_Alexander MACLEOD _________________
_Alexander MACLEOD __|_Marsaline MACNEIL _________________
_Kenneth MACLEOD __|
| | _Kenneth MACKENZIE _________________
| |_Flora MACKENZIE ____|____________________________________
_Donald MACLEOD ____|
| | _John Breac MACRAE _________________
| | _Finlay MACRAE ______|____________________________________
| |_Isabel MACRAE ____|
| | _Lauchlan the_Bard Ruadh MACKINNON _
| |_Janet MACKINNON ____|____________________________________
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|--William MACLEOD
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| _William MACLEOD ___________________
| _Roderick MACLEOD ___|_Elizabeth MUNRO ___________________
| _William MACLEOD __|
| | | _Lauchlan Mor MACKINNON ____________
| | |_Margaret MACKINNON _|_Marion MACLEOD ____________________
|_Christina MACLEOD _|
| _Sir Norman MACLEOD ________________
| _John MACLEOD _______|_Margaret MACKENZIE ________________
|_Margaret MACLEOD _|
| _Kenneth MACKENZIE _________________
|_Isabel MACKENZIE ___|_Janet ROSS ________________________
!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, "Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1970, pp. 103, 119. William (Major-General), from whom the MacLeods of Glendale (Present Family) is descended, and of whom afterwards [The account of the Castleton Family in CLAN DONALD (III, pp. 517-23) is very inaccurate, and cannot be accepted except where confirmed by authentic documents. Margaret MacLeod of Arnisdale and John MacDonald of Castleton were first cousins, their mothers being sisters, daughters of William MacLeod, 3rd of the MacLeods of Hamer, ante. See MacKenzie: HISTORY OF THE MACDONALDS (pp. 278-9), and MacKinnon: THE MACLEODS OF ARNISDALE (PP. 14-15).] This family is descended from Iain Borb Macleod 6th Chief of MacLeod and the original family of Glendale, through Major-General William MacLeod, H.E.I.C.S., second son of Donald MacLeod, 2nd of the MacLeods of Arnisdale [see THE MACLEODS OF ARNISDALE (pp. 14-5) for a fuller account of Major-General William MacLeod's career in India.] William was born 1759. He entered the Army and became an Ensign on21st May 1779 and thereafter his promotion in the service of the Company was rapid--Lieutenant on 21st February 1780, Captain on 1st June 1786, Major in 17th June 1800, Lieut. Colonel on 21st February 1804, Colonel on 4th June 1813, and Major General on 21st August 1819. Young William MacLeod Arrived in Madras on 17th January 1780 and was appointed Agent for adjusting with Tippoo, Sultan of the Mysore State, the boundaries of that State on the Madras side. The directors of the East India Company, in order to show their appreciation of the MacLeod's services on that occasion, presented him with additional monetary allowance [MacInnes, THE BRAVE SONS OF SKYE]. In the Third Mysore War, he accompanied the Madras Army as Intelligence Officer under the command of Lieut. General Harris, and for his efficient services he was specially commended by Harris. He received the Silver Medal for his gallant Services at Seringapatam. On 4th June 1799, the Governor General appointed him Acting-Superintendant of Revenue to the Commissioners, who ha dthe settlement of the territories of the State of Mysore, and later in the same month he became Collector. While acting as Collector his conduct, on more than one occasion, was reported to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and was highly prised for the able and efficient manner in which he discharged his duties. In 1809 MacLeod was favourably mentioned in despatches for his gallantry at Seringapatam and elsewhere. He returned to England in 1813 and made his home at Fulham, London, where he died on 16th November 1836. He was buried in St. Anne's Church, Soho, London, at which his relative the Reverend Roderick MacLeod, D.D. (of the Drynoch family) was Rector [See The MacLeods of Drynoch, post.]. Major General MacLeod married Margaret MacKenzie at Inverness in 1815. He was succeeded by his only son Colin.