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      • Admiral David Robertson-Macdonald, 11th of Kinlochmoidart (6 August 1817 – 16 May 1910), also known as David Robertson, was a Scottish officer in the Royal Navy.
      He joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer, and saw service off the Portuguese and Spanish coast, in the West Indies and in the Mediterranean. Promoted to Lieutenant in August 1841, he served in HMS Hazard in the 1842 war with China, before the ship was posted to New Zealand.
      In August 1844, Lieutenant Robertson assumed the role of Acting Commander of HMS Hazard, following the death of Commander Charles Bell, RN, at Kororāreka, New Zealand. At Kororāreka in the early morning of 11 March 1845, Commander Robertson, with a party of 45 sailors and marines, repulsed the first attack of the Battle of Kororāreka from Kawiti, Pumuka and their party of some 200 warriors, at Christ Church and along Matavia Pass. Missing presumed dead following the naval party's withdrawal to the stockade, he was later found concealed in scrub, alive but dangerously wounded in the legs, and carried off to the safety of the stockade. He was later commended for his bravery, and was promoted to Commander.
      In 1849 he was appointed to the command of HMS Cygnet stationed on the West Coast of Africa, where he spent a year involved in the suppression of the Atlantic slave trade, capturing a number of slave ships. In 1851 he became an Inspecting Commander in Her Majesty's Coastguard, until 1858 when he was promoted to the rank of Captain. From 1862 to 1879 he served as an Assistant Inspector of Lifeboats to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
      Retiring in the rank of Captain, he later received further promotions in retirement, finally becoming an admiral in July 1885. He died in Edinburgh on 16 May 1910 aged 92.


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      Macdonald, Angus; Macdonald, Archibald (1904). The Clan Donald. Vol. 3. Inverness: The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Ltd. pp. 291, 306–308.
      "Admiral David Robertson-Macdonald, 11th of Kinlochmoidart". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 9 November 2021.


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      • Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart (1764–1845), born David Robertson, was a British Army officer linked to the history of Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon).


      Life



      He was born David Robertson on 29 September 1764, the son of the eminent Edinburgh historian and minister of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, William Robertson, and his wife Mary Nisbet. His brothers included William Robertson and Lord Robertson.
      Trained in the military, he served in the British Army linked to the East India Company and raised the first Malay Regiment in Ceylon in 1796. He served as Deputy Adjutant General of Ceylon in the late 18th century.
      In 1802 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Playfair, Alexander Dirom, and Dr James Russell.
      In later life he lived at 24 Walker Street.
      Robertson Macdonald died on 7 September 1845. He is buried in the Robertson family vault in Greyfriars Kirkyard.


      Family


      In 1799 he married Margarita Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart, daughter of Alexander Macdonald, 5th of Kinlochmoidart, and adopted the Macdonald name, whereby some of Margarita's family wealth and status passed to their children, who were all styled "Robertson-Macdonald".
      Their children were William Frederick Robertson-Macdonald, 9th of Kinlochmoidart (1802–1883), Admiral David Robertson-Macdonald, 11th of Kinlochmoidart (1817–1910) and Jessie Robertson-Macdonald (1819–1900)


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      Percival, Robert (1805), An Account of the Island of Ceylon, Containing its History, Geography, Natural History, with the Manners and Customs of its Various Inhabitants, London: C. and R. Baldwin, pp. 243–244
      Robertson, David (1799), Account of Ceylon
      Steuart, James (1848), "Extract from a Report on Ceylon Affairs to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for the Colonies in August 1799, by Lieut. Colonel David Robertson: Pearl Fishery", An Account of the Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon, Ceylon: Church Mission Press, pp. 83–91


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