Randal Macdonell was the Captain of the Duc de Bourbon’s Life Guards. He wrote to Sloane to inform him that Lord Duc de Bourbon has instructed him to ask Sloane to bring back a list of items from India when he goes. Aside from this, no other information is known of him.
Reference:
Randal Macdonell to Hans Sloane, Unknown Date, Sloane MS 4053, f. 357, British Library, London.
Randal Macdonell, British Library Archives, [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=IAMS047-001845352&indx=1&recIds=IAMS047-001845352&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&frbg=&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BL%29&tab=local&dstmp=1503074222567&srt=rank&mode=Basic&&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=Randal%20Macdonell&vid=IAMS_VU2, accessed 18/08/17]
Dates: to
Occupation: Unknown
Relationship to Sloane: Virtual International Authority File: