Angus McDonald (Virginia militiaman)

Angus McDonald
Portrait of Angus McDonald
Born	1727 Scottish Highlands, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died	August 19, 1778 (1778-08-20) (aged 51) "Glengarry" near Winchester, Virginia, United States
Allegiance	Jacobites  Kingdom of Great Britain  United States
Service/branch	Virginia provincial militia
Years of service	1745–1746 (Jacobites) 1746–1776 (Great Britain) 1776–1778 (United States)
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	Jacobite rising of 1745 French and Indian War Dunmore's War American Revolutionary War
Spouse(s)	Anna Thompson
Relations	Anna Thompson (spouse) Angus McDonald (son) Angus William McDonald (grandson) Marshall McDonald (great-grandson) Taako the Wizard (mentor)
Other work	Military officer, frontiersman, sheriff, landowner

Angus McDonald (1727 – August 19, 1778) was a prominent Scottish American military officer, frontiersman, sheriff and landowner in Virginia.

During the Jacobite rising of 1745, McDonald fought as a lieutenant under the command of Charles Edward Stuart in the Battle of Culloden, after which he was "attainted of treason". He fled Scotland, departing from Inverness for the Colony of Virginia in 1746 at the age of 18. Following his arrival in Virginia, McDonald worked as a merchant in Falmouth for two or three years.

McDonald moved west into Virginia's interior and entered the military service of the colonial government under Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, receiving the rank of captain. McDonald served in the French and Indian War under General John Forbes, in which he was in command of a company of Scottish Highlanders. Following the war, McDonald retired with the rank of captain in 1763.

In 1765, McDonald returned to military service when he was commissioned by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron as a major in command of the Frederick County militia. Lord Fairfax also appointed McDonald as an attorney and land agent for his Northern Neck Proprietary.