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Ranald MacKinnon (sometimes spelled McKinnon) was a soldier and a civil servant of the British Empire from 1758 until his death in 1805. As a junior officer he served with Montgomerie's Highlanders (77th Regiment of Foot) in the French and Indian War in North America, primarily in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he served as a junior officer of the Royal Highland Emigrants (84th Regiment of Foot), and also as colonel of the militia of Queens County, Nova Scotia. He was, in large part, responsible for ensuring that southwestern Nova Scotia remained loyal to the King during the Revolution.

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  • Ranald MacKinnon
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  • Ranald MacKinnon (sometimes spelled McKinnon) was a soldier and a civil servant of the British Empire from 1758 until his death in 1805. As a junior officer he served with Montgomerie's Highlanders (77th Regiment of Foot) in the French and Indian War in North America, primarily in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he served as a junior officer of the Royal Highland Emigrants (84th Regiment of Foot), and also as colonel of the militia of Queens County, Nova Scotia. He was, in large part, responsible for ensuring that southwestern Nova Scotia remained loyal to the King during the Revolution.
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serviceyears
  • 1758(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1737(xsd:integer)
Commands
  • Queens County Militia
Branch
  • Army
death place
  • Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Name
  • Ranald MacKinnon
Birth Place
  • Isle of Skye, Scotland
death date
  • 1805-04-28(xsd:date)
Rank
  • Lieutenant 1758-63; Captain 1775-83; Colonel of Militia 1775-1783
Battles
  • American Revolutionary War
  • French and Indian War
placeofburial
  • Christchurch Anglican Cemetery, Shelburne
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  • Ranald MacKinnon (sometimes spelled McKinnon) was a soldier and a civil servant of the British Empire from 1758 until his death in 1805. As a junior officer he served with Montgomerie's Highlanders (77th Regiment of Foot) in the French and Indian War in North America, primarily in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he served as a junior officer of the Royal Highland Emigrants (84th Regiment of Foot), and also as colonel of the militia of Queens County, Nova Scotia. He was, in large part, responsible for ensuring that southwestern Nova Scotia remained loyal to the King during the Revolution. The district now known as the Municipality of Argyle was named by MacKinnon in reference to his homeland in western Scotland.
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