Magdalen (MacDonald) McGillivray (1775-1811)
Mrs. Magdalen (MacDonald) McGillivray
She was married in 1800, at St. Mary's, Marylebone, London. Sir Alexander Mackenzie described Magdalen as, "an agreeable, lively brunette of the most expressive countenance". She was a brother of John MacDonald of Garth and their sister was married to General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in the First Anglo-Burmese War. She and her husband lived at Chateau Saint-Antoine in Montreal were the parents of five daughters and one son, but only two of their daughters reached adulthood: (1) Anna Maria, Mrs Thomas Richardson Auldjo (2) Magdalen Julia, wife of Vice-Admiral William Congreve Cutliffe Brackenbury.
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Image (cropped) Courtesy of the McCord Museum, Montreal