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Hector Archibald Macdonald was superstar of the most celebrated British soldiers of the late 19th century. He had an outstanding reputation for spacious bravery. Sophie At the progress of 15, hector MacDonald was apprenticed in Dingwall to a draper, and when he was 17 he decided it was time to go into military biography so he added a year on to his real age and he move on to the Royal Clan Tartan and gaberdine Warehouse In Inverness . He bloom rapidly through the ranks and eventually became a major- general. He first saw action and was commissioned as an officer in the SecondAfghan War in the late 1870s, then lofty himself in the battle of Majuba Hill in South Africa 1881. Zoe afterwards working(a) In Britain and Ireland, he was displace to Egypt in 1884. Here he recruited and educate a load of Sudan soldiers that he led Into several triumph battles. including one of the most legendary in British history, Omdurman. In 1902 the army sent MacDonald to India to take up a r egional command, but he was in that respect for scarce a short while before being moved to Ceylon as Commanding Officer of British forces.Sophie But after only 11 months MacDonald was summoned and told he must return to England to answer very austere charges. Although details still remain unclear, MacDonald was alleged to have committed inner acts with four Ceylonese youths or to have exposed himself In a train thruster with 70 schoolboys but there Is still so solid proof that he was even gay. Zoe The brilliant career of a national hero came to an end on the 25th March 1903. plot of ground serving in Ceylon grave charges of homosexuality were made against him.Having been sent to England on leave he was returning to Ceylon via Paris to face a motor lodge Marshall. In his hotel he read a New York Times comprehend of the charges against him and in despair over it went to his room and committed suicide. Sophie After his conclusion It was uncovered that he had a secret wife and son. HIS widow lay for her husband to be hide in secret at 6am on Monday 30th March in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. The customary was shocked not only at the allegations but also at the arrangements of the funeral.On the first Sunday after his burial 30,000 people visited the grave. People queued for up to three hours to pay their respects and there were so many flowers that the super of the cemetery refused to have any more placed. Zoe His wife Christina died in 1911 and was buried next to her husband. Their son, Hector became an engineer in North Shields. He was conception of as stern, gloomy and unsociable he never married and became excluded from his adjoin community. He died in 1951 and is buried with his parents. IOFI sofi By sofldontcareSophie At the age of 1 5, hector MacDonald was apprenticed in Dingwall to a draper, in Inverness . He rose rapidly through the ranks and eventually became a major- Afghan War in the late 1870s, then distinguished himself in the battle of MaJuba Hill Zoe After working in Britain and Ireland, he was sent to Egypt in 1884. Here he recruited and trained a load of Sudan soldiers that he led into several victory battles, youths or to have exposed himself in a train carriage with 70 schoolboys but there is Sophie After his death it was uncovered that he had a secret wife and son. His