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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] |
Norman MacLeod (British Army Officer)
Major-General Norman MacLeod of MacLeod FRS FRSE (4 March 1754 – 16 April 1801) was a Scottish soldier and politician, who served as MP for Inverness-shire 1790 to 1796, a seat previously held by his grandfather, Norman MacLeod. Thomas Pennant called him “unusually intelligent”. As an MP, he was one of the early campaigners (1796) to abolish the slave trade. He was the 23rd Chief of Clan MacLeod. Life Norman was born in Brodie House, Moray, on 4 March 1754. He spent his first 10 years with his mother in Hampshire being tutored privately. He was then sent to live with his grandfather in St Andrews before studying at University of St. Andrews (1769/70) but removed due to a “sexual escapade” and then went on to Oxford in 1770. In 1771 following a cattle plague in his family home of Dunvegan Castle estate on Skye he vowed to return and resolve various difficulties. In 1772, he succeeded his grandfather as the 23rd Chief of Clan MacLeod. He returned to Dunvegan Castl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Macleod (Caraid Nan Gaidheal)
Norman MacLeod, known in Gaelic as ''Caraid nan Gàidheal'' ("friend of the Gael"), was a Church of Scotland minister, poet, and writer. He was Chaplain to Queen Victoria and Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland. Life He was the son of the Rev. Norman Macleod, D.D. (1745 – 1824), and father of the Rev. Norman Macleod (1812 – 1872). MacLeod was a distinguished minister of the Scottish Church, and studied at Edinburgh. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Mull in 1806. He became one of the most distinguished ministers, and most popular preachers of his Church, becoming Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1836. He was Dean of the Chapel Royal and a trusted friend of Queen Victoria. He preached to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert during their second visit to Scotland in 1844. He was an enormously influential writer of Gaelic prose, founding and editing two of the earliest Gaelic periodicals, ''An Teachdaire Gaelach'' (''The Highland Mes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Macleod (minister, Born 1812)
Norman Macleod (3 June 1812 – 16 June 1872) was a Scottish clergyman and author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1869/70. Early life Norman Macleod was born in Kirk Street, Campbeltown, to Norman Macleod and Agnes Maxwell; his paternal grandfather, a minister of the parish of Morvern in Argyllshire, bore the same name. His father, at that time minister of Campbeltown, was closely bound to the Highlanders of Scotland, catering to their spiritual and intellectual needs. He was the author of literature described by Professor Blackie as the "great work of classical Gaelic prose....written in a dialogue form, enriched by the dramatic grace of Plato and the shrewd humour of Lucian", and played a major role in the creation of an educational infrastructure for the Highlands and Islands. He was a supporter of the interests of the Highlanders. In 1827, Macleod became a student at the University of Glasgow; in 1831, he went to Edinburgh to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman MacLeod Of MacLeod
Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (18 July 1812 – 5 February 1895) was the 25th Chief of Clan MacLeod. Biography Norman MacLeod of MacLeod was born on 18 July 1812 at Dunvegan, Skye. He was the son of John Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (1788–1835), 24th Chief of Clan MacLeod and his wife Anne Stephenson (−1861). He was educated at Harrow and then went abroad to Paris and Vienna. In 1835, Norman's father died and he subsequently succeeded to the chiefship of Clan MacLeod. Norman attempted many costly improvements at Dunvegan Castle, as well as unsuccessful ventures in farming, and greatly encumbered the clan's estates and thus ruined himself. During the enthusiasm for the Volunteer movement following an invasion scare in 1859, a group from the South Kensington Museum, headed by Norman, approached the War Office with an offer to raise two companies from the engineering and allied professions. The proposal was accepted in January 1860 and enlistment of the 1st Middlesex Engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Macleod Ferrers
Norman Macleod Ferrers D.D. (11 August 1829 – 31 January 1903) was a British mathematician and university administrator and editor of a mathematical journal. Career and research Ferrers was educated at Eton College before studying at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was Senior Wrangler in 1851. He was appointed to a Fellowship at the college in 1852, was called to the bar in 1855 and was ordained deacon in 1859 and priest in 1860. In 1880, he was appointed Master of the college, and served as vice-chancellor of Cambridge University from 1884 to 1885. Ferrers made many contributions to mathematical literature. From 1855 to 1891 he worked with J. J. Sylvester as editors, with others, in publishing The Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics. Ferrers assembled the papers of George Green for publication in 1871. In 1861 he published "An Elementary Treatise on Trilinear Co-ordinates". One of his early contributions was on Sylvester's development of Poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Macleod (moderator)
Norman Macleod (1838–1911) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1900. Life He was born on 7 June 1838, the son of Rev John Macleod of Morvern, and his wife Margaret MacLean. His brother, John Macleod, became minister of Govan. He studied divinity at Glasgow University. In 1875 he translated from Blair Atholl Parish Church to St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. In 1885 he was living nearby at 7 Royal Circus. In 1890 translated St Stephens Church in Inverness. In 1876 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were David Smith, Andrew Douglas Maclagan, David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson. He died on 11 December 1911. He is buried with his wife in Dean Cemetery The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Magnus MacLeod Of MacLeod
Norman Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod (27 July 1839 – 5 November 1929) was the 26th Chief of Clan MacLeod. Biography Norman Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod was born on 27 July 1839. He was the eldest son of Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (1812–1898), 25th Chief of Clan MacLeod and his wife Louisa Barbara St John (1818–1880), only daughter of the 14th Baron St John of Bletso. He was educated at Harrow and in 1858, at the age of 19, was commissioned into the 74th Highlanders, immediately joining the regiment in India. He served as aide de camp to General Sir Hope Grant, Commander in Chief in the Presidency of Madras from 1862 to 1865. He retired from the 74th Highlanders as a Captain in 1872. In 1878, Norman was appointed as political agent on the Transvaal border at the outbreak of the Zulu War. In 1879, he commanded a Swazi army of 8,000 attached with an undetermined number of British officers and NCOs, against the Pedis. The Swazi army decisively defeated the Pedis at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Cranstoun Macleod
Sir Norman Cranstoun Macleod (1866–1945) was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. Career Norman Cranstoun Macleod, known by his middle name, was the son of Robert Macleod, V of Cadboll. In 1890, he came to British India as a barrister and started practice in Bombay. During this time, until 1898, he lived in a small house in Nana Chowk and had a small office first on Mint Road, then on Gunbow Street. In 1900, Jamshedji Kanga joined him as his first junior. In 1898, after he started having a roaring practice, he bought a house in Kemp's Corner and a large Chambers (where Yusuf Building, Flora Fountain currently stands), taking on several Indian juniors, including future Judges as Govind Magdavkar and Harilal Kania. However, in 1904 he joined the Higher Judicial Services of Bombay. He held various charges in judicial and administrative offices. Cranstoun Macleod worked as Chief Judge of the Small Causes Court, Taxing Master and Commissioner for taking accounts. Elevated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm MacLeod
Norman J. MacLeod (8 October 1904 - 7 October 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1920s and early 1930s. MacLeod, a wingman, appeared in the opening three rounds of the 1927 VFL season The 1927 VFL season was the 31st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 30 April until 1 October, and comprised an 18- ... but didn't play another game after that until the following year. In just his 18th league game, MacLeod became a premiership player when he was a member of the Collingwood side which defeated Richmond in the 1928 Grand Final. References * *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. * 1904 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Macleod (chess Problemist)
Norman Alasdair Macleod (6 December 1927, in Glasgow – 2 October 1991) was a Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ... chess player and chess composer. He gained title Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Composition in 1993. References * The Chessboard Adventures of Norman Macleod, Feenschach-Phenix 1997. Edited by John Rice. External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183133/http://www.chessscotland.com/history/biographies/macleod_na.htm Macleod's Problems on PDB server {{DEFAULTSORT:Macleod, Norman 1927 births 1991 deaths Grandmasters for chess composition Scottish chess players 20th-century chess players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman MacLeod (Canadian Businessman)
Norman William MacLeod (8 September 1927 – 13 January 2021) was a Canadian business executive and politician who was active in the Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada (french: Parti libéral du Canada, region=CA) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' ..., and served as its President from 1980 until 1982. Biography Born in Brandon, Manitoba in September 1927, he graduated from the University of Manitoba. MacLeod moved to Vancouver where he was politically active and later moved to Toronto to pursue his career. In the business world MacLeod served as a vice-President of Household Finance. In 1980, MacLeod was elected party president by a two-vote margin over former cabinet minister Martin O'Connell. As the party was experiencing financial difficulties during his tenure he turned down the honorarium of about $15,000 a year that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
