Donald Mackay (Royal Navy officer)
Donald Mackay | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 December 1780 |
| Died | 26 March 1850 (aged 69) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1792–1850 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Volage HMS Malacca HMS Minden Queenstown |
| Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars |
Vice Admiral Donald Hugh Mackay (31 December 1780 – 26 March 1850) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown.
Naval career
[edit]Mackay joined to Royal Navy in January 1792.[1] He took part in the expedition to Ostend under Rear Admiral Sir Home Popham to destroy the sluice gates of the Bruges canal in May 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars.[1] He also took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in Autumn 1799.[1] He became commanding officer of the sixth-rate HMS Volage‚ commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS Malacca and then commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Minden, all between 1811 and 1816, on the East Indies Station.[1] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in 1848 before he died in 1850.[2]
Family
[edit]In 1848 Mackay married Helen Martha Twinnin.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "MACKAY' Donald Hugh' Vice Admiral". Historical autographs. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Crew of HMS Avenger". Cork ancestors. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Reay, Lord". Cracrofts Peerage. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
