David Welch, promoted in Nov. 1846, from the Victory, ordinary guard-ship at Portsmouth. He was a Lieutenant of 1812, and formerly commanded a Fal mouth packet. Oct. 1. At Fareham, Lieut. William Ayling (1815). At Belmour House, William Ross, esq. formerly of Great Marlborough-st. Oct. 4. At Bembridge, I. W. aged 69, Charles Varnham, esq. late of Copthall court, London. Oct. 6. Marianne, wife of the Rev. Alexander Dallas, Rector of Wonston. Oct. 8. At Peartree Green, near South ampton, James Lowry, esq. Commander R.N. He was made Lieut. 1802; ap pointed first of the Ajax 74 in 1809; was in 1812 an agent of transports; and in 1821 commanded the Cameleon revenue cutter on the Portsmouth station. That vessel was one of the squadron which escorted King George IV. to Scotland in 1822, on which occasion he was made Commander. HEREFoRD.—Lately. At Little Dilwin, aged 21, Harriet-Susan, youngest dau. of the late J. Stephens, esq. HERTs.—Sept. 25. At Great Berk Priscilla, widow of Hen hampstead, Taylor, esq. late of Rickmansworth, fourth dau. of the Rev. Thomas Bolton Hodgson, late of Isham. KENT.-Sept. 9. At Greenhithe, aged 55, Mr. Charles Taylor, for many years a popular singer at Covent Garden Theatre, and the entertaining contributor to the
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Gloucester Row, Weymouth from an 1855 print: Anne Donald died at 10 Gloucester Row in 1847
Sacred to the memory of Anne eldest daughter of Robert Grahame Esq of White Hill, Lanarkshire.
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Widow of the late Captain Donald of her Majesty's 94th Regt who died at Weymouth the 28th of September 1847 aged 60 years. This monument is erected by her affectionate children, Thomas Donald and Helen Somerset
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Estate of Thomas Donald
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Grave of Thomas Donald, Captain James Donald’s son, in St Mark’s, Talbot Village, Bournemouth, which is next to his wife Emily’s grave (surrounded by railings, right)
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Details Portrait of Captain James Donald of the 94th Regiment, wearing his gold medal from Seringapatam Book plate of Captain James Donald in copy of James Grahame, his uncle-in-law’s book of poetry The Birds of Scotland, published in 1806 Marriage contract for Captain James Donald’s parents, witnessed by Alexander Donald Geilston House is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Only the gardens are open to the public Portrait of Provost Robert Donald Portrait of Katherine Donald Portrait of James Donald of Geilston, by R. Harvie
Source Family Collection University of Virginia Library - http:// donaldsinamerica.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/ ex-libris-james-donald.html Family collection
https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/geilstongarden https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums Family collection Family collection, details of artist: https:// www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/robertharvie-scottish-active-1751-1763-portrait5402108-details.aspx Portrait of Colin Dunlop Donald Western Club, Glasgow Portrait of Thomas Donald of Geilston Family collection Arthur Wellesley in 1808, by Richard Cosway, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_ from the V&A Museum Wellesley1808,_by_Richard_Cosway.jpg The portraits of Robert and Thomas Grahame were https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/robertby Chester Harding, the American society portrait grahame-17591851-lord-provost-ofartist, who set up a studio in London in 1823 for glasgow-18331834-84368/view_as/grid/ three years. search/keyword:robert-grahame/page/1 Whitehill House photograph http://www.glasgowhistory.co.uk/Books/ MansionHouses/MansionChapters/ Whitehill.htm Helen Geddes portrait, by Sir Henry Raeburn https://www.blouinartsalesindex.com/ auctions/Henry-Raeburn-5700406/Threequarter-length-portrait-of-Mrs-HelenGrahame-(née-Geddes)-of-WhitehillCufflinks with the badge of the 94th Regiment Family collection Gold James Donald seal - and opposite on page 37 Family collection James Donald’s silver medal from Seringapatam, https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/ sold in auction by Wallis and Wallis in October auction-catalogues/wallis-and-wallis/ 2017 catalogue-id-srwall10052/lot-ab2cef7deaa7-44c9-aeca-a80b00ee0e47?bidplaced= Will of Captain James Donald Scotland’s People, https://www. scotlandspeople.gov.uk Settlement book of Captain James Donald Family collection Thomas Donald’s will Scotland’s People, https://www. scotlandspeople.gov.uk Portrait of Thomas Scott of Malleny National Army Museum: https://collection. nam.ac.uk/detail.php?q=searchType%3Ds imple%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26acc% 3D1966-11-4&pos=0&total=1&page=1&a cc=1966-11-4-1
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Compiled by James Donald Great x 3 grandson of Captain James Donald’s brother, Colin Dunlop Donald jamesiandonald@hotmail.com 07921 780498
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