Burials at the Dean Cemetery: Thomas Bouch, Hector MacDonald, Edward Forbes, James David Forbes, Robert Kaye Greville, John Wilson, John Murray

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Thomas Bouch, Hector MacDonald, Edward Forbes, James David Forbes, Robert Kaye Greville, John Wilson, John Murray, Robert William Thomson, David Octavius Hill, Alexander Robertson MacEwen, Flora Stevenson, Elsie Inglis, Alexander Taylor Innes, William Henry Playfair, Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, Joseph Bell, William Muir, William Edmondstoune Aytoun, Thomas Thomson, John Ritchie Findlay, John Dick Peddie, John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, Henry Darwin Rogers, Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd, Daniel Macnee, Alexander Monro, John More Dick Peddie, Douglas Maclagan, Sydney Goodsir Smith, John Miller of Leithen, Henry Littlejohn, Thomas Grainger Stewart, Samuel Bough, William Turner, James Key Caird, James Russell, Robert Reid, Alexander Kinnear, 1st Baron Kinnear. Excerpt: Major-General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald, also known as Fighting Mac (4 March 1853-25 March 1903), was a distinguished Victorian soldier. The son of a crofter, MacDonald left school before he was 15, enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders as an ordinary trooper at 17, and finished his career as a Major-General, "one of only a few British Army generals who rose from the ranks on his own merit and professionalism." He distinguished himself in action at Omdurman (1896), became a popular hero in England and Scotland, and was knighted for his service in the Second Boer War. Posted to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) as Commander-in-Chief of British forces, he committed suicide in 1903 following accusations of homosexual activity with local boys. Hector MacDonald was born on a farm at Rootfield, near Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland. He was, as were most people in the area at the time, a Gaelic speaker and in later life went by the name Eachann nan Cath ('Eachann of the Battles'). His father, William MacDonald, was a crofter and a stonemason. His mother was Ann Bo... View Less