*? 1 /mIB4» » ' Q oc i. &;::$ 23 j • or v HISTORY OF THE MACLEODS. INVERNESS: PRINTED AT THE "SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER" OFFICE. HISTORY TP MACLEODS WITH GENEALOGIES OF THE PRINCIPAL FAMILIES OF THE NAME. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, F.S.A. Scot., AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES OF THE CLAN MACKENZIE"; "THE HISTORY OF THE MACDONALDS AND LORDS OF THE ISLES;" "THE HISTORY OF THE CAMERON'S;" "THE HISTORY OF THE MATHESONS ; " "THE " PROPHECIES OF THE BRAHAN SEER ; " THE HISTORICAL TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE HIGHLANDS;" "THE HISTORY " OF THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES;" " THE SOCIAL STATE OF THE ISLE OF SKYE IN 1882-83;" ETC., ETC. MURUS AHENEUS. INVERNESS: A. & W. MACKENZIE. MDCCCLXXXIX. J iBRARY J TO LACHLAN MACDONALD, ESQUIRE OF SKAEBOST, THE BEST LANDLORD IN THE HIGHLANDS. THIS HISTORY OF HIS MOTHER'S CLAN (Ann Macleod of Gesto) IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://archive.org/details/historyofmacleodOOmack PREFACE. -:o:- This volume completes my fifth Clan History, written and published during the last ten years, making altogether some two thousand two hundred and fifty pages of a class of literary work which, in every line, requires the most scrupulous and careful verification. This is in addition to about the same number, dealing with the traditions^ superstitions, general history, and social condition of the Highlands, and mostly prepared after business hours in the course of an active private and public life, including my editorial labours in connection with the Celtic Maga- zine and the Scottish Highlander. This is far more than has ever been written by any author born north of the Grampians and whatever may be said ; about the quality of these productions, two agreeable facts may be stated regarding them. They have all sold well, most of them at unusually high prices, and they have remunerated both author and publisher. These are, perhaps, after all, not the worst tests which might be applied to Highland literature. In the preparation of this volume I have received valuable assistance in the genealogical portion of it from several ladies and gentlemen, to all of whom I beg to tender my warmest acknowledgments. I am specially indebted to Miss Macleod of Macleod, Miss Martin of Glendale, and Mrs. Hugh Munro Mackenzie of Distington ; to Lachlan Macdonald of Skaebost; the Hon. Donald Grant Macleod, Judge of Maulmain, Burmah ; General Macleod — Vlll THE HISTORY OF THE MACLEODS. Innes, V.C., London ; and, last but not least, to my good friend, Mr. Charles Fraser-Mackintosh, M.P. for the county of Inverness. The Index, printed at the end of the volume, has been prepared by my son, Mr. Hector Rose Mackenzie, solicitor, Inverness. For some time I thought that this would be my last Clan History, but no sooner is it completed than I find myself, almost involuntarily, engaged on a History of the Frasers. When that is finished, I hope to be able to fulfil the ambition of years and fill in a blank in the History of the Highlands, by the publication of an exhaustive work on the social condition of my countrymen, and the various important changes — social, political, and ecclesiastical which have taken place in the North, from the Battle of Culloden to the present time ; more particularly during the present century. A.M. Inverness. April, 1889, CONTENTS. Title .... iii Dedication V Preface vii Contents ix List of Subscribers . xi THE MACLEODS OF SKYE— Origin of the Family ...... i I. Leod . 6 The Chiefship of the Cl/.N 7 II. TORMOD 10 III. Malcolm ii IV. John ... 12 V. William 12 VI. John . 13 VII. William 14 VIII. Alexander 16 IX. William 2 6 X. Donald 23 XI. Tormod • . 29 XII. William 54 XIII. Sir Roderick 59 XIV. John . 92 XV. Roderick 100 XVI. John . 104 XVII. Roderick ii5 XVIII. Norman 116 XIX. Norman 122 XX. Norman— The General 155 XXI. John Norman 182 XXII. Norman 183 CADET FAMILIES OF DUNVEGAN— gf.sto, macleods of . i87 Netherlands, Macleods of the . Meidle, Glendale, and Luskintyre, Macleods of THE HISTORY OF THE MACLEODS. DRYNOCH, MACLEODS OF TALISKER, MACLEODS OF . BERNERA AND MUIRAVONSIDE, MACLEODS OF HAMER, MACLEODS OF GRESHORNISH, MACLEODS OF ULINISH, MACLEODS OF DALVEY, MACLEODS OF ORBOST, MACLEODS OF THE MACLEODS OF LEWIS- I. Leod II. TORQUIL III. Norman IV. Torquil V. Roderick VI. Torquil VII. Roderick VIII. Torquil IX. Malcolm X Roderick THE MACLEODS OF RAASAY— I. Malcolm Garbh MacGillechallum II. Alexander MacGillechallum III. Malcolm Garbh IV. Alexander V. Alexander VI. John Garbh VII. Alexander VIII. Malcolm . IX. John X. James XL John CADET FAMILIES OF LEWIS AND RAASAY— RlGG, MACLEODS OF Eyre, Macleods of assynt, macleods of . geanies, macleods of cadboll, macleods of MORVEN, MACLEODS OF Index . LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. :o:- Aitken, Dr., F.S.A. Scot., District Asylum, Inverness Balderston, W. H. , Esq. , county assessor, Inverness Baldwin, Mrs. W. A. Canada (Large Paper) Barron, James, Esq., F.S.A. Scot., Editor of the Courier, Inverness Bartlett, Mrs. T. H. M. , Santa Cruz Co. , California Binning-Home, Mrs. Monro, Argaty, Doune Blair, Sheriff, Inverness Boston Public Library, U.S.A. Brereton, Major-General, Ramsey, Isle of Man Brunton, George, Esq., Leeds (Large Paper) Buccleuch, His Grace the Duke of (Large Paper) Burns, William, Esq., solicitor, Inverness Cameron, D. M. , Esq., merchant, Inverness Cameron, Jarnes A., Esq , M.D., Bawtry, Yorkshire Cameron, John, Esq., bookseller, Inverness Cameron, Sir Roderick W. , New York (6 Copies) Campbell, J. L., Esq., Broughty-Ferry Campbell, Rev. D. , Vicar of Eye, Suffolk Chisholm, *\rchibald A., Esq., Procurator- Fiscal, Lochmaddy Chisholm, Captain A. M. , of Glassburn Chisholm, Colin, Esq., Namur Cottage, Inverness Chisholm, The, Tavistock Square, London (Large Paper) Clarke, James, Esq., solicitor, Inverness Cook, James, Esq., merchant, Inverness Cran, John, Esq., Kirkton, F.S.A. Scot., Bunchrew Crum, Mrs. William, Broxton Old Hall, Chester Davidson, John, Esq., merchant, Inverness Douglas & Foulis, Messrs, booksellers, Edinburgh (2 Copies) Fraser-Mackintosh, Charles, Esq., M.P., F.S.A. Scot. (Large Paper) Fraser, ex-Provost, Inverness Fraser, Henry W. , Esq., Commercial Bank House, Inverness Fraser, John, Esq., bookseller, Nairn Fraser, Sir William, K.C.B., Deputy Keeper of the Records of Scotland THE HISTORY OF THE MACLEODS. Gall, J. H., Esq., architect, Inverness Gillespie, Chailes Gordon, Esq., Dunain House, Inverness Gillespie, Mrs. (late of Ardochy), Isle of Man Gordon, J. Lewis, Esq., West Park, Elgin (2 Copies) Grant, F. W., Esq., Maryhill, Inverness Head, Mrs., of Newberries, St. Albans Innes, Lieutenant-General Macleod, V.C., London Jardine, George E., Esq., New York Jeffrey, A. R. Macdonald, Esq., London Jenkins, R. P., Esq., solicitor, Inverness Kemp, D. W. , Esq., Trinity, Edinburgh Kennedy, Rev. John, Arran King, D. J., Esq., Glasgow (2 Copies) Library of the Corporation of the City of London (Large Paper) Lyon-Mackenzie, Captain Colin, of Braelangwell Lyon-Mackenzie, Miss, Sunnyside, Inverness Macandrew, Sir Henry Cockburn, Provost of Inverness Macbain, Alex., Esq., M.A., F,S,A. Scot., Inverness Macbean, W. Charles, Esq., solicitor, Inverness MacCallum, H. V., Esq., Inverness Macdonald, Alexander, Esq. of Balranald and Edenwood Macdonald, Allan, Esq., M.A. , solicitor, Inverness Macdonald, Andrew, Esq., solicitor, Inverness Macdonald, Colonel Alexander, Portree (Large Paper) Macdonald, Donald, Esq., of Tormore, Park, Nairn Macdonald, Ewen, Esq., Inverness Macdonald, Harry, Esq. of Viewfield, Portree Macdonald, John, Esq., Dunphail Macdonald, John, Esq., merchant, Inverness Macdonald, John, Esq., superintendent of police, Inverness Macdonald, Kenneth, Esq., Town Clerk, Inverness (Large Paper) Macdonald, K. N., Esq , M.D., Bridge of Allan Macdonald, Lachlan, Esq. of Skaebost (12 Copies and 1 Large Paper) Macewen, A., Esq., Sumapore, India (Large Paper) Macewen, Dr. F. A., Poolewe Maciver, Alexander, Esq., Jetwarpore, India Maciver, Miss Alexandra, Primrose Cottage, Uig, Skye Maciver, Mrs., Primrose Cottage, Uig, Skye Macintyre, Angus, Esq., Hampstead, London Mackay, John, Esq., C.E., Hereford (1 Copy and 1 Large Paper) Mackay, William, Esq., bookseller, Inverness (3 Copies) Mackay, William, Esq., solicitor, Inverness Mackenzie, A. C, Esq., Maryburgh Mackenzie, Bailie, Silverwells, Inverness Mackenzie, D. H., Esq., Auckland, New Zealand (3 Copies) Mackenzie, Dr. F. M. , Inverness Mackenzie, Hector Rose, Esq., solicitor, Park House, Inverness Mackenzie, J. A., Esq., burgh surveyor, Inverness LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. xiii Mackenzie, John A., Esq., Forest Gate, London Mackenzie, John, Esq., Ardlair, Edinburgh Mackenzie, Major Colin, Pall Mall, London Mackenzie, Mrs. H. Munro, Distington, Whitehaven (Large Paper) Mackenzie, M. T., Esq., M.D., Salpeg House, North Uist Mackenzie, Roderick, Esq., London Mackenzie, Sir Arthur G. R., of Coul, Baronet Mackenzie, William, Esq., Ardgowan, Inverness Mackenzie, William, Esq., Cabarfeidh House, Inverness Mackinnon, Farquhar, Esq., Kyle House. Skye Mackinnon, Mrs. , Ealing, London Mackintosh, Hugh, Esq., merchant, Inverness Mackintosh, Mrs., of Daviot, Inverness Mackintosh, Mrs., of Mackintosh, Dunachton Maclean, Major Roderick, factor for Ardross, Inverness Macleod, Alexander, Esq., Sauchiehall Street. Glasgow (Large paper) Macleod, Angus, Esq., manager, Gairloch Hotel Macleod, C. C, Esq., Calcutta, India (2 copies) Macleod, Captain N., of Dalvey, Forres (2 Large Paper Copies) Macleod, Captain N. M., yr. of Macleod, Chownes, Sussex (2 Copies) Macleod,