Peerage Record – 51049

     Helen Grant Macdonell is the daughter of Æneas Macdonell and Anna Fraser.² She married Colonel Alexander Kyle on 20 September 1826 at Banffshire, Scotland.¹
     From 20 September 1826, her married name became Kyle.

     Colonel Alexander Kyle was born on 6 January 1791 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.² He married Helen Grant Macdonell, daughter of Æneas Macdonell and Anna Fraser, on 20 September 1826 at Banffshire, Scotland.¹ He died on 18 July 1865 at age 74 at Binghill Peterculter, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.²
     He fought in the Peninsular War.² He gained the rank of Colonel in the 94th Regiment of Foot.² He lived at Dinghill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹

     John Macdonell, 12th of Glengarry was the son of Alastair Macdonell, 11th of Glengarry and Lady Mary Mackenzie.² He married, firstly, Margaret Mackenzie, daughter of Colin Mackenzie.² He married, secondly, Helen Gordon, daughter of John Gordon of Glenbucket, in 1728.² He died on 1 September 1754.² He was buried at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.²
     He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Macdonell [Scotland, 1716] on 28 October 1721, Jacobite.² In 1745 he was committed to the Tower after the 1745 Uprising, in which many of the Macdonells of Glengarry joined Bonnie Price Charlie.² In 1746 ‘Master of Macdonell,’ according to FM Wade’s Report , Glengarry could put 500 clansmen in the field.²

     Major Charles Macdonell is the son of Ranald Macdonell, 5th of Scotus and Helen Macdonell.²
     He gained the rank of Major in the 72nd Regiment.¹

     unknown daughter Macdonell was the daughter of Major Charles Macdonell.¹ She died in 1806.¹

     Lt.-Col. Donald Macdonell is the son of Ranald Macdonell, 5th of Scotus and Helen Macdonell.² He married Anne Isabella Macdonell, daughter of Archibald Macdonell of Rhu and Lochshiel, in 1818.¹
     He gained the rank of Ensign in 1791 in the Honourable East India Company Service.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1815.¹

     Anne Isabella Macdonell is the daughter of Archibald Macdonell of Rhu and Lochshiel.² She married Lt.-Col. Donald Macdonell, son of Ranald Macdonell, 5th of Scotus and Helen Macdonell, in 1818.¹

     Eneas Ronald Macdonell was born on 26 October 1821 at Ardnamurchen, Inverness-shire, Scotland.^1,2 He was the son of Lt.-Col. Donald Macdonell and Anne Isabella Macdonell.³ He married Catherine Sidgreaves, daughter of James Sidgreaves, on 13 September 1859 at Preston, Lancashire, England.^1,2 He died on 13 January 1898 at age 76.¹
     He was educated at Stonyhurst College, Blackburn, Lancashire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.¹ He was a practising Advocate.¹ He purchased South Morar in 1855 from Ranald Macdonald, 7th of Geridhoil and 14th of Morar.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He lived at South Morar, Inverness-shire, Scotland.¹

     Catherine Sidgreaves was born in 1830.² She was the daughter of James Sidgreaves.¹ She married Eneas Ronald Macdonell, son of Lt.-Col. Donald Macdonell and Anne Isabella Macdonell, on 13 September 1859 at Preston, Lancashire, England.^1,2 She died in 1888.²
     From 13 September 1859, her married name became Macdonell.