Roderick McLeod (other)
Roderick McLeod may refer to: * Roderick McLeod (British Army officer) * Roderick McLeod (politician) * Roderick McLeod (minister) See also * Roderick Macleod (other) 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), Sc ...

Roderick McLeod (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Sir Roderick William McLeod, (15 January 1905 – 6 December 1980) was a British Army officer who achieved high office in the 1950s. Military career Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, McLeod was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 28 January 1925. He saw service during the Khajuri Plains operations on the North West Frontier of India between 1930 and 1932. McLeod served in the Second World War and was commanding officer of the 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery in North Africa and Sicily in 1943, moving on to be Deputy Commander 1st Parachute Brigade later that year. He was then made the first commander of the Special Air Service Brigade from 1944 to 1945. After the war McLeod became Director of Military Operations in India from 1945 to 1947. He was appointed Assistant Commandant at the Staff College in 1948 and then Commander Royal Artillery for 7th Armoured Division, which was then part of British ...
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Roderick McLeod (politician)
Roderick Hugh McLeod (22 December 1862 – 26 November 1924) was an Australian politician. He was born in Daylesford to Donald McLeod and Annie Rennie. He was a teacher and journalist, having graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne. He taught at Wesley College and was also a sporting coach at Melbourne University. Around 1885 he married Molly Heffernan, with whom he had one son. In 1923 he contested a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Daylesford, which had been vacated on his father's death. Running as a Nationalist candidate, he was initially defeated by the Labor candidate James McDonald, but was then declared elected after a recount. He lost his seat to McDonald at the 1924 state election, and died later that year at South Yarra South Yarra is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Melbourne and Stonni ...
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Roderick McLeod (minister)
Roderick McLeod (1794–1868) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly 1863/64. Life He was born at Glen Haltin on Skye in 1794, the son of Rev McLeod parish minister of Snizort, and grandson of McLeod of Raasay. Roderick studied Divinity at Aberdeen University. He was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Skye and began work in a mission at Lynedale in his father's parish in 1818. He was translated to Bracadale. He was suspended for refusing to baptise a child. In 1823 he was translated to Snizort in 1838 to replace his father. He left the established church in the Disruption of 1843 to join the Free Church of Scotland and rapidly became the dominant figure representing the Free Church on Skye and surrounding islands. In 1863 he succeeded Rev Thomas Guthrie as Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest position in the Free Church. He was succeeded i ...
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