Macdonald DonaldDonald J. Macdonald, twelfth lord of Castleton, was born in Edinburgh in May 1897. He was educated at Royal High
School, where he was inspired by Dr. W. J. Watson (later professor of Celtic history at Edinburgh University) to take up the study of ighland history and the Gaelic language. After serving in World War I and living in British East Africa under the Soldier Settlement scheme, he returned to Edinburgh to settle and raise a family. For more than thirty years he was associated with the Clan Donald Society of Edinburgh, serving for nine years as president. His first book, Slaughter under Trust (1965), chronicled the Massacre of Glencoe. Read More Read Less