!MENTION: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE
MACLEODS--THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section II, Edinburgh, The Clan
MacLeod Society, 1968, p. 57.
Had a heart condition, accentuated by the Halifax explosion and was
invalided out of the Army. He regained some strength and obtained a B.A.
from Acadia University in 1919. he was chosen as Rhodes Scholar and
took a B.A. in History as well as a B. Litt. in Oxford, a B.C.L. and a Diploma
in Economics and Political Science. On returning home he was called to
the Bar of Nova Scotia and was Professor in History at Acadia University
for 5 years. After 2 years as Private Secretary to Prime Minister,
MacKenzie King, he taught Political Science at queen''s University for 6
years, then gained a seat in the House of Commons and became Minister
of Labour for 4 years. Early in World War II, he was appointed Minister
of National Defence and soon after a visit to Britain in 1940, he was
killed in a military plane crash on 10th June, while trying to reach
Toronto when commercial planes were grounded by fog. He wrote two
books, a LIFE OF MACKENZIE KING and D''IBERVILLE, and many articles on
many subjects on which he was an authority. Like his brother Arthur,
and their mother Grace MacLeod Rogers, they were all friends of Norman
Magnus, Chief of the Clan MacLeod. Norman MacLeod Rogers married
Frances Kierstead, with issue.
!SOURCE: Clan MacLeod Society of Canada, file #CMSC113.