Alexander MACLEOD (V of Luskintyre)

Father: William MACLEOD
Mother: Marjory May NICOLSON

Family 1: Agnes Duncan KELTY
  1. William Kelty MACLEOD
  2. Sir John Cheetham MACLEOD
  3. Alexander MACLEOD
  4. Eliza MACLEOD 
                                                                    _Sir Norman MACLEOD __
                                              _William MACLEOD ____|_Catharine MACDONALD _
                         _Alexander MACLEOD _|
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                        |                    |_Margaret MACKENZIE _|______________________
 _William MACLEOD ______|
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|--Alexander MACLEOD 
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|_Marjory May NICOLSON _|
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!BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS--THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section II, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1968, pp. 39, 40. Alexander was born, on 7th August 1792, in Gordon Castle, Morayshire, and was appointed Ensign, on 7th August 1809, in the 61st Foot Regiment. He was promoted Captain on 31st December 1825, Brevet Major on 28th June 1838, Major on 7th January 1842, Lieut.-Colonel on 26th July 1844, and Brigadier on 14th January 1849. He and his father served with the 61st Regiment in the Peninsular War, and, when his father was severely wounded at Salamanca, he served to the end of the campaign, and went to Jamaica with the regiment in 1815. Thereafter he served in Ireland and Ceylon. In 1840, he returned with the regiment to the United Kingdom, and was stationed at Cork for some years. On 1st July 1845, Lieut.-Colonel MacLeod sailed for Calcutta on the WALMER CASTLE, and after a stormy voyage arrived safely, and at the end of the year he set out with his regiment on the long march to the Punjab. For the next four years Colonel MacLeod took part in much severe fighting, and he and his men were congratulated on their gallantry and good conduct. While on service in Peshawar, Brigadier MacLeod and eight of his officers died on 8th August 1849, of dysentery. His grave is outside the Fort. This gallant and brave soldier was created a Companion of the Bath (C.B.). He married, on 22nd February 1827, Agnes Duncan, daughter of Dr. Andrew Kelty of Tayhill and Greenbank, Perth, and of Devonside, Saline, Fife, with issue.

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