Robert Bruce Aeneas Macleod (23 January 1764 – 6 December 1844), 3rd Macleod of Cadboll, was Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty from 1794 until 1833, and, a staunch

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, he sat as the

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(M.P.) for

Cromartyshire Cromartyshire ( gd, Siorrachd Chromba) is a historic county in the Highlands of Scotland, comprising the medieval "old shire" around the county town of Cromarty and 22 enclaves and exclaves transferred from Ross-shire in the late 17th centur ...

from 1807 to 1812.

Biography

Robert was born on 23 January 1764, the only son of Roderick Macleod, 2nd of Cadboll (d 1770) and Lilias, daughter of William Mackenzie of Belmaduthy. He may have been educated at Eaton School from 1777 until 1779, He may have been at Glasgow University in 1780 and may have been an advocate by 1789. He succeed to his father's estate of Cadboll in Ross-shire, north west of Tain, when he six, and his trustees purchased Invergordon Castle for him around 1780. Macleod was a Captain in the Sutherland Fencibles (1793) and a Major in the Ross Militia of 1803. He was Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty from 1794 until 1833, and, a staunch Tory, he sat as the

(M.P.) for

from 1807 to 1812. Macleod died on 6 December 1844 and was succeeded by his son and heir

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Family

On 27 July 1784 Macleod married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Alexander Macleod of Harris and 4th of Bernera. Their children were Roderick, Macleod' heir and successor, Sophia, and Elizabeth Letitia.

Notes

References

* Endnote: **''Pol. State of Scotland 1788'', p. 84. * * Endnotes ** **GB232/D63: MacLeod family of Cadboll papers, 1867-1970

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* , - 1764 births 1844 deaths Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1807–1812 Lord-Lieutenants of Cromarty {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub