Malcolm MacLeod (other)
Malcolm MacLeod may refer to: *Malcolm MacLeod (clan chief), Scottish clan chief *Malcolm MacLeod (British Army officer) (1882–1969), British scientist and Director General of the Ordnance Survey from 1935 to 1943. *Malcolm MacLeod (politician), politician from New Brunswick, Canada * Malcolm Plaw MacLeod (1897–1960), Canadian World War I flying ace *Malcolm Macleod Malcolm Macleod (born in Edinburgh in 1965) is a Scottish neurologist and translational neuroscientist. Biography Macleod spent his early years in Achiltibuie and Inverness. He attended the Leachkin Primary School, Jedburgh Grammar School and ...

Malcolm MacLeod (clan Chief)
Malcolm MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Gille Caluim MacLeòid) (1296–1370) is considered to be the 3rd Scottish clan chief, Chief of Clan MacLeod. He was the son of Tormod, son of Leod, Tormod. Malcolm and his kinsman Torquil, son of Murdoch, Torquil are the first MacLeod chiefs to appear in contemporary records. Clan tradition states he was the greatest hero of the clan and links him to the origin of the clan relic known as Sir Rory Mor's Horn. He is said to have become extremely overweight in his old age and was known as 'Good Fat Malcolm' or 'Malcolm the thick-legged'. According to tradition he was buried at Iona. Malcolm's son, Iain Ciar MacLeod, succeeded him as chief of the clan. Life Malcolm has traditionally been said to have been the son of Tormod, son of Leod, Tormod, second chief of Clan MacLeod. The traditional view was that Tormod was a grandson of Leod, founder of the clan; that Tormod's father, also named Tormod, died before Leod, and thus when Leod died the chiefsh ...
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Malcolm MacLeod (British Army Officer)
Major-General Malcolm Neynoe MacLeod (23 May 1882–1 August 1969) was Director General of the Ordnance Survey from 1935 to 1943. In 1935 he started the retriangulation of Great Britain, an immense task which involved erecting concrete triangulation pillars (trig points) on prominent (often inaccessible) hilltops throughout Britain. As well as being an immense physical task, it was also an extremely complex mathematical undertaking. MacLeod can fairly be said to be the creator of the Ordnance Survey in its modern form. MacLeod was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1900, serving in India from 1902 until 1914. During World War I he commanded the 4th Field Survey Battalion and was awarded the MC in the 1917 New Year Honours. He became Chief Instructor at the School of Artillery, Larkhill in 1920, serving until 1923 when he moved to the Ordnance Survey. After attending the Staff College, Quetta ( ''romanized'': Pir Sho Biyamooz Saadi)English: Grow old, learning Saadi ...
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Malcolm MacLeod (politician)
Malcolm Noble "Mac" MacLeod (born February 8, 1928) was a Canadian politician. Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, he served as a longtime member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Albert from 1970 to his defeat in 1987 when his Progressive Conservatives lost every seat in the legislature. He was the second longest serving Minister of Agriculture in New Brunswick, serving as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 1974 to 1985. He served as Minister of Natural Resources and Energy from 1985 until the defeat of his government in 1987. Following the election he served as interim leader of the PC Party until the election of Barbara Baird Barbara Lilian Baird, , (born October 1, 1952) also known as Barbara Baird-Filliter, was the first female leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, serving from 1989 to 1991. She led the party during ... in 1989. References Progressi ...
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Malcolm Plaw MacLeod
Lieutenant Malcolm Plaw MacLeod (1897-1960) was a Canadian flying ace. He was credited with seven aerial victories scored during the closing days of World War I. He then returned to Canada to complete his education and work as a stockbroker until World War II, when he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force for the war's duration. Early life Malcolm Plaw MacLeod was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, on 24 January 1897. Two differing sources place his birthplace as approximately 60 miles (95 km) northwest of Ottawa, Ontario. Both Arnprior and Renfrew are named as his native town.Canadian Hall of Valour website, http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/MacLeodMP.htm Note: Mapquest shows these two towns as being only 18 miles apart. MacLeod attended Kimberley Public School from 1905 until 1910; in 1911, he began study at the newly established University of Toronto Schools, matriculating there until 1917. On 13 August 1917, young MacLeod was commissioned a temporary seco ...
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