Donald Macpherson (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macpherson (born 1775) of Gaskmore and Kingston was an army officer who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812. He raised a regiment of Clansmen from Scotland at his own expense to fight for Britain and Canada. His nephew was Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC (Can) first Prime Minister of Canada and driving force behind Canadian Confederation

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