Torquil MacLeod (Modern
Scottish Gaelic
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: Torcall MacLeòid) was the
chief
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of
Clan MacLeod of Lewis
Clan MacLeod of The Lewes, commonly known as Clan MacLeod of Lewis ( gd, Clann Mhic Leòid Leòdhais), is a Highland Scottish clan, which at its height held extensive lands in the Western Isles and west coast of Scotland. From the 14th century up ...
in around 1500. He died before 1510. He was born in about 1460, and mentioned in 1498, and in 1506.
Torquil, the heir of Roderick MacLeod of
Lewis
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, was the principal supporter of
Domhnall Dubh
Domhnall Dubh (died 1545) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of Aonghas Óg, chief of Clan Donald (Clann Domhnaill), and claimant to the Lordship of the Isles, which had been held by his grandfather John of Islay, Earl of Ross (Eoin MacD ...
, claimant to the Principality of the Isles, when Domhnall escaped from prison and raised the banner of insurrection in 1501, for the purpose of regaining the lordship of the Isles.
Torquil married (apparently as a later wife) Catharine Campbell, widow of
Lachlan Og Maclean
Lachlan Óg Maclean, was the 8th Chief of Maclean.
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, and daughter of
Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll
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, and the sister Mary Campbell, mother of Donald dubh.
In the end of the fifteenth century, king
James IV of Scotland
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was endeavouring to put an end to the constant clan troubles in the Hebrides, caused by the efforts to revive the broken power of the Lord of the Isles.
Torquil was the most notable of the chiefs who resisted the efforts of the king’s lieutenants, first his brother-in-law,
Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll
Gillespie Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll ( – 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman and politician who was killed at the Battle of Flodden.
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, and afterwards
Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly
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. It was only by the efforts of James IV himself that the Islesmen were finally brought to peaceful submission.
Torquil was the last of them all Islesmen who was subjugated. Torquil was Argyle’s brother-in-law.
After Torquil had been forfeited by command of Parliament, he retired to his stronghold of
Stornoway
Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, Stornowa) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.
The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well ...
Castle. He had with him his kinsman, Domhnall Dubh, son of that Angus Oigh who had won the battle of the Bloody Bay.
But in the end Stornoway Castle was captured by the Earl of Huntly, Domhnall Dubh was driven to Ireland, and the insurrection of the Islesmen brought to an end.
[MacDougall, Norman, ''James IV'', Tuckwell, (1997), pp. 175-190.]
James IV
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forfeited all of Torquil's lands in 1506 because of the rebellion. When Torquil died (sometime before 1510), his heir was his son
John
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. In 1511, Malcolm, Torquil's younger brother, re-acquired the forfeited ancestral lands of Lewis.
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Genealogy of Torquil MacLeod
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Chiefs of Clan MacLeod of Lewis