MAXWELL MACDONALD, Sir John Ronald 12th Bt 1936-2023

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From the Telegraph of 6 Jan 2024: MAXWELL MACDONALD Sir John Maxwell Macdonald of Largie and of Pollok Bt, died peacefully in the Campbeltown Hospital on 24th December 2023, aged 87. Beloved husband of Ruth, father of Jock, Angus and Victoria and grandfather to five. Funeral Service at Cardross Crematorium on Thursday 18th January at 1.15 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held at St Kiaran's Church, Argyll Street, Campbeltown on Friday 9th February at 12 noon.

He was s of Dame Anne STIRLING-MAXWELL Baronetess 1906-2011 and John MAXWELL MACDONALD 1908-95 (formerly MORETON MACDONALD, who he succ. as) head of that Scots gentry family of Largie. He m 1964 Eleanor Ruth d of T B LAIRD, and had two sons and a dau as above. His elder son succeeds him:

[Sir] JOHN RANALD (Jock) Maxwell Macdonald [13^th Bt] has yet to establish claim, b 16 Sep 1965, m 1998 (Emma) Katherine b 1967 reg Q3 Glos. d of Simon James Ormonde LOGIE b 1936 of Winson Mill, Glos by his 1966 m reg Q2 Glos to Robyn Vanessa b 1945 reg Q3 Glos d of John Nigel BARDSLEY 1904- of Beltring House, Kent and Bridget Helen Stafford CROSSMAN 1903-83, and had a son and two daus (all in line to the title).

SON LIVING

FERGUS JOHN LOGIE b 19 March 2007

DAUGHTERS LIVING

Sylvia Iona Anne b 2000

Rose Islay Kitty b 2003

BROTHER LIVING (yr son of 12^th Bt)

Angus b 30 July 1967, m 2001 Rebecca d of Peter DAWES and had two sons (Archie John b 2002 and Charles James b 2004)

SISTER LIVING (dau of 12^th Bt)

Victoria Anne b 1 Aug 1971, unm in DPB online

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This Baronetcy was able to pass to and through females because the regrant of 1707 meant that it passed to heirs of entail.


John MAXWELL, of Auldhouse, d.ca 1666; m.1621 Elizabeth Stewart
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1.Sir George, of Auldhouse and of Pollok, d.Apr 1677; m.1646 Annabella, sister of Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall, 1st Bt.; he inherited Pollok on the death of his cousin Sir John Maxwell, Bt., and may have been his heir male and thus entitled to the 1628 Baronetcy, but proof of extinction of senior lines was impossible
1.1.Sir John Maxwell of Auldhouse, and of Pollok, cr Baronet [S] 1682 (Jan 1648-4 Jul 1732); m.1671 Marion Stewart (d.1706); the Baronetcy was cr with remainder to heirs male of his body, but he received a new Patent in 1707 extending the remainder to heirs of entail whatsoever, and was succeeded as below; he was a Lord of Session as Lord Pollok

2.Zacharias, of Blawerthill, d.Apr 1698; m. Mrs Jean Colquhoun, née Maxwell
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Sir John, of Pollok, 2nd Bt. (1686-24 Dec 1752); m.1st 8 Apr 1709 Lady Anne Carmichael (d.ca 1720); m.2nd Aug 1727 Barbara Stewart; m.3rd 27 Dec 1739 Margaret Caldwell
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Sir James, 6th Bt. (26 Mar 1735-3 May 1785); m.1764 Frances Colhoun (d.21 Mar 1818), later wife of Sir John Shaw-Stewart, 4th Bt.
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Sir John, 7th Bt. (31 Oct 1768-30 Jul 1844); m.1788 Hannah Anne Gardiner (d.21 Jul 1841)
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Elizabeth MAXWELL (1793-5 Sep 1822); m.1 Jun 1815 Archibald STIRLING of Keir (d.9 Apr 1847)
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Sir William Stirling of Keir (8 Mar 1818-15 Jan1878); as heir of entail, he suc his maternal uncle in 1865 as 9th Baronet under the renewed Patent of 1707 and took the name STIRLING-MAXWELL OF KEIR; m.1st 26 Apr 1865 Lady Anne Maria Leslie-Melville (d.8 Dec 1874); m.2nd 1 Mar 1877 Caroline, Hon. Mrs G N Norton (d.15 Jun 1877)
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Sir John STIRLING-MAXWELL OF KEIR, 10th Bt. (6 Jun 1866-30 May 1956); m.12 Nov 1901 Ann Christian (d.5 Apr 1937), dau of Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell of Monreith, 7th Bt.
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Dame Anne, 11th Baronetess (8 Sep 1906-21 Apr 2011); m.22 Apr 1930 John Moreton-Macdonald, later Maxwell-Macdonald, of Largie, of the Earls of Ducie
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Sir John Ronald, 12th Bt. (22 May 1936-24 Dec 2023); m.18 Jul 1964 Eleanor Laird

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Brooke

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Sir John Ranald MAXWELL MACDONALD has now been entered on the Official Roll of the Baronetage as the 13th Baronet Maxwell Macdonald, formerly Stirling-Maxwell, of Pollok