Researching Mark Macdonnell
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 85 people with the Macdonnell surname? In that year Macdonnell was ranked number 3494 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Mark means "warlike" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Mark Macdonnell on Ancestry
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 175 people with the Macdonnell surname in the UK? Macdonnell is now ranked number 3878 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Mark Macdonnell
Mark MacDonnell
Mark Antony MacDonnell (1854 – 9 July 1906) was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
He was elected as the Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) MP for the Queen's County Leix constituency at the 1892 general election, and was re-elected unopposed at the 1895 general election. He was elected as the Irish Parliamentary Party MP at the 1900 general election. He did not contest the 1906 general election.
Source: Mark MacDonnell, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Macdonnell
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