Donald Mackay (Royal Navy officer)

Donald Mackay
Born	31 December 1780
Died	26 March 1850 (1850-03-27) (aged 69)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	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

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

In 1848 Mackay married Helen Martha Twinnin.[3]

References

1. "MACKAY' Donald Hugh' Vice Admiral". Historical autographs. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
2. "Crew of HMS Avenger". Cork ancestors. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
3. "Reay, Lord". Cracrofts Peerage. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

Military offices
Preceded by Thomas Ussher	Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown 1848–1850	Succeeded by Manley Dixon