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Roderick Macleod (other)
Roderick Macleod or MacLeod may refer to: *Roderick MacLeod (Old Rory) (c. 1500 – c. 1595), chief of Clan MacLeod of Lewis *Roderick Macleod of Macleod (1573–1626), 15th chief of Clan Macleod *Roderick Macleod, 2nd of Cadboll (died 1770), Scottish Jacobite and rebel *Roderick Macleod (physician) (died 1852), Scottish physician *Roderick Macleod, 4th of Cadboll (1786–1853), Scottish politician *Roderick Macleod (Alberta politician) (1908–2004), provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada *Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish (born c. 1953), Scottish lawyer, chairman of the Scottish Land Court since 2014 *Roderick MacLeod (minister) (1754–1815), principal of King's College, Aberdeen, 1800–1815 *Roddy MacLeod (born 1962), Scottish bagpipe player See also *Roderick McLeod (other) {{hndis, Macleod, Roderick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick MacLeod (Old Rory)
Roderick Macleod (Modern Scottish Gaelic: Ruaraidh Macleòid, c. 1500–c. 1595), also known as Old Rory, was the chief of Clan Macleod of Lewis, Clan Macleod of Lewes in the later half of the 16th century. Biography Roderick was the son and heir of Malcolm, chieftain of Lewis, himself younger brother of the forfeited chieftain Torquil MacLeod (forfeited clan chief), Torquil, whom the Scottish king had deposed in 1506. Malcolm had re-acquired the ancestral dominions from the king in 1511, but when he died, his son Roderick was still underage, and Torquil's son John MacLeod (son of Torquil MacLeod), John -with the assistance of Domhnall 'Gruamach' of Sleat (grandson and heir of Hugh of Sleat)- seized the whole Lewes inheritance. John's daughter and heiress Màiri had married Donald Gorm of Sleat (son of Domhnall Gruamach). Roderick, on the other hand, claimed the succession as male heir. An agreement was reached between Donald Gorm and Roderick Melkolmson, whereby Roderick wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Macleod, 2nd Of Cadboll
Roderick Macleod, 2nd of Cadboll (died 1770) was a Scottish laird who supported the Jacobite cause and fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie in The 'Forty-Five'. Biography Roderick Macleod was the son of Aeneas Macleod and Margaret, eldest daughter of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Baronet and 4th of Scatwell. Macleod fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie in The 'Forty-Five', but the family estate was not confiscated on understanding that he went into exile for a time. He registered arms with the Lord Lyon The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new gran ... c. 1730. When he died in 1770 his estates and social position were inherited by his son Robert Bruce Aeneas Macleod. Family In 1751 Roderick Macleod married his cousin Lilias, daughter of William Mackenzie of Belmaduthy, they had two ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Macleod (physician)
Roderick Macleod (died 1852) was a Scottish physician. Biography Macleod was a native of Scotland. He was educated at Edinburgh, where he graduated M.D. on 1 August 1816, his thesis being 'De Tetano.' After a brief career in the army, from which he retired on half-pay, he settled in London. By 1822 he was physician to the Westminster General Dispensary, to the Infirmary for Children, and to the Scottish Hospital in London. He was admitted a licentiate of the College of Physicians on 22 December 1821, and a fellow on 9 July 1836. In 1837 he read the Gulstonian lectures, and became consiliarius in 1839. On 13 Feb. 1833 he was elected physician to St. George's Hospital, and resigned that office in consequence of ill-health in 1845. Macleod, who was a member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of London and of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, died at Chanonry, Old Aberdeen Old Aberdeen is part of Aberdeen in Scotland. Old Aberdeen was originally a separate burgh, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Macleod, 4th Of Cadboll
Roderick Macleod 4th of Cadboll (24 November 1786 – 13 March 1853) was a Scottish Whig politician.; and cites ''Scots Mag.'' (1786), 569. for date of birth Biography Macleod was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cromartyshire from 1818 to 1820, and for Sutherland from 14 September 1831 until 1837, when he stood down from the House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ... at the 1837 general election, and ran for the constituency of Inverness Burghs which he represented from 1837 – 21 February 1840. Macleod was Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty from 1833 until he died. His father lived to be an old age so Macleod did not become head of the family until he was in his late 50s. He died nine years later in March 1853 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Macleod (Alberta Politician)
Roderick Angus Macleod (August 3, 1908 – June 8, 2004) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ... from 1959 to 1963. He served in the governing Social Credit caucus representing the electoral district of Olds. Political career Macleod ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held on February 9, 1959. He easily defeated W. Anderson to hold the electoral district for Social Credit. Macleod was forced to run for re-election that same year in the 1959 Alberta general election. He was returned to his seat after defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Bruce Hanson by similar margin as the by-election. Olds electoral district was abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish
Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Ruairidh Iain MacLeòid''; born ), also known as Roddy John, is a Scottish people, Scottish advocate. From 2014 until his retirement in December 2022, he was Chairman of the Scottish Land Court and President of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland. He was the first Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic-speaking chair of the court. Early life MacLeod was born on the Isle of Skye in about 1953. His parents, who were both from the Outer Hebrides, outer-Hebridean isle of Harris, Scotland, Harris, moved in the 1920s to a 24 acre croft at Portnalong in Skye in the 1920s as part of a land settlement scheme. He was educated on Skye at Portnalong Junior Secondary School from 1957 to 1965, and at Portree High School from 1965 to 1971. He then studied law at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with LLB honours in 1975. Career MacLeod then undertook a two-year legal apprenticeship in Edinburgh, before working for from 1977–78 in Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick MacLeod (minister)
Roderick MacLeod FRSE (1754–1801) he was Principal of Kings College, Aberdeen 1800 to 1815. Life He was born in 1727 the third son of Christina and Donald MacLeod, Laird of Talisker, Skye. Roderick had three siblings. He studied at Aberdeen University graduating MA in 1746. From 1749 he was Professor of Philosophy at Kings College, Aberdeen, In 1764 he was elected Sub Principal and after 36 years in this role was elected Principal in place of John Chalmers, holding this role until death. In 1783 (on the day of its foundation) he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh but he is not listed as a Founder. Aberdeen University gave him an honorary doctorate (DD) in 1793. He died on 11 September 1815. He is buried in the enclosed area to the east of St Machar's Cathedral in Old Aberdeen. Family In June 1780 he married Isobel or Isabella Christie (1760–1832), daughter of Dr Christie of Baberton. They had ten children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Most no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roddy MacLeod
Roderick J. (''Roddy'') MacLeod (born August 26, 1962) is a Scottish bagpiper, director of the annual Piping Live! Festival and former principal of the National Piping Centre. He is known to be vocal against Scottish reforms in the realm of piping. In 2006, when the government ordered pipers to play quietly, and protect their ears whilst practising, he was quoted as saying; ''""If you are practising to become a serious piper, you cannot do so within these kinds of limits."'' In the same year he campaigned to introduce means-testing to acquire a busker's licence in Edinburgh. After speaking out against the lack of piping teachers in Scottish schools, he introduced Skype lessons in 2008 for would-be pipers as a potential solution to the problem. He also suggested that the chanter The chanter is the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody. It consists of a number of finger-holes, and in its simpler forms looks similar to a recorder. On more elaborate bag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |