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John Denis Macdonald

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41: 437: 157:, the son of James Macdonald, an artist, art critic and one of the claimants of the Annandale Peerage. Upon the death of the last legitimate heir of the MacDonald's of Castleton, Isle of Skye, Scotland, James Macdonald inherited that title, as the nearest surviving legitimate male kin. John was educated at Cork school of medicine and 280:
Macdonald was married twice; firstly in 1863 to Sarah Phoebe (d. 1875), daughter of Ely Walker of Stainland, Yorkshire, by whom he had three sons; James Alexander Walker (who died in infancy); John Denis; William Richard, and two daughter; Elyna Mary and Catherine Janet. He was later married to
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Macdonald joined the Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon and initially served at the Royal Hospital, Plymouth. In 1852 he was appointed to the survey ship
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list published on 26 June 1902, the investiture was on board the royal yacht
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John Denis Macdonald, Officer HMS Herald, ca. 1859, photographer unknown
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Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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in Gosport, Hampshire and in June 1870 was made staff surgeon to
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Erina, daughter of Rev. William Archer, prebendary of Limerick.
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In 1864, by now promoted to surgeon, he was appointed to the
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Alma mater
KCB
FRS
naval surgeon
Cork
County Cork
Ireland
King's College, London
HMS Herald
Makdougall-Brisbane prize
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Royal Society
Joseph Toynbee
Edwin Lankester
Francis Sibson
Richard Owen
Richard Partridge
Royal Hospital Haslar
HMS Lord Warden
Army Medical School
Netley
Edward VII
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
1902 Coronation Honours
Victoria and Albert
Cowes
fleet review
coronation
zoology

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