MACDONALD, Sir Donald Gorm Og 8th Laird of Sleat and 1st Baronet

1575 - 1643  (68 years)

• Name	MACDONALD, Donald Gorm Og  [1]
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	8th Laird of Sleat and 1st Baronet
  Born	1575	Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Oct 1643
  Person ID	I17362	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	MACDONALD, Archibald Cleirich,   b. 1552,   d. Bef 1616  (Age < 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MACKENZIE, Janet,   b. 1588, Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
  Married	1602	Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland   [3]
  Children	1. MACDONALD, Sir James Mor 9th Laird of Sleat 2nd Baronet,   b. 1605, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. 8 Dec 1678, Isle of Skye, Scotland  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   2. MACLEAN, Isabel Mary,   b. 1620, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. 1657, Lochiel, Inverness-shire, Scotland  (Age 37 years)  [natural]   3. MACDONALD, Col. Donald John,   b. Abt 1624,   d. Abt 1690  (Age ~ 66 years)  [natural]   4. MACDONALD, Margaret,   b. Abt 1626  [natural]   5. MACDONALD, Janet  [natural]   6. MACDONALD, Mary  [natural]   7. MACDONALD, Alexander  [natural]   8. MACDONALD, Archibald,   d. 1688  [natural]   9. MACDONALD, Angus  [natural]   10. MACDONALD, Catherine  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F4700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Donald Gorme Macdonald, 8th Laird of Sleat, and 1st Baronet (died 1643) was a Scottish laird. He had succeeded his uncle, Donald Gorme Mor Macdonald, 7th Laird of Sleat, who died, in 1616, without heirs. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, by King Charles I, with a special clause of precedency placing him second of that order in Scotland. He adhered to the cause of Charles I, and died in 1643.[1] Marriage and children He married Janet, the second daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail and they had several children:[1] • Sir James Mor Macdonald, 9th Laird of Sleat • Mary Macdonald, who married Ewen Cameron of Lochiel • Alexander MacDonald of Sleat whose daughter married Lachlan Maclean, 3rd Laird of Torloisk • Colonel Donald of Castleton, soldier References 1 History of Clan Macdonald. 1920.

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Janet Mackenzie http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=103289043&pid=6040 . [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Janet Mackenzie http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=103289043&pid=12163