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Roderick MacLeod of MacLeod, also known as "Rory Mor" or "Ruairidh Mor", was born in Dunvegan, Scotland in 1573 and was the 15th chief of the Clan MacLeod. He was the second son of Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (c. 1516 –1585) the 12th chief of the Clan MacLeod. He became chief upon the death of his young nephew in 1595.
Talisker was for centuries a possession of the Clan Macleod. For nearly two hundred years it was associated with a cadet branch of the chiefly line, founded by Sir Roderick Macleod, 1st of Talisker (1606-1675). Sir Roderick was the second son of Rory Mor Macleod (d.1626) and Isabel, daughter of Donald Macdonell, 8th of Glengarry. Along with his ...
The Snizort Free Church, is a place of worship of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) in the township of Skeabost in Snizort on the island of Skye.. The church was built in 1847, [1] and was led for some time by Roderick Macleod.
Roderick Macleod (Modern Scottish Gaelic: Ruaraidh Macleòid, c. 1500–c. 1595 [1]), also known as Old Rory, was the chief of Clan Macleod of Lewes in the later half of the 16th century. Biography [ edit ]
Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish (born c. 1953), Scottish lawyer, chairman of the Scottish Land Court since 2014 Roderick MacLeod (minister) (1754–1815), principal of King's College, Aberdeen, 1800–1815
In 1597, the MacLeod clan chiefs were served with papers from the government stating that despite their centuries-long feudal tenure of the Isle of Lewis, their lack of legal paperwork exposed the lands to claims from the Crown. This stemmed from an act of Parliament requiring all Highland clan chiefs to prove legal ownership of their land. [1]
Macleod was a Captain in the Sutherland Fencibles (1793) and a Major in the Ross Militia of 1803. He was Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty from 1794 until 1833, [1] and, a staunch Tory, [3] he sat as the Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Cromartyshire from 1807 to 1812. [1] Macleod died on 6 December 1844 and was succeeded by his son and heir Roderick ...
The king also took other chiefs on board such as Roderick Macleod of the Lewes, Alexander Macleod of Dunvegan, John of Moidart, Alexander of Glengarry, Mackenzie of Kintail, Maclean of Duart and MacConnal of Isla. [2] Some of these chiefs were received on board as enemies and imprisoned, while others as friends were rewarded. [2]