!SOURCE: THE MACLEODS OF ARNISDALE, compiled by Rev. Donald
MacKinnon, Portree, Skye, Scotland, 1929, reprinted by The Clan MacLeod
Society USA, Migration Project Publications Series, Number 1, 1984, pp.
17-18.
!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A
CLAN, Section III, "Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society,
1970, pp. 111, 115, 116.
Eldest son of Donald MacLeod, 5th of the MacLeods of Arnisdale. [THE
MACLEODS OF ARNISDALE, p. 22.]
He was born, on 22nd August 1830, at Kingsburgh, and joined the 74th
Regiment (Highland Light Infantry) as Ensign, on 8th October 1861. He
was transferred, on 11th November 1864, to the Service Company at
Edinburgh. He was promoted Lieutenant on 9th March 1867, and served
with his Regiment in Ireland, and, in February 1868, went with it to
Gibraltar. He retired, on 25th November 1868, by sale, and, on his
father''s death, took over the farm of Coulmore. In 1883, he left
Coulmore and emigrated to Virginia, U.S.A. He married Catherine Zella
Lillingston (his father''s grand-niece), daughter of Captain Donald
William MacKinnon (son of Dr. Farquhar MacKinnon of Kyle, and his wife,
Catherine, daughter of Donald MacLeod, 3rd of the family of Arnisdale),
with issue.
Duncan Dugald MacLauchlan MacLeod was succeeded in the
representation of the MacLeods of Arnisdale by his eldest son.