David Robertson MacDonald

Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart FRSE (1764–1845), born David Robertson, was a British Army officer linked to the history of Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon).

He was born David Robertson on 29 September 1764, the son of the eminent Edinburgh historian and minister of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, William Robertson, and his wife Mary Nisbet.

Trained in the military, he served in the British Army linked to the East India Company and raised the first Malay Regiment in Ceylon in 1796.

He served as Deputy Adjutant General of Ceylon in the late 18th century.

His proposers were John Playfair, Alexander Dirom, and Dr James Russell.