Captain William MacDonald – Mariner/Adventurer
The Seafaring MacDonalds: The MacDonald name has been used as a middle name down the John Bowman...
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Month: October 2017
Captain McDonald – Ships and Adventures
The Terceira Blockade: Captain McDonald was certainly an adventurer in his exploits at sea. His death notice makes reference to his having participated in the blockade of Terceira (Azores) involving British forces during the so...
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The Gold Handled Sword – From Tasmania to Falmouth
On our Honours and Connections mainpages there are articles about our illustrious ancestor Captain...
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Gold Handled Sword – Loss, Search and Dirty Tricks
The story of search for and rediscovery of Captain William McDonald’s sword has been commented on...
Read MoreRobert Stevenson Baden-Powell Smith: A Marrying Man, and Usurper of Swords
Just who was this bloke with the super fanciful name – and how does he come to become an associate of our otherwise upstanding Wilson family. Well, it’s a long story which has taken some 56 years to unravel....
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