The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-18
CHER OF THE
MACDONALD CLAN
Romance Of Lord Macdonald, Who Eloped With
Niece Of King George Ill, and Whose Mar
rage Made 1.-The Trouble

Lord Macdonaid'S elder brother 10 sue.
ceed TO the Irish barony of Macdonald
Alexander Bosviile. as well as his son
and grandson, were left in undisturbed
possession OF tho Bosvillc property. In
fact, they have been In possession OF
the estates for sixty. years. which ron.
defeastbic.
{ The present Alexander Bosville. and
owner of the Bosv!lic estates in York
third Lord Macdonald and OF Louisa
Edsr. While he realized that he could
not hope to obtain the Irish barony OF
.Masdonaid, yet he felt that he had
at any rate. the Scotch baronetcy of
his grcat-grandfather. and the chief
tainship OF the Clan OF Macdonald.
Accordingly he started. some three or
four years ago. an action at law 10
establish the Legitimacy OF his grand
father, the point turning on the ques-
ton as to whether the latter's father
was legally domiciled In Scotland. and
law. Alexander BosvIllc managed not
only to furnish very. strong evidence
in favor of his Observation-Disclosures
stance that he and Louisa Edsir, lived
together in Scotland as man and wife
prior to their Church OF England mar
riagc
Largest Purse Wins.
When all the case had beer heard.
and both parties were looking for q.
decision. the presiding judge last
fall issued declaration which was
as unsatisfactory to- the one party as
,ss d.net an naor Almost ncom
prehensible Scotch legal phrascoloEy,
II amounted to this: That this court.
namely. the Court OF Session, was not
the proper tribunal to deal with ques-
court competent to deal with the mat
ter was that OF chancery. So that the
whole case would have TO be heard
over again before another Judge. I'm
dlsmayed by this. Alexander Bosviilo
at once began another action this
time In the Chancery Court. But Lord
Macdonald has thrown UP the sponge.
Bosyille will, from hence
forth become Sir Alexander Bosville
Macdonald, and head of the Macdonald
family.
Like Lord Macdonald. Alexander
Bosville, the Squire OF Thorpe Hall. Is
$lincal descendant of the Lord Of the
Isles of Sir Walter Scotts poem. THE
Heir of the Mighty Somerled." Somer-
chlcftain. who ruled like king over
the Isles and Argyll In the twelfth
century. His dominions were divided
at his death betw cen his two sons,,and
and the Lords Of Lorne. The Lord Of
tho Isles OF the time Of Robert Bruce
was named Angus Og. and was styled
tho @LOru& OF E4nHlSS al--tud LIB :. " &Snys
Lord n Of the Islands of Gael, or the.
Hebrides. Sir Walter Scott calls hlnls
ls"Ronald." for the poetical reason that
this name was prettier. The grandson
of Angus was named Donald, and his
descendants We're called Macdonald
The Lords of the Isles were prac-5
tically independent until the time Eof
Alexander, who was defeated at the
battle Of Locha Der in 1920. and reduced
Ito abject submission by James IL OF
Scotland. The last of the non-royal
Lords OF the Isles was John, who was
likewise Earl8of Ross. FIe was de-E
3prlved OF his honors for rebellion
against James II. Of Scotland, Some
OF them Were restore to him on his
RECONCILIATION with the crown but not
1.-The title OF Lord OF tho Is les. which,
was retained by the King and which
| has BEEN, since the union Of the !EnE-
|lish and Scottish crowns, on 9 OF the
most highly priced titles of tho Prince
| Of Wales. % Sir Donald hlacd onald,j who
WAS chieftain&of. the clan In the days
Iof j ames ~! OF Eng land, received q, n
baron etcy, which is second in point OF
seniority lin the Kingdom OF Scotland.t
| Flora Macdonald, the 8leroineyin tho
escape Of the young pretender ln.thoi
Neutrality-suspicious. Of = TAG, was al mi ce5
| of the seventh baronet.s VIII o Y himself.
took no part In the rising, but who
! entertained DR.. ] ohnson and n Boswell
ION their famous tQursin Scotland at Ills.
| castle of Armidal e..t8e ID AXE Il igf
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