Sir John Mackintosh MacLeod, 1st Baronet (5 May 1857 – 6 March 1934) was a Scottish MP for the
Unionist Party. He sat for
Glasgow Central from
a by-election in 1915 to 1918, and for
Glasgow Kelvingrove from 1918 to 1922. He was elected in 1918 as a supporter of
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during t ...
's coalition government.
He was the second son of Rev. Norman MacLeod. He had an younger brother, the
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
international
rugby union footballer
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William MacKintosh MacLeod
William MacKintosh MacLeod (15 June 1861, Glasgow30 June 1931, Kensington, London) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He went to Fettes College in 1873.
He played for Fettesian-Lorettonians. He ...
, and six sisters.
McLeod was created a
baronet
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in the
1924 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.
He married Edith Fielden in 1888. They had two sons, the second baronet (and father of the third baronet), and
George MacLeod
George Fielden MacLeod, Baron MacLeod of Fuinary, (17 June 1895 – 27 June 1991) was a Scottish soldier and clergyman; he was one of the best known, most influential and unconventional Church of Scotland ministers of the 20th century. He ...
, the fourth baronet, founder of the
Iona Community
The Iona Community, founded in 1938 by George MacLeod, is an ecumenical Christian community of men and women from different walks of life and different traditions within Christianity.
It and its publishing house, Wild Goose Publications, are hea ...
,
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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and Minister at
Govan Old Parish Church
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. They also had a daughter, Ellen, who married Rev. James Alan Cameron Murray.
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1857 births
1934 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies
UK MPs 1910–1918
UK MPs 1918–1922
Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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