!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.
12-13.
He also entered the Army and was gazetted as an Ensign in the 59th
Regiment, on the 23rd September 1793; Lieutenant, on the 19th
September 1794; Captain on the 10th November 1796; Major on the 1st
October 1803; Lieutenant-Colonel of his Regiment, on 13th June 1811;
and Colonel (Brevet) on the 12th August 1819. Colonel Alexander was a
distinguished soldier, and for his services was, in 1815, made a
Companion of the Order of the Bath. He died at Dinapore, on the 29th
March, 1821. After his death, a Lament, composed to his memory,
appeared in "The Calcutta Journal", from which the following lines are
quoted:
Halt! Soldiers, Halt! Now the dull earth receives
The cold remains of one beloved and brave;
With tremulous hand, and heart that only grieves,
They fire the volley o''er the soldier''s grave.
What virtue graced not thy heroic mind?
In duty, just; in friendship, most sincere;
Thy name shall leave a soothing charm behind
To check the tears that friends shed o''er thy bier.
!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A
CLAN, Section III, "Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society,
1970, p. 102.
Alexander... entered the army and was gazetted Ensign in the 59th
Regiment on 23rd September 1793, Lieutenant on 19th September 1794,
Captain on 10th November 1796, Major on 1st October 1803,
Lieut.-Colonel on 13th June 1811, and Colonel on 12th August 1819.
Colonel Alexander MacLeod was a distinguished soldier, and for his
services was, in 1815, made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.).
He died, on 29th March 1821, at Dinapore, and was unmarried.