Sir Archibald Macdonald, first baronet

(1747-1826)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826 NRA: Macdonald Sir Archibald (1747-1826) Knight Chief Baron of the Exchequer DNB: Macdonald, Sir Archibald, first baronet (1747-1826), judge and politician LBT ID: ArMacdo1826 VIAF ID: 61103485 LOC ID: no90015414	B/BAP: 1747-07-13 DIED: 1826-05-18
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Born on Skye, he was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, and was solicitor-general 1784-88 and lord chief baron of the Exchequer, 1793-1813, created baronet in 1813.
REFERENCES TO Sir Archibald Macdonald, first baronet: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 19 October 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) An Account of Christ’s Hospital. Found 1: ¶ 60 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XIII: 1819-20