Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru a Macdonald ki te Royal Navy i te tau 1833. I mahi ia i te Waru o te Pakanga Xhosa
hei Kaihautū o HMS "Ferret". I whakatairangahia ia ki te Kapene i te tau 1854, i whakahau ia i te HMS "Hogue", HMS "Arethusa" me te HMS "Bellerophon". I tohua ia hei tuarua-i-te-mana o te Channel Fleet i te tau 1872 a mai i te tau 1873 ka noho ia hei rangatira 21 o te Clan Macdonald o Clanranald.