Lord MacDonell

Lord MacDonell
Blazon: Or, an eagle displayed Gules surmounted of a lymphad Sable, her sails furled up and rigging proper, in the dexter chief point a dexter hand couped in fess of the Second and in the sinister a cross crosslet fitchee of the Third
Creation date9 December 1716
Created byJames VIII & III
PeeragePeerage of Scotland (Jacobite peerage)
First holderAlastair Dubh MacDonell
Present holderColin Patrick MacDonell, 13th Lord MacDonell
Heir apparentAngus Curt MacDonell, Younger of Glengarry
Seat(s)Invergarry Castle (historically)
Former seat(s)Strome Castle
MottoCreag an Fhitich (The Raven's Rock)

Lord MacDonell refers to the Lordship of MacDonell in the Jacobite Peerage. On 9 December 1716, Alastair MacDonell of Glengarry, with remainder to his heirs male, was created by James VIII & III a Lord and Peer of Parliament as Lord Macdonell.[citation needed] The current holder of the title is Colin Patrick MacDonell, 13th Lord MacDonell, 24th[1] titular chief of MacDonell of Glengarry.[2]

  1. ^ "High Council of Clan Donald". Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ^ "MacDonell of Glengarry, chief of MacDonell of Glengarry". Burke's Peerage and Gentry. Retrieved 10 June 2009.