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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.
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 ]
On 10 July 1813 Macleod married Isabella, daughter of William Cunninghame, merchant, of Lainshaw. They had five children: their eldest son was Robert Bruce Aeneas (1818-1888), [2] their younger son was Henry Dunning Macleod (1821-1902), who became a distinguished writer on political economy, and three daughters: [4] Margaret, Elizabeth, and Anna Maria.
Roderick Macleod or MacLeod may refer to: Roderick MacLeod (Old Rory) (c. 1500 – c. 1595), chief of Clan MacLeod of Lewis; Roderick Macleod of Macleod (1573–1626), 15th chief of Clan Macleod; Roderick Macleod, 2nd of Cadboll (died 1770), Scottish Jacobite and rebel; Roderick Macleod (physician) (died 1852), Scottish physician
Norman MacLeod of MacLeod, 25th chief, died in 1895, leaving three sons. Norman Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod succeeded his father, becoming the 26th chief. The entail of the estate stipulated that Dunvegan Castle would only pass to a male, and on the failure of the male line to the daughter of the last surviving son.
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 ...
Roderick Macleod was the son of Aeneas Macleod and Margaret, eldest daughter of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Baronet and 4th of Scatwell.Macleod fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie in The 'Forty-Five', but the family estate was not confiscated on understanding that he went into exile for a time.
MacLeod, Roderick Charles. The MacLeods of Dunvegan. Edinburgh, 1927. Privately printed for the Clan MacLeod Society. Sir Walter Scott, David Laing. The Bannatyne manuscript, Volume 1. Printed for the Hunterian Club, 1896. Morrison, Leonard A. The History of the Morison or Morrison Family. A Williams & Co. - Boston, Mass, 1880.