MACLEAY, WILLIAM SHARP (brother of James Robert Macleay
1811–92). _b._ London 30 July 1792; ed. at Westminster 1806–10
and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1814, M.A. 1818; attaché at embassy
in Paris 1814; secretary to board for liquidating British claims
in France on the peace of 1815, returned to England 1819; F.L.S.
1821; comr. of arbitration to mixed British and Spanish court
for abolition of slave trade at Havannah 1 Aug. 1825, commissary
judge in same court 20 Feb. 1830, and judge of mixed court under
treaty of 1835, April 9, 1836; retired on a superannuation
allowance 1 Feb. 1837; went to New South Wales 1859; author of
Horæ Entomologicæ or essays on annulose animals 2 vols. 1819–21;
Annulosa Javanica, insects of Java 1825, No. 1 only; The
Annulosa of South Africa 1838; History of the skeleton of the
new sperm whale 1851. _d._ Elizabeth Bay, Sydney 26 Jany. 1865.
_F.O. List_, _Jany. 1865 p._ 116.
MACLEHOSE, JAMES (son of Thomas Maclehose, weaver). _b._ Govan
16 March 1811; apprentice to George Gallie, bookseller, Glasgow
1823–30; with Messrs. Seeleys, London 1833–8; bookseller with R.
Nelson in Glasgow 1838, alone 1841–81 and with his sons 1881 to
death; had the largest retail book business out of London; his
circulating library commenced in 1841 held 20,000 volumes; his
binding business begun in 1863 became well known; had upwards
of 50 writers in his employment and published many books;
bookseller to Glasgow univ. 1864, publisher 1871; author of Old
county houses of the old Glasgow gentry; Memoirs and portraits
of one hundred Glasgow men 2 vols. 1886; great friend of David
Livingstone and Daniel Macmillan the publisher. _d._ 18 Victoria
crescent, Downhill, Glasgow 20 Dec. 1885. _Maclehose’s Memoirs_,
_ii_ 343–6 (1886), _portrait_.
MC LELAN, ARCHIBALD WOODBURY. _b._ 1824; member of provincial
assembly of Nova Scotia 1858–69; member of the senate of the
Dominion 1869; member of Canadian cabinet 1881; president of the
privy council to 1881; minister of marine and fisheries 1881;
minister of finance Dec. 1885 and postmaster general 1887; comr.
for Canada at international fisheries exhibition 1883; lieut.
governor of Nova Scotia 9 July 1888 to death. _d._ Nova Scotia
25 June 1890.
M’LELLAN, ARCHIBALD (son of a coachbuilder). _b._ Glasgow
1795; a partner with his father as a coachbuilder; an heraldic
draughtsman; deacon of the incorporation of hammersmen; deacon
convener of the Trades’ house 1831 and 1834; gave land for a
new western approach to Glasgow cathedral; member of Glasgow
town council 30 years; his paintings, sculptures, gold and
silver plate and library and his house in Sauchiehall st.
purchased by the Glasgow town council for £44,500 in 1854;
author of An essay on the cathedral church of Glasgow 1833;
Catalogue of books and music in library of A. M’Lellan 1839.
_d._ Mugdock castle, Stirlingshire 22 Oct. 1854. _bur._ in the
High church burying-ground at Glasgow. _Maclehose’s Glasgow
men_, _ii_ 205–6 (1886), _portrait_; _Waagen’s Treasures of
art_, _iii_ 286–91 (1854); _Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857)
457–62.
M’LENNAN, DONALD (3 son of John M’Lennan, insurance agent).
_b._ Inverness 1833; ed. Aberdeen univ., M.A.; editor of South
Shields gazette to 1864; barrister I.T. 26 Jany. 1864; assisted
his brother in the preparation of Primitive marriage 1865 and
Studies in ancient history 1876; published The patriarchal
theory, based on the papers of the late J. F. Mac Lennan.
Edited and completed by Donald Mac Lennan 1884. _d._ 2 Vicarage
gardens, Campden hill, Kensington, May 1891.
MC LENNAN, JOHN. Assistant surgeon Bombay army 7 May 1821,
surgeon 15 Nov. 1833; physician general Bombay 1 Jany. 1849,
retired 26 Jany. 1855. _d._ 5 April 1874.
MC LENNAN, JOHN FERGUSON (brother of Donald Mc Lennan 1833–91).
_b._ Inverness 14 Oct. 1827; ed. at King’s coll. Aberdeen, M.A.
1849, and at Trin. coll. Camb., 25th wrangler 1853; advocate
in Edinb. Jany. 1857; secretary to Scottish law amendment
soc. 1858; parliamentary draughtsman for Scotland 1871;
LL.D. Aberdeen 1874; the best authority on ancient marriage
ceremonies; author of Primitive marriage, an enquiry into the
origin of the form of capture in marriage ceremonies 1865;
Memoir of Thomas Drummond 1867; Studies in ancient history 1876;
Studies in ancient history, comprising a reprint of Primitive
marriage 1876, new ed. 1886. _d._ Hawthorndene, Hayes Common,
Kent 16 June 1881.
MACLEOD, ALEXANDER. _b._ Nairn 17 Oct. 1817; entered Glasgow
univ. 1835, studied at the Relief theological hall 1839–44;
presbyterian minister at Strathaven, co. Lanark 20 Feb. 1844;
transferred to John st. ch. Glasgow 11 Oct. 1855; the first
pastor of Trinity ch. Claughton, Birkenhead 17 March 1864 to
death; D.D. Glasgow 9 Feb. 1865; moderator of presbyterian
church of England 1889; author of Christus consolator, or the
social mission of the pulpit 1870; Talking to the children
1872, 8 ed. 1880; Bob, some chapters of his early life 1877;
Days of heaven upon earth 1878; William Logan 1879; The gentle
heart 1881; The children’s portion 1884. _d._ Birkenhead 13
Jany. 1891. _In memoriam. Rev. Alexander Macleod, D.D._ (1891);
_J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1851) 375–80.
M’LEOD, SIR CHARLES. Entered Madras army 1794; lieut. 11 Madras
N.I. 1 Jany. 1800; captain 21 N.I. 21 Sep. 1804, major 25 Oct.
1815; lieut.-col. commandant 12 N.I. 31 May 1827 to 5 June 1829;
col. 34 N.I. 5 June 1829 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 23
July 1823, K.C.B. 30 June 1852. _d._ Seymour st. Portman sq.
London 15 April 1853.
MACLEOD, DONALD. Entered Madras army 1812; lieut.-col. of 6
Madras light cavalry 1840, of 5 Madras light cavalry 18 Feb.
1845 to 1846; col. 3 light cavalry 11 Sep. 1848 to 1860; col. 4
light cavalry 1860–69; L.G. 2 Oct. 1862; commander of Nagpore
subsidiary force 20 Sep. 1848 to 17 June 1851, of Ceded district
28 March 1854 to 28 March 1859. _d._ 29 Greenhill gardens,
Morningside, Edinburgh 7 Feb. 1870.
MC LEOD, SIR DONALD FRIELL (son of Duncan Mc Leod 1780–1856).
_b._ Fort William, Calcutta 6 May 1810; entered Bengal civil
service 1829; administrator of Saugor and Nerbudda 1831–40;
collector and magistrate at Benares 1843–9; comr. at Jellunder
of the Trans-Sutlej States 1849–54; financial comr. of the
Punjab 1854–9 and 1860–5; lieut. governor of the Punjab, Jany.
1865, retired 1870; chairman of the Scinde, Punjab and Delhi
railway; C.B. 18 May 1860; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866. _d._ St.
George’s hospital, London 28 Nov. 1872 from an accident on the
Metropolitan railway at Gloucester road station same day. _E. J.
Lake’s Memoir of sir D. F. Mc Leod_ (1873), _portrait_; _I.L.N.
lxi_ 550, 565 (1872), _portrait_.
MACLEOD, DUNCAN (son of Donald Macleod). _b._ Torbat, co. Ross
20 Feb. 1780; entered Bengal army Feb. 1797; lieut. Bengal
engineers 13 Feb. 1803, col. 18 June 1831 to death; built the
palace at Moorshedabad 1825–36; left India, Feb. 1841; A.I.C.E.
1842; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ London 8 June 1856. _Minutes of
proc. of Instit. of C.E. xvi_ 163–66 (1857).
MACLEOD, SIR GEORGE HUSBAND BAIRD (3 son of Norman Macleod
1783–1862). _b._ 1828; studied medicine at Glasgow, M.D. 1853;
at Paris and Vienna; senior surgeon of civil hospital at
Smyrna, Feb. 1854 to 1856; surgeon at Glasgow 1856 to death;
surgeon in Glasgow royal infirmary, and lecturer on surgery
at Anderson’s college; regius professor of surgery in Glasgow
univ. 1869; crown member of general council of medical education
15 Sep. 1887 to death; surgeon in ordinary to the queen in
Scotland 10 Sep. 1877; LL.D. St. Andrews; knighted at Osborne
12 Aug. 1887; author of Notes on the surgery of the war in the
Crimea 1858; Outlines of surgical diagnosis 1864; Note book for
sir G. Macleod’s clinical class 5 ed. 1890; wrote articles in
S. Cooper’s Surgical dictionary 1861. _d._ Woodside crescent,
Glasgow 31 Aug. 1892. _bur._ Campsie churchyard. _I.L.N. 10 Sep.
1892 p._ 326, _portrait_.
MACLEOD, SIR JOHN (son of Donald Macleod of Bernaray, co.
Inverness). Ensign 78 highlanders 9 March 1793, lieut.-col. 12
May 1808 to Jany. 1826; L.G. 10 Jany. 1837; colonel of 77 regt.
17 Feb. 1840 to death; C.B. 4 June 1815; K.C.H. 4 July 1832;
knighted at St. James’s palace 4 July 1832. _d._ 18 Montague st.
Portman sq. London 3 April 1851.
M’LEOD, JOHN LYONS. Entered R.N. 26 Nov. 1841; when a midshipman
he captured the slaver Venus after an action of 20 minutes
13 Feb. 1845 for which promoted to be lieut.; British consul
at Mozambique 15 Feb. 1856 to 31 Dec. 1858, when he exposed
the slavery system known as the engagés libres; consul for
districts bordering on rivers Niger and Chadda 26 June 1866,
consulate abolished 13 May 1869, granted compensation allowance
1 July 1869; author of Travels in Eastern Africa 2 vols. 1860;
Madagascar and its people 1865. _d._ 25 Oct. 1893.
MACLEOD, SIR JOHN MACPHERSON (eld. son of Donald Macleod,
colonel in Madras army). _b._ Ardarden, Dumbartonshire 1792;
ed. at Haileybury and at univ. of Edinb.; writer Madras civil
service 1811; assistant sec. to government of Madras 1814–20 and
sec. 1823; comr. for government of Mysore 1832; member of Indian
law commission 1835, retired 1841; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866; P.C. 24
March 1871; author of Remarks on some popular objections to the
income tax 1849. _d._ 1 Stanhope st. Hyde park, London 1 March
1881.
MACLEOD, JOSEPH ADDISON (eld. son of Joseph Addison Macleod of
city of London, solicitor). _b._ 1839; ed. Trin. hall, Camb.,
LL.B. 1861; barrister I.T. 17 Nov. 1863; Q.C. 18 Jany. 1882.
_d._ 27 Leinster gardens, Hyde park, London 14 April 1883.
_bur._ Hulton, Essex 18 April.
MACLEOD, NORMAN (son of Norman Macleod, minister of Morven,
Argyllshire). _b._ Morven, Dec. 1783; minister at Kilbrandon,
Argyllshire 1806–8; minister at Campbeltown, Argyllshire 12
June 1808; minister at Campsie, Stirlingshire, Aug. 1825; D.D.
Glasgow 30 July 1827; minister of Gaelic chapel of ease, St.
Columba’s, Glasgow 31 Oct. 1835 to death; moderator of general
assembly of church of Scotland 1836; chaplain in ord. to the
queen 2 Oct. 1841; one of the deans of chapel royal 1841; author
of Gaelic collection for the use of schools 1828; The Gaelic
messenger 2 vols. 1831; The psalms of David in Irish; author
with D. Dewar of A dictionary of the Gaelic language 1831. _d._
Glasgow 25 Nov. 1862. _J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1848)
103–7; _Hew Scott’s Fasti_, _ii_ 32–3, 55 _and iii_ 37.
MACLEOD, NORMAN (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ Kirk st.
Campbeltown, Argyllshire 3 June 1812; ed. at Glasgow and
Edinburgh univs.; minister of Loudoun, Ayrshire 15 March 1838 to
1843; minister of Dalkeith near Edinburgh 15 Dec. 1843 to 1851;
sent by general assembly to British North America, June 1845;
member of general assembly 1849; minister of Barony church,
Glasgow 27 Feb. 1851, inducted July 1851; dean of the chapel
royal; one of H.M. chaplains for Scotland 26 Dec. 1857; hon.
D.D. Glasgow 30 April 1858; dean of the order of the thistle 26
July 1869; visited the mission stations in India 1867; moderator
of the general assembly 1869; edited The Edinburgh christian
magazine 1850–9; Good words 1860 etc.; Good words for the young
1868–70; author of Deborah or fireside readings for servants
1857; The home school, or hints on home education 1856; Parish
papers 1862; Reminiscences of a highland parish 1867; The
starling, a Scottish story 2 vols. 1867; Eastward, a visit to
Egypt and the Holy Land 1866; Peeps at the far east, a visit
to India 1871 and 25 other books. _d._ Glasgow 16 June 1872.
_bur._ Campsie 20 June. His statue erected in Glasgow and two
windows placed by the queen to his memory in Crathie church. _D.
Macleod’s Memoir of N. Macleod_ (1877), _portrait_; _Cartoon
portraits_ (1873) 86–7, _portrait_; _J. Smith’s Our Scottish
clergy_ (1851) 313–23; _More leaves from the journal of a life
in the highlands_ (1884) 209–37; _Illustrated Review_, _iv_
33–7 (1872), _portrait_; _Maclehose’s Glasgow men_, _ii_ 207–12
(1886), _portrait_.
MACLEOD, RODERICK. _b._ Scotland; ed. at univ. of Edinb., M.D.
1 Aug. 1816; surgeon in the army; settled in London; L.R.C.P.
22 Dec. 1821; F.R.C.P. 9 July 1836, Gulstonian lecturer 1837,
consiliarius 1839; editor and proprietor of London Medical
Gazette, number one 8 Dec. 1827, a weekly journal; physician St.
George’s hospital 13 Feb. 1833 to 1845; author of On rheumatism