William MACLEOD (IV of Borline)

Father: Alexander MACLEOD

Family 1: Catherine Johanna COUPERUS
  1. William Couperus MACLEOD 
                                                             _Gillechalum 'Malcolm' MACLEOD _
                                         _Roderick MACLEOD _|________________________________
                      _William MACLEOD _|
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!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, "MacLeod Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1970, p. 191. William... succeeded his uncle Roderick 3rd as 4th of Borline, was born in Madras in 1759. He joined the 73rd Higihlanders (the 2nd Battalion of the Black Watch) in India. He appears to have retired from the Regiment with the rank of Captain for in the Gentleman's Magazine 1801 (July-Dec.) there is the following: "William MacLeod Esq. late a Captain in the 73rd foot to be a Deputy-Commissary of Musters to the King's troops serving in the Presidency of Fort St. George in the East Indies." He held this appointment, to which no rank was attached, from 1st August 1800 until his death at Tranquebar on 20th October 1819. He married Catherina Johanne, 1789-1864, daughter of Abraham Couperus, Dutch Governor of Malacca, at Zion Danish Church, Tranquebar, on 13th May 1804. His tombstone in Zion churchyard reads "Sacred to the memory of William MacLeod Esq. late a Captain in H.M. Service and Deputy Commmissary of Musters to the King's troops in India who departed this life at the age of 59 (recte 60) on the 20th October 1819. Universally regretted and esteemed. This monument has been erected by his affectionate and disconsolate widow, to whom his memory shall always be dear and sacred." She remarried on 12th April 1820 Captain Duncan Sim of the Madras Engineers. Captain William MacLeod's personal estate amounted to £11.33.5. Fees for medical attendance was £200 and funeral expenses £139. His grey horse was sold for £100, and it is of interest that among the books in his library which were sold were 18 vols. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 15 vols. Sinclair's SCOTLAND, 2 vols. JUNIUS LETTERS, 3 vols. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, 2 vols. HISTORY OF AMERICA, 6 vols. Gibbon's DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 4 vols. Chesterfield's LETTERS, and TRISTRAM SHANDY. Captain William MacLeod 4th of Borline and Catherina Johanne Couperus had issue.

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