Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell of Glengarry

(1773-1828)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Macdonell, Alasdair Ranaldson, 1773-1828 DNB: Macdonell, Alexander Ranaldson, of Glengarry (1773-1828), chief of clan Macdonell or Macdonnell of Glengarry and soldier LBT ID: AlMacdo1828 VIAF ID: 14273943 LOC ID: nb2001061153	B/BAP: 1773-09-15 DIED: 1828-02-01
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Highland chieftain and friend of Walter Scott; he is thought to have been a model for Fergus MacIvor in Waverley.
REFERENCES TO Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell of Glengarry: Walter Scott to Daniel Terry, 18 April 1816 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 24 May 1822 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sir Walter Scott to Maria Edgeworth, 23 June 1830 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I 1816 Chapter VIII 1822 Found 4: ¶ 16 ¶ 19 ¶ 22 ¶ 35 Chapter VII 1826 Found 3: ¶ n1 ¶ 6 ¶ n1 Chapter IX 1826 Found 1: ¶ 13 Chapter VI 1830 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 10: 1821-24 Found 1: ¶ 33