Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet
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Colonel Sir Alexander Don, 5th Baronet of Newton Don, Kelso, Scottish Borders, (died 1815) was a Scottish soldier who served as a British Army officer during the French Revolutionary Wars.[1]
Alexander was the son of Sir Alexander Don, 4th Baronet of Newton Don, and Mary, daughter of John Murray of Philiphaugh.[1]
Alexander succeeded to the title of 5th Baronet on 2 October 1776. In 1778 Sir Alexander was promoted to the rank of captain in the Southern Fencibles.[1] On 21 April 1795 he was commissioned to Colonel of the newly formed Berwickshire Regiment (a fencibles cavalry regiment).[2] He died on 5 June 1815.[1]
