Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod (1 February 1847 – 20 August 1935) was the 27th

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Life

Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod was born on 1 February 1847. He was the son of

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(1812–1898), 25th Chief of Clan MacLeod, and his wife Louisa Barbara St. John (1818–1880), only daughter of the 14th

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. He was educated at Harrow and

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. On 17 April 1877, Sir Reginald married Lady Agnes Mary Cecilia Northcote (d. 26 October 1921), the daughter of

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at the time and later 1st

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, and Cecilia Frances Farrer. They had two daughters. In the 1885 general election, he stood unsuccessfully for the

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losing the seat to an Independent Liberal. In 1889, he became the

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, an office of the Court of the Exchequer which was originally concerned with the recovery of dues, penalties, and debts owed to the Crown. In February 1900, he was appointed the fourth

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, and in this role he presided over the 1901 census. Two years later, in August 1902, he was appointed Permanent Under Secretary for Scotland. He was knighted in 1905. After a further unsuccessful attempt to be elected to Parliament in 1911 he retired from public life and became a director of

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, the first of several directorships he held. Sir Reginald became 27th Chief of Clan MacLeod in 1929 on the death of his elder brother Norman Magnus. Sir Reginald was the

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of the islands of St Kilda in 1930, when the last inhabitants left the islands. In 1931, he sold the islands to Lord Dumfries, later

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. The famous

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of the MacLeod's was mounted by Sir Reginald. An expert from the

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discussed with Sir Reginald the possible origins of the flag, avoiding reference to the supernatural. Sir Reginald listened and said, "You may believe that, but I know that it was given to my ancestor by the fairies."

Family

His daughter

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was noted for her journey of into the heart of Africa in 1910–1911 to visit her fiancé's grave. The MacLeod waterfalls on the Moa Kabi river are named after her. She went on to marry

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, who was later

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Succession

Sir Reginald's elder brothers had both died without male issue and his younger brother's only son, Iain Breac, had been killed in the sinking of HMS ''Goliath'' in 1915. As there were no immediate male heirs, he was succeeded by his eldest daughter

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Flora MacLeod of MacLeod Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod, (3 February 1878 – 4 November 1976) was the 28th Chief of Clan MacLeod. Biography Flora Louisa Cecilia MacLeod was born at 10 Downing Street, London, in 1878, the home of her grandfather Sir Stafford Northco ...

(1878–1976), 28th Chief of MacLeod and the second female chief of the clan.

Ancestry

References

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Reginald Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language. Etymology and history The meaning of Reginald is “King". The name is derived from the Latin ''Reginaldus'', which has been influenced by the Latin word ''regina'', meaning "queen". Th ...

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