MACDONALD, SIR ARCHIBALD, BART., son of Sir Alexander Macdonald, Bart., and his second wife Lady Margaret Montgomerie, dau. of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton (S); b. 13 Jul 1747; adm.; KS 1760; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1764, matr. 30 Jun 1764, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1764 – Dec 1776, Faculty Student 7 Dec 1776 – res 23 Dec 1777; BA 1768; MA 1772; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1765, called to bar 24 Nov 1770, Bencher 12 Feb 1778, Treasurer 1789; patent of precedence at Bar 22 Jan 1778; Second Justice of Carmarthen 1780-4; Solicitor-Gen., 7 Apr 1784 – Jun 1788; knighted 27 Jun 1788; Attorney-Gen., 28 Jun 1788 – Feb 1793; MP Hindon 9 Feb 1777-80, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1780 – Feb 1793; Serjeant-at-law 12 Feb 1793; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 12 Feb 1793 – Nov 1813; Privy Councillor 15 Feb 1793; created baronet 27 Nov 1813; FSA 19 Dec 1788; Busby Trustee 21 May 1808; noted for his agreeable manners and conversational talents; m. 26 Dec 1777 Lady Louisa Leveson Gower, eldest dau. of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (qv), and his second wife; d. 18 May 1826. DNB.
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Houses
- NT Armfeild's
- NT Ashburnham
- NT Ashby's
- NT Atwood's
- NT Bainbrigg's
- NT Benthall's
- NT Best's
- NT Bourne's
- NT Burges'
- NT Busby's
- NT Butler's
- NT Chelsum's
- NT Clapham's
- NT Clarke's
- NT College
- NT Dale's
- NT Dean's
- NT Desaguliers'
- NT Douglas'
- NT Dryden's
- NT Du Brieux's
- NT Durand's
- NT Edwards'
- NT Finch's
- NT Fox's
- NT Geary's
- NT Gibson's
- NT Grant's
- NT Greet's
- NT Guthry's
- NT Guyneham's
- NT Hakluyt's
- NT Hart's
- NT Hawkins'
- NT Heath's
- NT Hodgson's
- NT Homeboarders'
- NT Howe's
- NT Hume's
- NT Hutton's
- NT Jackson's
- NT James'
- NT Jones'
- NT Langton's
- NT Levett's
- NT Liddell's
- NT Lloyd's
- NT Ludford's
- NT Macklin's
- NT Majendie's
- NT Maskelyne's
- NT Mellisham's
- NT Milne's
- NT Morel's
- NT Morrison's
- NT Ottey's
- NT Packharness'
- NT Peirson's
- NT Philips'
- NT Playford's
- NT Porten's
- NT Powell's
- NT Prat's
- NT Preston's
- NT Price's
- NT Purcell's
- NT Rigaud's
- NT Russel's
- NT Scott's
- NT Smalridge's
- NT Smalwell's
- NT Smedley's
- NT Smith's
- NT Stelfox's
- NT Stephens'
- NT Stikeman's
- NT Taylor's
- NT Watts'
- NT Williams'
- NT Woodcock's
- NT Wren's
- NT Wynniate's