Family and marriages
Born at Cockenzie and Port Seton in East Lothian, Scotland, the son of Captain Peter Donaldson. [2] Captain Donaldson had sailed regularly from Port Seton Harbour, then in 1962 it is recorded the vessel Shearwater navigating the Bass Strait Islands with a cargo of livestock under his command was lost off Ninth Island. He and his crew were saved and there are still remains of the ship on the island today. [3] [4]
On 31 August 1963, John Donaldson married his first wife, Henrietta Clark Horne (1942–1997), at Port Seton. They emigrated to Tasmania, Australia, in November of that year. Donaldson's parents and his elder brother Peter and younger sister Roy also emigrated to Tasmania. [5] His father then joined a large maritime trading company as a captain. They had four children, Jane Alison Donaldson (born 26 December 1965), Patricia Anne Donaldson (born 16 March 1968), John Stuart Donaldson (born 9 July 1970) and Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (born 5 February 1972), married in 2004 to Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (now King Frederik X). [6]
In addition to British citizenship, Donaldson obtained Australian citizenship in 1975. [7]
Henrietta died on 20 November 1997, and Donaldson later married Susan Elizabeth Horwood (born 1940) on 5 September 2001. She is a novelist who writes under the names Susan Moody, Susannah James and Susan Madison. [8] [9]
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The following lists events that happened during 1835 in Australia.
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John Donaldson may refer to:
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