A key breakthrough was the invention of steam-powered cutting and dressing tools by Alexander MacDonald of Aberdeen, inspired by seeing ancient Egyptian granite carvings.

Robert's first appearance in history is on a witness list of a charter issued by Alexander Og MacDonald, Lord of Islay.

John's grandson Domhnall Dubh ( Donald Owre ), one of the possible claimants to the Lordship was peaceable, but the other, his nephew Alexander MacDonald of Lochalsh invaded Ross and was later killed on the island of Oronsay in 1497.

After a first repulse at Waternish, Skye, the party landed at Kilbride, Skye, within easy access of Monkstadt, the seat of Sir Alexander MacDonald.

On 6 November 1750, at the age of 28, she married Allan MacDonald of Kingsburgh, a captain in the army and the eldest son of Alexander MacDonald VI.

In the early 15th century Hugh MacDonald, third son of Alexander, Earl of Ross was the proprietor of " lands in Uist, Benbecula and Garmoran " although his tenure was opposed by Clanranald of Garmoran.

* John Alexander MacDonald October 1903-October 1909

Taylor MacDonald is on the far left and Major Alexander Oswald Brodie next to him.

** Daniel Mackenzie ( proprietor ), John MacDonald ( proprietor ), James Hughes, Louis Châtellain, James King, François Décoigne, Pierre Charette, Pierre Jérôme, Baptiste Bruno, David Thompson, J. Duncan Campbell, Alexander Stewart, Jacques Raphael, Francois Deschamps ;

Somhairle Buidhe Mac Domhnaill (, anglicised Sorley Boy MacDonnell, or MacDonald in Scotland ) ( c. 1505-1590 ), Scoto-Irish prince or flaith and chief, was the son of Alexander MacDonnell, lord of Islay and Kintyre ( Cantire ), and Catherine, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurchan.

" He influenced especially Frederick Denison Maurice, Alexander John Scott and George MacDonald.

MacDonald, Alexander

There have been three well known battles in the town: The Battle of Inverurie ( 1308 ), the Battle of Harlaw ( 24 July 1411 ) between Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles ( MacDonald ) and an army commanded by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar ; and the Battle of Inverurie ( 1745 ) during the Jacobite Rebellion of that year.

< center > Lands held by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan </ center >( based on map in Boardman, Early Stewart Kings, p. 87 & details in Young, Annals of the Parish and Burgh of Elgin, p. 102 Alexander's possession of Badenoch was unaffected by the restoration of the Earldom of Moray to John Dunbar in March 1372, nor were the territories of John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles, in Lochaber — similarly with the lands of Urquhart ( south of Inverness ) which had been granted to David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn and King Robert's eldest son with his second wife, Euphemia.

Burt became secretary of the Northumberland Miners ' Association in 1863, then, in 1874, was returned to parliament for Morpeth, alongside Alexander MacDonald, a fellow miners ' leader.

The first five series of Monarch of the Glen told the story of young restaurateur, Archie MacDonald, trying to restore his childhood home in the Scottish Highlands, starring Alastair Mackenzie, Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire and Dawn Steele, whilst the final two series of the show focused on new Laird Paul Bowman trying to modernise the estate, primarily starring Lloyd Owen, Tom Baker, Alexander Morton and Susan Hampshire.

At the time the islands were owned by Sir Alexander MacDonald of Sleat and she was housed with his tacksman ( leaseholder ), another Alexander MacDonald and his wife.

A foreign scholar Alexander MacDonald is one among them.

The Scottish clans and their chieftains initially showed little enthusiasm about his arrival without troops or munitions ( with Alexander MacDonald of Sleat and Norman MacLeod of MacLeod refusing even to meet with him ), but Charles went on to Moidart and on 19 August 1745 raised the standard at Glenfinnan to lead the Second Jacobite Rising in his father's name.

Following his personal defeat in the 1903 general election, the first on a partisan basis, James Alexander MacDonald was elected leader by a party caucus on October 19, 1903.

* Five Days That Shook The World: The Battle for Seattle and Beyond ( 2000 ) ( with Alexander Cockburn ) ISBN 978-1-85984-779-4

After Gott was killed flying back to Cairo Churchill was persuaded by Brooke, who by this time was Chief of the Imperial General Staff to appoint Montgomery, who had only just been nominated to replace Alexander as commander of the British ground forces for Operation Torch.

The flying wing configuration was studied extensively in the 1930s and 1940s, notably by Jack Northrop and Cheston L. Eshelman in the United States, and Alexander Lippisch and the Horten brothers in Germany.

In 1884, Alexander Mozhaysky's monoplane design made what is now considered to be a powered take off assisted by the use of ramp, flying between 60 – 100 ft ( 20 – 30 m ) near Krasnoye Selo, Russia.

During 1964, Major Alexander Procofieff de Seversky published much of his related work in, and with the aim to forestall any possible misunderstanding about these devices, termed these flying machines as ionocraft.

The flying wing configuration was studied extensively in the 1930s and 1940s, notably by Jack Northrop and Cheston L. Eshelman in the United States, and Alexander Lippisch and the Horten brothers in Germany.

* Alexander Calder is hired by Braniff International Airways to paint a full-size DC-8-62 as a " flying canvas.

On May 7, 1925 Hines dedicated the landing field at the Vancouver Barracks in Vancouver, Washington to the memory of Lieutenant Alexander Pearson, Jr. who was killed on September 2, 1924 in Fairfield, Ohio while flying the Curtiss R-8 in preparation for the upcoming Pulitzer Trophy Race.

Virtually every German aeronautical engineer and test pilot of note during the 1920s and 30s spent time building, testing, and flying aircraft at the Wasserkuppe, including the Günter brothers, Wolf Hirth, the Horten brothers, Robert Kronfeld, Hans Jacobs, Alexander Lippisch, Willy Messerschmitt, Hanna Reitsch, Peter Riedel, Alexander Schleicher and many, many others.

* William Melville Alexander ( 1897 – 1988 ), Canadian World War I flying ace

Alexander made heavy use of them and every time he dispatched a flying column, the Agrianians were always included.

* Captain Robert Alexander Birkbeck, DFC, a British World War I flying ace.

The exact origins of " flying card " tricks are unknown, but Alexander is usually credited with first including card throwing in a major act.

* Alexander Pentland ( 1884 – 1983 ), Australian World War I flying ace

The exact origins of " flying card " tricks are unknown, but Alexander Herrmann is widely attributed with first including card throwing in a major act.

Rust's flight through a supposedly impregnable air-defense system had great effect on the Soviet military and led to the firing of many senior officers, including Defence Minister Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov and the head of the Soviet Air Defense, former World War II fighter ace pilot Chief Marshal Alexander Koldunov.

Unfortunately one of his close friends, Soviet 50-kill ( 31 personal and 19 group ) ace Alexander Klubov was killed in a landing mishap while converting to the La-7.

The town became known worldwide on 13 March 1994 when Russian swimming ace Alexander Popov set a world record in the 50m freestyle in Desenzano del Garda's local pool, clocking 21. 64s.

In a surprising move, SK Gaming announced that the Counter-Strike team would be removing the player with the shortest tenure, Marcus " Delpan " Larsson, in favor of their first permanent Danish member and former mTw ace, Martin Alexander " trace " Bang Heldt at the end of January.

The authors also argued that Alexander Haig was not Deep Throat but was a key source for Bob Woodward, who as a Naval officer had briefed Haig at the White House in 1969 and 1970.

Although Alexander Stepanovich Popov of the Naval Warfare Institute had built and demonstrated a wireless telegraphy set in 1900, equipment from the firm Telefunken in Germany was initially adopted by the Imperial Russian Navy.

When the news was received by the then Naval Minister of the Provisional Government, Alexander Kerensky, he ordered Kolchak to leave immediately for America ( Admiral James H. Glennon, member of American mission, headed by Senator Elihu Root invited Kolchak to go to America in order to give the American Navy Department information on Bosphorus ).

At the end of March 1943, O ' Hare made Ensign Alexander Vraciu, a young Naval Reservist just out of flight school, his wingman.

The Combined Chiefs of Staff appointed General Eisenhower as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, General Alexander as Deputy C-in-C with responsibility for detailed planning and execution of the operation, Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham as Naval Commander, and Air Chief Marshal Tedder as Air Commander.

It was developed on a wide-scale basis in Russia during the reign of Alexander II by Grigory Gagarin and his followers who designed St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kiev, St Nicholas Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Saint Mark's church in Belgrade and the New Athos Monastery in New Athos near Sukhumi.

The Marines are led by the Deputy Commander for Naval Infantry / Commandant of the Naval Infantry Corps of the Russian Navy, Major General ( NI ) Alexander Kolpatsenko.

* George A. Alexander ( 1902 – 1969 ), 35th Naval Governor of Guam

* Crauford, Alexander ( Grandson of the general ) General Crauford and his Light Division ( reprint Naval and Military Press ISBN 1-84574-013-0 )

* Swann, Leonard Alexander Jr. ( 1965 ): John Roach, Maritime Entrepreneur: the Years as Naval Contractor 1862 – 1886 — United States Naval Institute ( reprinted 1980 by Ayer Publishing, ISBN 978-0-405-13078-6 ).

* Alexander Fullerton ( born 1924 ), a British author of Naval and Marine novels

Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC ( 15 October 1891 – 17 June 1915 ) was a Royal Naval Air Service ( RNAS ) officer who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

* Biographies in Naval History ; Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie ( MacKenzie Sr, the father )

Alexander, the third brother, became a Commander in the Royal Australian Navy and was the head of the Royal Australian Naval College.

Attending the conference were Kaiser Wilhelm II, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz-the Naval State Secretary, Admiral Georg Alexander von Müller, the Chief of the German Imperial Naval Cabinet ( Marinekabinett ), General von Moltke-the Army ’ s Chief of Staff, Admiral August von Heeringen-the Chief of the Naval General Staff and General Moriz von Lyncker, the Chief of the German Imperial Military Cabinet.

After sixteen years as chairman of the Council of ministers, Konstantin was stripped of the office and was replaced by his brother, the more pliable Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich ; Alexander III also took away Konstantin's position as head of the Naval Department, handing it over to his own brother, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich.

On September 8, 1802 Alexander I, the Emperor of the Russian Empire, issued the Manifesto according to which following ministries had been founded on the basis of the Administration of State Affairs: Military Land Forces, Naval Forces, Foreign Affairs, Justice, Internal Affairs, Finances, Commerce, Education.

Commander Boyd R. Alexander, a radio design officer, and the Naval Research Laboratory in Bellevue D. C. for further testing and evaluation.

The treaty was signed by Turkish Nationalist Representative General Kazım Karabekir, MP and Commander of Eastern Front Veli Bey, MP Mouhtar Bey, and Ambassador Memdouh Shevket Bey, Russian Ambassador Yakov Ganetsky, Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Askanaz Mravian and Minister of Interior Poghos Makintsian, Azerbaijani Minister of State Control Behboud Shahtahtinsky, and Georgian Minister of Military and Naval Affairs Shalva Eliava and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Financial Affairs Alexander Svanidze.