Kenneth Macleay the elder (fl. 1819) was a Scottish antiquarian.
Biography
Macleay practised as a physician in
Glasgow
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. He wrote:
'Description of the Spar Cave lately discovered in the Isle of Skye,' 8vo, Edinburgh, 1811, to which was subjoined John Leyden's poem of 'The Mermaid.'
'Historical Memoirs of Rob Roy and the Clan Macgregor; including original notices of Lady Grange, with an introductory sketch illustrative of the condition of the Highlands prior to 1745,' 8vo, Glasgow, 1818; other editions 1818, 1819, and 1881. This deservedly popular book was compiled with scrupulous care from original documents and oral tradition whenever deemed genuine. Macleay was father of
Kenneth Macleay the younger.
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Scottish antiquarians
19th-century Scottish medical doctors
19th-century antiquarians