Compton Mackenzie Book
In the novel The Monarch of the Glen, which inspired the series, Hector MacDonald is the eldest son of the Laird of Glenbogle, Donald MacDonald, and shares the name with three notable ancestors.
The only other characters in the TV series who have clear parallels in the book are Molly and Lord Kilwillie.
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