Editing George MacDonald (section)

==Personal life ==
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MacDonald married Louisa Powell in Hackney in 1851, with whom he raised a family of eleven children: Lilia Scott (1852–1891), Mary Josephine (1853–1878), Caroline Grace (1854–1884), Greville Matheson (1856–1944), Irene (1857–1939), Winifred Louise (1858–1946), Ronald (1860–1933), Robert Falconer (1862–1913), Maurice (1864–1879), Bernard Powell (1865–1928), and George Mackay (1867–1909).

His son [[Greville MacDonald|Greville]] became a noted medical specialist, a pioneer of the Peasant Arts movement, wrote numerous fairy tales for children, and ensured that new editions of his father's works were published.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00082/hrc-00082.html|title=Greville MacDonald: An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center|first=Greville|last=MacDonald|website=legacy.lib.utexas.edu}}</ref> Another son, Ronald, became a novelist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0pLAAAAMAAJ&q=ronald+macdonald+++constance+robertson&pg=PA1116|title=Who's who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary|date=1 July 1907|publisher=A. & C. Black|via=Google Books}}</ref> His daughter Mary was engaged to the artist [[Edward Robert Hughes]] until her death in 1878. Ronald's son, [[Philip MacDonald]] (George MacDonald's grandson), became a Hollywood screenwriter.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehkcZFT8fMoC&q=Philip+MacDonald+screenwriter&pg=PA56|title=The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999|first=Paul|last=Mavis|date=8 June 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604275|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Tuberculosis caused the death of several family members, including Lilia, Mary Josephine, Grace, and Maurice, as well as one granddaughter and a daughter-in-law.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Profiles of English Writers: Volume Three of Three|last=Golgotha Press|publisher=Golgotha Press|year=2013|isbn=9781621076070|location=Hustonville, KY}}</ref> MacDonald was said to have been particularly affected by the death of Lilia, his eldest.

There is a blue plaque on his home at 20 Albert Street, Camden, London.<ref>{{cite web| title=George MacDonald| website=English Heritage | url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/george-macdonald/ | access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>