Marriages
Macdonell was married twice. His first marriage lasted from 1926 to 1937, and gave him his only child Jenny. In July 1937, his wife Mona sued for divorce. According to the suit, Macdonell had committed adultery in a hotel in London the previous January. His second wife was a Viennese lady whose family was associated with the banking firm of Warburg-Schiff and who had fled to England just before the Anschluss.
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