Sir John Cheetham MACLEOD

Father: Alexander MACLEOD
Mother: Agnes Duncan KELTY

Family 1: Emily Maria Douglas DICK
  1. Duncan Alexander MACLEOD
  2. Lieut.-Colonel Torquil John MACLEOD
  3. Andrew MACLEOD
  4. Henry Maurice MACLEOD
  5. Amy Kelty MACLEOD
Family 2: Dora MACDONALD
  1. Lieut.-Commander John Kelty MACLEOD
  2. Brigadier Norman MacDonald MACLEOD
  3. Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Kelty MACLEOD 
                                                                    _William MACLEOD ____
                                               _Alexander MACLEOD _|_Margaret MACKENZIE _
                       _William MACLEOD ______|
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                      |                       |_Margaret MORRISON _|_____________________
 _Alexander MACLEOD __|
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|--Sir John Cheetham MACLEOD 
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|                      _Dr. Andrew KELTY _____|
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|_Agnes Duncan KELTY _|
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!MENTION: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS--THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section II, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1968, pp. 40-43. Sir John Cheetham MacLeod was born, on 23rd January 1831, at Mt. Lavinia in Ceylon, and was educated at Mr. Wallace's School, St. Andrews, and Perth Academy. Through the influence of Sir John MacDonald, Colonel of the Black Watch, he received a commission in the 42nd Royal Highlanders, and joined the regiment in Bermuda, and afterwards went with it to Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the Crimean War, Captain MacLeod took part in all the actions in which the 42nd was engaged. He was mentioned in despatches and received the Crimean medal with clasps, the French Legion of Honour medal, and also the Turkish medal. He was promoted Brevet Major. In the Indian Mutiny, he took part in all the major battles, and was twice mentione in despatches. He was promoted Brevet Lieut.-Colonel in 1861, and was made a Companion of the Bath (C.B.) in 1871. In the Ashanti War of 1873-4, he commanded the advance guard of Sir Garnet Wolseley's force, and took part in all the battles of the campaign, at the end of which he was knighted for his military skill, and bravery and long service. As Major-General, Sir John Cheetham MacLEod commanded the troops in Ceylon (1882-7), and acted as Governor for six months in 1885. He married, in 1861, as his first wife, Emily Maria Douglas, daughter of Abercromby Dick of Tullimet, Perthshire, with issue. Sir John Cheetham MacLeod's first wife died on 2nd April 1882 and he married on 12th September 1883 his second wife, Dora MacDonald (who died in 1924), daughter of Dr. John Graham MacDonald, Bart., M.D., F.R.S.E. Sir John Cheetham MacLeod had issue by his second marriage.

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