Background
Born in the Isle of Skye in one of the oldest families living on the island, his father was Review Donald Martin and his mother was the daughter of Norman Macdonald and sister of Lieutenant-Gn.
Born in the Isle of Skye in one of the oldest families living on the island, his father was Review Donald Martin and his mother was the daughter of Norman Macdonald and sister of Lieutenant-Gn.
Martin was educated at Saint George"s and Windmill Street School.
Sir John Macdonald. He became a Ceylon Civil Service in 1811 and entered the Bengal Medical Service on 5 September 1817.
Royal Society.