Sir
Richard
Graves
Macdonnell
KCMG CB
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Macdonnell
and Jane (Graves) Macdonnell
Brother of
Eliza Macdonnell, Robert Macdonnell, Susanna Macdonnell, Hercules Henry Graves Macdonnell, John Cotter Macdonnell DD, Charles Eustace Macdonnell, Ronald Macdonnell, William Sherlock Macdonnell, Frederick James Macdonnell, Arthur Robert Macdonnell, Jane Catherine (Macdonnell) Lyon and Anna Maria (Macdonnell) Luquiens
Husband of
Blanche Anne (Skurray) MacDonnell
— married
10 Jul 1847 in Hove, Sussex, England
Died
at age 66
in Hyeres, France
Profile last modified
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| Preceded by Sir Henry Edward Fox Young KCMG |
6th Governor of South Australia 8th June 1855 until 4th March 1862  |
Succeeded by Sir Dominic Daly |
| Preceded by George Augustus Constantine Phipps |
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia 1864 - 1865 |
Succeeded by Sir William Fenwick Williams |
| Preceded by Rev. Richard Macdonnell |
17th McDonnell of Leinster 1867 - 1881 |
Succeeded by Hercules Henry Graves Mcdonnell |
Biography
Richard Macdonnell KCMG CB is Notable.
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell KCMG CB LLD MA was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, judge and colonial governor. His posts as governor included Governor of the British Settlements in West Africa, Governor of Saint Vincent, Governor of South Australia, Governor of Nova Scotia and Governor of Hong Kong. Several places around the world are named for him including MacDonnell Road in Hong Kong, and the MacDonnell Ranges and Sir Richard Peninsula in Australia.
Richard Graves MacDonnell was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 3rd September 1814, the second son of Richard MacDonnell, the Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and Jane Graves, second daughter of Richard Graves, Dean of Ardagh.[1][2] He was a nephew of Robert James Graves and the brother of Major General Arthur Robert MacDonnell. MacDonnell entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1830, was elected a scholar in 1833, and graduated BA (1835), MA (1836), LLB (1845) and LLD (1862).
On 10th July 1847 at Hove, Sussex, MacDonnell married Blanche Anne Skurray, daughter of Francis Skurray of Beckington, Somerset.[3] They had no children.
After his retirement in 1872 the couple spent much time in Italy and France. MacDonnell passed away at Hyères, France on 5th February 1881.[4][5] He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London, on the southern side.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Richard Macdonnell
- ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Richard Graves Macdonnell
- ↑ UK FreeBMD Marriage Index Sep qtr 1847, vol 7, page 625
- ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Richard Macdonnell
- ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Richard Graves Macdonnell
- ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Richard Graves Macdonnell
- Wikipedia: Richard Graves MacDonnell; Retrieved 22:24, July 23, 2016.
- MacDONNELL, Sir RICHARD GRAVES
- "The Late Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, K.C.M.G, & C.B." The Celtic Monthly : A Magazine for Highlanders, No. 1, Vol. VI, October 1897, pp. 14-15. Accessed July 23, 2016.
- Source: S54 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
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Peter Burroughs, MacDONNELL, Sir RICHARD GRAVES, in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 11, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed November 8, 2014, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/macdonnell_richard_graves_11E.html.