Parentage and Family
He was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, the son of Captain Duncan Mackintosh, an officer in the British Army's Highland regiment despatched to Ireland to suppress the Irish Rebellion of 1798. His mother was the niece of the Earl of Dysart. He married Leonora Sophia, daughter of Col. Dickinson, of Jamaica, British West Indies, who claimed to be closely related to Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore. He was the father of the Honourable Charles Herbert Mackintosh, Canadian journalist and public official.
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