Macdonald, Archibald

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Dates 1760-1826
Location London
Vocation Judge and politician
Place of Birth Armidale Castle, Isle of Skye
Marriage Louisa
Issue James, Louisa, Caroline Diana
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Became a king's scholar at Westminster School (1760) and elected to a studentship at Christ Church, Oxford (1764). Graduated BA (1768) and MA in 1772. Entered Lincoln's Inn (1765) and called to the bar (1770). Maintained a moderate, private practice. Made attorney-general, and knighted June 1788. Elected to House of Commons for borough of Hindon, Wiltshire (1777). Followed politics of his father-in-law. Died at his home in Duke Street, Westminster (1826) and buried at Kensington Church.