Hay MacDowall

Lieutenant general
Hay MacDowall
6th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
In office
19 July 1799 – 1804
Preceded by Josiah Champagne
Succeeded by David Douglas Wemyss
Personal details
Born Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Died March 1809
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Lieutenant general
Commands General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
Madras Army
Battles/wars Napoleonic Wars
Kandyan Wars

Lt.-Gen. Hay MacDowall (died March 1809) was a Scottish officer in the British Army who was the sixth General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was appointed on 19 July 1799. He was succeeded by David Douglas Wemyss. Fort MacDowall in Matale was named due to his involvement during Kandyan Wars. Only the remnants of gateway and portion of the ramparts are exist today.[1]

MacDowall hailed from Garthland Mains, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, where the family seat was Garthland Castle.[2] He was the fourth son of William MacDowell (c.1719-84), M.P. for Renfrewshire, and Elizabeth Graham, granddaughter of Alexander Livingstone, 3rd Earl of Callandar. His brothers William MacDowall (c.1749–1810) and Captain David McDowall Grant (c.1760–1841) were Members of Parliament. His nephew was Lt. Gen. Day Hort MacDowall (1795–1870) and great-nephew was Canadian politician Day Hort MacDowall (1850–1927).[3]

MacDowall served in Flanders in 1793 and after serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ceylon from 1798 to 1804 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1807.[4] Made Colonel of the 41st Regiment of Foot in 1808, he was lost at sea near the Cape of Good Hope in March 1809.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Fort MacDowall at Matale". AmazingLanka.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Keltie, Sir John Scott (1887). History of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, with an Account of the Gaelic Language, Literature, and Music. T.C. Jack. p. 596. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Burke, Sir Bernard (1863). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Harrison. p. 937. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. ↑ The India List and India Office List
  5. ↑ Napoleonic Series
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Cradock		 C-in-C, Madras Army
1807–1810		 Succeeded by
Sir Samuel Auchmuty
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Stirling, 5th Baronet		 Colonel of the 41st Regiment of Foot
1808–1809		 Succeeded by
Sir Josiah Champagné
Preceded by
Josiah Champagne		 General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
1799–1804		 Succeeded by
David Douglas Wemyss


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