Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet

Colonel Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet of Newton Don (died 1815) was a Scottish soldier who served as a British Army officer during the French Revolutionary Wars.[1]

Biography

Alexander was the son of Sir Alexander Don, 4th Baronet of Newton Don, and Mary, daughter of John Murray of Philiphaugh.[1]

Alexander succeeded to the title of 5th Baronet on 2 October 1776. In 1778 Sir Alexander was promoted to the rank of captain in the Southern Fencibles.[1] On 21 April 1795 he was commissioned to Colonel of the newly formed Berwickshire Regiment (a fencibles cavalry regiment).[2] He died on 5 June 1815.[1]

Family

In 1778 Sir Alexander married Lady Henrietta Cuninghame, daughter of Major-General William Cunningham, 13th Earl of Glencairn and Elizabeth Maguire.[1] They had some children:

  • Elizabeth[1] (died 12 June 1795)
  • Mary[1] (died 12 June 1795)
  • Alexander[1] (1779–1826), his heir and the 6th baronet.

Notes
  1. Lundy 2011, p. 32649 § 326484 cites Mosley 2003, p. 1165
  2. British War Office 1797, p. 6.
gollark: I think it would be much more useful to actually teach basic computer use. How to solve basic problems (application of the search engine). What all the various cables are for. Basic computer maintenence.
gollark: They also gave people custom hardware (micro:bits), which probably isn't great either since people won't realize you can just do programming stuff on a regular home computer or laptop to automate annoying tasks and whatnot.
gollark: But then they only get taught random details about some car components, and then build cars out of paper.
gollark: It's like if someone said "cars are vital to the modern economy, so our children need to learn how to ~~use cars~~ build cars from scratch".
gollark: Not one which needs to be taught in schools over possibly more important things (not that schools teach many important things).

References
  • British War Office (22 June 1797), List of the officers of the several regiments and corps of fencible cavalry and infantry: of the officers of the militia [etc.] (5 ed.), p. 1 (contents).
  • Lundy, Darryl (10 Mar 2011), Sir Alexander Don of Newton Don, 5th Bt., The Peerage, p. 32649 § 326484
    • Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage; 107th, 3 volumes, 1, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books), p. 1165


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