Captain Donald MacDonald (c. 1724–1760) was a military officer who fought for France, for Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland, and later for Great Britain in Quebec.
MacDonald was wounded at the siege of Stirling Castle and imprisoned after the surrender of the Jacobite forces.
On the night of 13 September 1759 he was part of the forlorn hope, the twenty-four volunteers leading the British attempt to climb the cliffs rising above the St. Lawrence River.
During the subsequent winter, MacDonald was given several independent commands, constantly harassing the French outposts surrounding Quebec.
At the Battle of Sainte-Foy, 28 April 1760, MacDonald commanded a company of volunteers on the left flank of the British army and was killed in the action.