Peerage Record – 50340

     Sir Donald Macdonald, 12th of Clanranald and Moidart was the son of Allan Macdonald, 9th of Clanranald and Moidart and Janet Maclean.² He married Mary Macdonald, daughter of Angus Macdonald of Dunnyveg and the Glens.¹ He died in December 1618.¹
     In 1610 he made a submission to King James VI and received a charter erecting Castle Tirrim into a Barony.² He was appointed Knight in 1617 by King James VI.¹

     Ranald Macdonald of Somerbie is the son of James Macdonald of Dunnyveg and the Glens.¹

     Maria Macdonald is the daughter of Ranald Macdonald of Somerbie.² She married Ranald Macdonald, 1st of Benbecula, son of Allan Macdonald, 9th of Clanranald and Moidart and Janet Maclean.¹

     Ranald ‘Og’ Macdonald, 2nd of Benbecula was the son of Ranald Macdonald, 1st of Benbecula and Margaret Macdonald.² He married, firstly, Marion Macneil, daughter of Neil ‘Og’ Macneil, 16th of Barra and Margaret Maclean.² He married, secondly, Anne Macdonald, daughter of John Macdonald, 13th of Clanranald and Moidart and Moire Macleod, in 1653.¹ He married Anne Macdonald, daughter of Dougall Macdonald, 4th of Bornish and Catherine Maclean.² He died in 1679.¹

     Louis MacNeice is the son of Rt. Rev. John Frederick MacNeice.¹
     He was a poet.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Marion Macneil is the daughter of Neil ‘Og’ Macneil, 16th of Barra and Margaret Maclean.² She married Ranald ‘Og’ Macdonald, 2nd of Benbecula, son of Ranald Macdonald, 1st of Benbecula and Margaret Macdonald.²
     Her married name became Macdonald.

     Donald Macdonald, 17th of Clanranald and Moidart and 3rd of Benbecula was the son of Ranald ‘Og’ Macdonald, 2nd of Benbecula and Marion Macneil.² He married, firstly, Janet Macdonald, daughter of Donald Macdonald, 14th of Clanranald and Moidart and Marion Macleod.¹ He married, secondly, Margaret Mackenzie, daughter of George Mackenzie of Kildern.¹ He died in 1730.¹
     In 1689 tutor to his cousin Allan 14th of Clanranald.¹ He fought in the Battle of Killiecrankie on 27 July 1689, with his cousin Allan, under Dundee.²

     John Inch Catto was born in 1908 at North Shields, Northumberland, England^G.¹ He is the son of John Catto and Harriet Isabel Inch.¹

     James Macdonald, 1st of Belfinlay was the son of Ranald ‘Og’ Macdonald, 2nd of Benbecula and Anne Macdonald.² He married Mary Macdonald, daughter of Alexander Macdonald, 2nd of Kinlochmoidart and Marion Macdonald.¹ He died in 1709.¹
     In 1682 he received a charter of Belfinlay, Ardbeg, Arldmure, Rosinish, Knockagour, and Cuichmeane, in Benbecula, and Macherineach in Skirbough, from his brother Benbecula.¹

     Mary Macdonald is the daughter of Alexander Macdonald, 2nd of Kinlochmoidart and Marion Macdonald.² She married James Macdonald, 1st of Belfinlay, son of Ranald ‘Og’ Macdonald, 2nd of Benbecula and Anne Macdonald.¹