Donald (Magistrate & Jp) Macmillan^[1]

- 1922

• Name	Donald (Magistrate & Jp) Macmillan
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Feb 1922
  Burial	McMillan Section Of The Old Kilmallie Churchyard
  Person ID	I171189	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Mother	Jessie Cameron
  Family ID	F36318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "designed and patented the MacMillan hunting tartan. Donald is buriedin the Kilmallie Cem. beside his father and brother, John and Samuel DowMacMillan, wine mechants.' "Another of John and Ann McCalman's eleven children, a daughter namedMary, married John McMillan, a crofter at Camaghel. Their son, John,born in 1840, also went to Glasgow and became a spirit merchant. ThisJohn McMillan married Jessie Cameron and had at least seven children, themost distinguished of whom was Donald, magistrate of the burgh andjustice of the peace for Lanark County. Donald and his brother, HughEwen, started a fine drapery business in Partick, Scotland, and Donalddesigned and patented the MacMillan hunting tartan worn by the chief andhis family. Ex-Baillie McMillan of Partick was also a founding member ofthe Clan MacMillan Society in Glasgow and served seven years as societychief. It was his...interest that persuaded Pipe Major John MacColl ofOban to compose the "Clan MacMillan March". Donald McMillan died in 1922and is buried in the McMillan section of the old Kilmallie churchyardbeside his father and brother, wine merchants, John and Samuel DowMcMillan...."" From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO(margaret077@sympatico.ca)

  
  

• Sources

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