Donald MacPherson

1755 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Donald MacPherson
  Birth	1755
  	Macpherson was the illegitimate[citation needed] son of the Jacobite rebel and exile Ewen MacPherson of Cluny chief of the Clan Macpherson and grandson of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel a Scottish highland chieftain and the 17th Chief of Clan Cameron. Given the unproductive lands of Gaskmore, Macpherson join the British army in 1775 to fight against the American Revolutionaries.
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I191023	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Ewen (of Cluny) MacPherson
  Mother	Jean Cameron
  Family ID	F78546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Catherine Cameron MacPherson   d. 1871, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
  Family ID	F78545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macpherson of Gaskmore and Kingston was an army officer who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and who raised a regiment of Clansmen from Scotland at his own expense to fight for Britain and Canada. His nephew was Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC (Can) first Prime Minister of Canada and driving force behind Canadian Confederation