Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch

Alexander Macdonald of Keppoch
17th of Keppoch
Portrait dated 1765, said to be of Alexander Macdonald, formerly owned by the descendants of a daughter of his cousin Major Donald Macdonald of Tir na Dis, near Spean Bridge[1][2]
Tenure1729–1746
PredecessorColl Macdonald, 16th of Keppoch
SuccessorRanald Macdonald, 18th of Keppoch
Bornc. 1695
Died16 April 1746
Drumossie Moor, Inverness
Cause of deathKilled at Battle of Culloden
NationalityScottish
ResidenceKeppoch House, Roybridge
Wars and battles1715 Jacobite Rising

Sheriffmuir
1745 Jacobite Rising
Prestonpans Clifton

Falkirk Culloden
OfficesColonel, Macdonald of Keppoch's Regiment 1745-1746
Spouse(s)Isobel Stewart
IssueRanald (-1788); Alasdair (-1809); Angus 'Ban' (1725-1815)
ParentsColl Macdonald; Barbara Macdonald

Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch (died 1746) was a Scottish Jacobite and clan chief who took part in both the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite risings. He was killed at the Battle of Culloden leading a regiment composed largely of members of his clan, the MacDonalds of Keppoch (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Dòmhnaill na Ceapaich).

Some genealogies give him the title 16th of Keppoch, following a previous dispute of succession.

  1. ^ Telfer-Dunbar, History of Highland Dress, Oliver & Boyd, 1962, pp.68–9
  2. ^ Macdonald, N. "Alexander MacDonell of Keppoch (c1698 - 1746)", Clan Donald, 5, (1971); in 1971 the portrait was owned by Lt-Col Robert Gayre