Sir James Macdonald, 6th Baronet

Sir James Macdonald, 6th Baronet (died 1723) was a Scottish Chief of Clan Macdonald of Sleat.

Early life Macdonald was a younger son of Sir Donald Macdonald, 3rd Baronet and Lady Mary Douglas. Among his siblings was elder brother, Sir Donald Macdonald, 4th Baronet, who participated in the Jacobite rising of 1689 and 1715. Janet Macdonald, who married Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 5th Baronet, son of Sir Colin Mackenzie, 4th Baronet.

Sir James died in 1723 at Forres, Morayshire, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest surviving son, Alexander.