Sir James Macdonald, 2nd Baronet

Sir James Macdonald, 2nd Baronet, GCMG (14 February 1784 – 29 June 1832) was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1805 and 1832.

Early life

Macdonald was born 14 February 1784, the eldest and only surviving son of Sir Archibald Macdonald, a Baron of the Exchequer, by Lady Louisa Leveson-Gower. and Caroline Diana Macdonald (wife of Rev. Thomas Randolph, son of The Rt. Rev. John Randolph). He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1804.

Personal life Sir James was married three times. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Sparrow (1789–1818) on 5 September 1805. She was a daughter of John Sparrow, of Bishton Hall, Staffordshire. She died on 4 January 1818; they had no issue. Before her death on 29 September 1824, they had two sons:

Sir Archibald Keppel Macdonald, 3rd Baronet (1820–1901), an army officer who married Lady Margaret Sophia Coke, a daughter of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester and Anne Amelia Keppel, daughter of William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle in 1849, his cousin. After her death, he married Catherine Mary ( Coulthurst) Stonor, widow of Hon. Thomas Stonor (a son of 3rd Baron Camoys) who was a daughter of John Nicholas Coulthurst, in 1869. He left the bulk of his estate including landed property, shares in the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Co., to his only surviving son, Archibald, who succeeded him in the baronetcy.

Descendants Through his son Arichbald, he was a grandfather of Mary Catherine Macdonald (wife of Leonard Labouchere Hillyer) and Sir Archibald Macdonald, 4th Baronet, upon whose death the baronetcy became extinct.