Modern English biography

MACLEAY, WILLIAM SHARP (brother of James Robert Macleay 1811–92). _b._ London 30 July 1792; ed. at Westminster 1806–10 and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1814, M.A. 1818; attaché at embassy in Paris 1814; secretary to board for liquidating British claims in France on the peace of 1815, returned to England 1819; F.L.S. 1821; comr. of arbitration to mixed British and Spanish court for abolition of slave trade at Havannah 1 Aug. 1825, commissary judge in same court 20 Feb. 1830, and judge of mixed court under treaty of 1835, April 9, 1836; retired on a superannuation allowance 1 Feb. 1837; went to New South Wales 1859; author of Horæ Entomologicæ or essays on annulose animals 2 vols. 1819–21; Annulosa Javanica, insects of Java 1825, No. 1 only; The Annulosa of South Africa 1838; History of the skeleton of the new sperm whale 1851. _d._ Elizabeth Bay, Sydney 26 Jany. 1865. _F.O. List_, _Jany. 1865 p._ 116. MACLEHOSE, JAMES (son of Thomas Maclehose, weaver). _b._ Govan 16 March 1811; apprentice to George Gallie, bookseller, Glasgow 1823–30; with Messrs. Seeleys, London 1833–8; bookseller with R. Nelson in Glasgow 1838, alone 1841–81 and with his sons 1881 to death; had the largest retail book business out of London; his circulating library commenced in 1841 held 20,000 volumes; his binding business begun in 1863 became well known; had upwards of 50 writers in his employment and published many books; bookseller to Glasgow univ. 1864, publisher 1871; author of Old county houses of the old Glasgow gentry; Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow men 2 vols. 1886; great friend of David Livingstone and Daniel Macmillan the publisher. _d._ 18 Victoria crescent, Downhill, Glasgow 20 Dec. 1885. _Maclehose’s Memoirs_, _ii_ 343–6 (1886), _portrait_. MC LELAN, ARCHIBALD WOODBURY. _b._ 1824; member of provincial assembly of Nova Scotia 1858–69; member of the senate of the Dominion 1869; member of Canadian cabinet 1881; president of the privy council to 1881; minister of marine and fisheries 1881; minister of finance Dec. 1885 and postmaster general 1887; comr. for Canada at international fisheries exhibition 1883; lieut. governor of Nova Scotia 9 July 1888 to death. _d._ Nova Scotia 25 June 1890. M’LELLAN, ARCHIBALD (son of a coachbuilder). _b._ Glasgow 1795; a partner with his father as a coachbuilder; an heraldic draughtsman; deacon of the incorporation of hammersmen; deacon convener of the Trades’ house 1831 and 1834; gave land for a new western approach to Glasgow cathedral; member of Glasgow town council 30 years; his paintings, sculptures, gold and silver plate and library and his house in Sauchiehall st. purchased by the Glasgow town council for £44,500 in 1854; author of An essay on the cathedral church of Glasgow 1833; Catalogue of books and music in library of A. M’Lellan 1839. _d._ Mugdock castle, Stirlingshire 22 Oct. 1854. _bur._ in the High church burying-ground at Glasgow. _Maclehose’s Glasgow men_, _ii_ 205–6 (1886), _portrait_; _Waagen’s Treasures of art_, _iii_ 286–91 (1854); _Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857) 457–62. M’LENNAN, DONALD (3 son of John M’Lennan, insurance agent). _b._ Inverness 1833; ed. Aberdeen univ., M.A.; editor of South Shields gazette to 1864; barrister I.T. 26 Jany. 1864; assisted his brother in the preparation of Primitive marriage 1865 and Studies in ancient history 1876; published The patriarchal theory, based on the papers of the late J. F. Mac Lennan. Edited and completed by Donald Mac Lennan 1884. _d._ 2 Vicarage gardens, Campden hill, Kensington, May 1891. MC LENNAN, JOHN. Assistant surgeon Bombay army 7 May 1821, surgeon 15 Nov. 1833; physician general Bombay 1 Jany. 1849, retired 26 Jany. 1855. _d._ 5 April 1874. MC LENNAN, JOHN FERGUSON (brother of Donald Mc Lennan 1833–91). _b._ Inverness 14 Oct. 1827; ed. at King’s coll. Aberdeen, M.A. 1849, and at Trin. coll. Camb., 25th wrangler 1853; advocate in Edinb. Jany. 1857; secretary to Scottish law amendment soc. 1858; parliamentary draughtsman for Scotland 1871; LL.D. Aberdeen 1874; the best authority on ancient marriage ceremonies; author of Primitive marriage, an enquiry into the origin of the form of capture in marriage ceremonies 1865; Memoir of Thomas Drummond 1867; Studies in ancient history 1876; Studies in ancient history, comprising a reprint of Primitive marriage 1876, new ed. 1886. _d._ Hawthorndene, Hayes Common, Kent 16 June 1881. MACLEOD, ALEXANDER. _b._ Nairn 17 Oct. 1817; entered Glasgow univ. 1835, studied at the Relief theological hall 1839–44; presbyterian minister at Strathaven, co. Lanark 20 Feb. 1844; transferred to John st. ch. Glasgow 11 Oct. 1855; the first pastor of Trinity ch. Claughton, Birkenhead 17 March 1864 to death; D.D. Glasgow 9 Feb. 1865; moderator of presbyterian church of England 1889; author of Christus consolator, or the social mission of the pulpit 1870; Talking to the children 1872, 8 ed. 1880; Bob, some chapters of his early life 1877; Days of heaven upon earth 1878; William Logan 1879; The gentle heart 1881; The children’s portion 1884. _d._ Birkenhead 13 Jany. 1891. _In memoriam. Rev. Alexander Macleod, D.D._ (1891); _J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1851) 375–80. M’LEOD, SIR CHARLES. Entered Madras army 1794; lieut. 11 Madras N.I. 1 Jany. 1800; captain 21 N.I. 21 Sep. 1804, major 25 Oct. 1815; lieut.-col. commandant 12 N.I. 31 May 1827 to 5 June 1829; col. 34 N.I. 5 June 1829 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 23 July 1823, K.C.B. 30 June 1852. _d._ Seymour st. Portman sq. London 15 April 1853. MACLEOD, DONALD. Entered Madras army 1812; lieut.-col. of 6 Madras light cavalry 1840, of 5 Madras light cavalry 18 Feb. 1845 to 1846; col. 3 light cavalry 11 Sep. 1848 to 1860; col. 4 light cavalry 1860–69; L.G. 2 Oct. 1862; commander of Nagpore subsidiary force 20 Sep. 1848 to 17 June 1851, of Ceded district 28 March 1854 to 28 March 1859. _d._ 29 Greenhill gardens, Morningside, Edinburgh 7 Feb. 1870. MC LEOD, SIR DONALD FRIELL (son of Duncan Mc Leod 1780–1856). _b._ Fort William, Calcutta 6 May 1810; entered Bengal civil service 1829; administrator of Saugor and Nerbudda 1831–40; collector and magistrate at Benares 1843–9; comr. at Jellunder of the Trans-Sutlej States 1849–54; financial comr. of the Punjab 1854–9 and 1860–5; lieut. governor of the Punjab, Jany. 1865, retired 1870; chairman of the Scinde, Punjab and Delhi railway; C.B. 18 May 1860; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866. _d._ St. George’s hospital, London 28 Nov. 1872 from an accident on the Metropolitan railway at Gloucester road station same day. _E. J. Lake’s Memoir of sir D. F. Mc Leod_ (1873), _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxi_ 550, 565 (1872), _portrait_. MACLEOD, DUNCAN (son of Donald Macleod). _b._ Torbat, co. Ross 20 Feb. 1780; entered Bengal army Feb. 1797; lieut. Bengal engineers 13 Feb. 1803, col. 18 June 1831 to death; built the palace at Moorshedabad 1825–36; left India, Feb. 1841; A.I.C.E. 1842; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ London 8 June 1856. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xvi_ 163–66 (1857). MACLEOD, SIR GEORGE HUSBAND BAIRD (3 son of Norman Macleod 1783–1862). _b._ 1828; studied medicine at Glasgow, M.D. 1853; at Paris and Vienna; senior surgeon of civil hospital at Smyrna, Feb. 1854 to 1856; surgeon at Glasgow 1856 to death; surgeon in Glasgow royal infirmary, and lecturer on surgery at Anderson’s college; regius professor of surgery in Glasgow univ. 1869; crown member of general council of medical education 15 Sep. 1887 to death; surgeon in ordinary to the queen in Scotland 10 Sep. 1877; LL.D. St. Andrews; knighted at Osborne 12 Aug. 1887; author of Notes on the surgery of the war in the Crimea 1858; Outlines of surgical diagnosis 1864; Note book for sir G. Macleod’s clinical class 5 ed. 1890; wrote articles in S. Cooper’s Surgical dictionary 1861. _d._ Woodside crescent, Glasgow 31 Aug. 1892. _bur._ Campsie churchyard. _I.L.N. 10 Sep. 1892 p._ 326, _portrait_. MACLEOD, SIR JOHN (son of Donald Macleod of Bernaray, co. Inverness). Ensign 78 highlanders 9 March 1793, lieut.-col. 12 May 1808 to Jany. 1826; L.G. 10 Jany. 1837; colonel of 77 regt. 17 Feb. 1840 to death; C.B. 4 June 1815; K.C.H. 4 July 1832; knighted at St. James’s palace 4 July 1832. _d._ 18 Montague st. Portman sq. London 3 April 1851. M’LEOD, JOHN LYONS. Entered R.N. 26 Nov. 1841; when a midshipman he captured the slaver Venus after an action of 20 minutes 13 Feb. 1845 for which promoted to be lieut.; British consul at Mozambique 15 Feb. 1856 to 31 Dec. 1858, when he exposed the slavery system known as the engagés libres; consul for districts bordering on rivers Niger and Chadda 26 June 1866, consulate abolished 13 May 1869, granted compensation allowance 1 July 1869; author of Travels in Eastern Africa 2 vols. 1860; Madagascar and its people 1865. _d._ 25 Oct. 1893. MACLEOD, SIR JOHN MACPHERSON (eld. son of Donald Macleod, colonel in Madras army). _b._ Ardarden, Dumbartonshire 1792; ed. at Haileybury and at univ. of Edinb.; writer Madras civil service 1811; assistant sec. to government of Madras 1814–20 and sec. 1823; comr. for government of Mysore 1832; member of Indian law commission 1835, retired 1841; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866; P.C. 24 March 1871; author of Remarks on some popular objections to the income tax 1849. _d._ 1 Stanhope st. Hyde park, London 1 March 1881. MACLEOD, JOSEPH ADDISON (eld. son of Joseph Addison Macleod of city of London, solicitor). _b._ 1839; ed. Trin. hall, Camb., LL.B. 1861; barrister I.T. 17 Nov. 1863; Q.C. 18 Jany. 1882. _d._ 27 Leinster gardens, Hyde park, London 14 April 1883. _bur._ Hulton, Essex 18 April. MACLEOD, NORMAN (son of Norman Macleod, minister of Morven, Argyllshire). _b._ Morven, Dec. 1783; minister at Kilbrandon, Argyllshire 1806–8; minister at Campbeltown, Argyllshire 12 June 1808; minister at Campsie, Stirlingshire, Aug. 1825; D.D. Glasgow 30 July 1827; minister of Gaelic chapel of ease, St. Columba’s, Glasgow 31 Oct. 1835 to death; moderator of general assembly of church of Scotland 1836; chaplain in ord. to the queen 2 Oct. 1841; one of the deans of chapel royal 1841; author of Gaelic collection for the use of schools 1828; The Gaelic messenger 2 vols. 1831; The psalms of David in Irish; author with D. Dewar of A dictionary of the Gaelic language 1831. _d._ Glasgow 25 Nov. 1862. _J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1848) 103–7; _Hew Scott’s Fasti_, _ii_ 32–3, 55 _and iii_ 37. MACLEOD, NORMAN (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ Kirk st. Campbeltown, Argyllshire 3 June 1812; ed. at Glasgow and Edinburgh univs.; minister of Loudoun, Ayrshire 15 March 1838 to 1843; minister of Dalkeith near Edinburgh 15 Dec. 1843 to 1851; sent by general assembly to British North America, June 1845; member of general assembly 1849; minister of Barony church, Glasgow 27 Feb. 1851, inducted July 1851; dean of the chapel royal; one of H.M. chaplains for Scotland 26 Dec. 1857; hon. D.D. Glasgow 30 April 1858; dean of the order of the thistle 26 July 1869; visited the mission stations in India 1867; moderator of the general assembly 1869; edited The Edinburgh christian magazine 1850–9; Good words 1860 etc.; Good words for the young 1868–70; author of Deborah or fireside readings for servants 1857; The home school, or hints on home education 1856; Parish papers 1862; Reminiscences of a highland parish 1867; The starling, a Scottish story 2 vols. 1867; Eastward, a visit to Egypt and the Holy Land 1866; Peeps at the far east, a visit to India 1871 and 25 other books. _d._ Glasgow 16 June 1872. _bur._ Campsie 20 June. His statue erected in Glasgow and two windows placed by the queen to his memory in Crathie church. _D. Macleod’s Memoir of N. Macleod_ (1877), _portrait_; _Cartoon portraits_ (1873) 86–7, _portrait_; _J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1851) 313–23; _More leaves from the journal of a life in the highlands_ (1884) 209–37; _Illustrated Review_, _iv_ 33–7 (1872), _portrait_; _Maclehose’s Glasgow men_, _ii_ 207–12 (1886), _portrait_. MACLEOD, RODERICK. _b._ Scotland; ed. at univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1 Aug. 1816; surgeon in the army; settled in London; L.R.C.P. 22 Dec. 1821; F.R.C.P. 9 July 1836, Gulstonian lecturer 1837, consiliarius 1839; editor and proprietor of London Medical Gazette, number one 8 Dec. 1827, a weekly journal; physician St. George’s hospital 13 Feb. 1833 to 1845; author of On rheumatism