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Norman MacLeod (other)
Norman Macleod or MacLeod may refer to: *Norman MacLeod (The Wicked Man) (1705–1772), Scottish clan chief *Norman MacLeod (British Army officer) (1754–1801), British soldier and MP for Invernessshire, 1790–1796 *Norman Macleod (Caraid nan Gaidheal) (1783–1862), Scottish churchman and writer **Norman Macleod (minister, born 1812), his son, Scottish churchman and writer *Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (1812–1895), 25th chief of Clan MacLeod *Norman Macleod Ferrers (1829–1903), British mathematician and university administrator *Norman Macleod (moderator) (1838–1911), moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1900 *Norman Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod (1839–1929), 26th chief of Clan MacLeod *Norman Cranstoun Macleod (1866–1945), Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court *Norm MacLeod (1904–1951), Australian rules footballer *Norman Macleod (chess problemist) (1927–1991), chess problemist *Norman MacLeod (Canadian businessman) (1927–2021), president of the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman MacLeod (The Wicked Man)
Norman MacLeod, 1st Lord MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: ''Tormod MacLeòid'') (1705–1772), also known in his own time and within clan tradition as The Wicked Man (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Droch Dhuine''), was an 18th-century Scottish politician and the 22nd Chief of Clan MacLeod. Background Norman was the younger son of Norman MacLeod, the 20th Chief of Clan MacLeod. Norman's brother, John, was briefly the 21st Chief of Clan MacLeod as an infant after their father died in 1706. By 1707, John had also died, and Norman was left with the chiefdom at the age of 1. Norman was the Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire between 1741 and 1754. He matriculated arms, and supporters, at Lyon Office, on 12 January 1753. He supported the Government cause in the Jacobite Rising, and was an absentee chief as he seldom lived at his ancestors' traditional seat of Dunvegan Castle. The Ship of the People Norman MacLeod was a leading figure in a 1739 scandal centred around the so-called 'Ship of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
