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Alastair Macdonald
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankGeneral
CommandsCommander-in-Chief, Scotland
Battles / warsCrimean War

General Alastair M'Ian Macdonald was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Military career

Macdonald was commissioned as an ensign in the 92nd Regiment of Foot in 1846 and became aide-de-camp to Sir John Pennefather in 1854.[1] He fought at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 and the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 during the Crimean War.[1] He became Assistant-Adjutant-General at Dover and then aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Cambridge.[1] Promoted to major-general, he went on to command the troops in the North British District in 1881[2] before retiring in 1885.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The clan Donald (Volume 3)". Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ^ "No. 24954". The London Gazette. 25 March 1881. p. 1360.
  3. ^ "The clan Donald (Volume 3)". Retrieved 29 November 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by Commanding the troops in the North British District
1881–1885 		Succeeded by
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