!BIOGRAPHY: BURKE''S LANDED GENTRY, Eighteenth Edition, Vol. II, London,
1969, pp. 417, 418.
Norman MacLeod of Suardal, of Suardal House, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye,
Lieut. R.N.R., mem. Cttee. of the Baronage of Scotland, Housemasater of
the Caffinites, Durham Sch. 1953-68, officially recognised by the Lord
Lyon in the name of MacLeod of Suardal and matric. arms 11 Jan. 1961, b.
6 Sept. 1920, educ. Strathallan Sch., Edinburgh Univ., and Lincoln Coll.
Oxford (B.A.(, m. 2 Sept, 1948, Sheila Mary, only dau. of Robert Maclagan
Gorrie, D.Sc., F.R.S. (Edin.), Conservator of Forests, and had issue.
!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS --
THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, "MacLeod Cadet Families",
Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1970, pp. 55-56.
Norman was born on 6th September 1920. Educated at Glasgow
Academy and Strathallan School; Edinburgh University and Lincoln
College, Oxford; M.A. (Oxon.). During the Second World War he served in
the Royal Navy in H.M.S. Glengyle, H.M. Destroyer Marne and H. M. Cruiser
Diadem, taking part in Commando raids on Bardia and Litani River, Syria;
the evacuations of Greece and Crete; Malta and Russian convoys; the
Dieppe Raid and the North Africa Invasion; operations in the Dodecanese
and off the west coast of Italy and the bombardments of Rhodes, La
Spezia and Genoa. Leading Seaman 1944; Lieutenant R.N.R. History Master
at Durham School since 1950 and House Master of the Caffinites Durham
School 1953-68. Committee of the Baronage of Scotland 1963.
Norman was granted Suardal, the ancient home of his family, by Feu
Charter from the 28th Chief, Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod, in 1959,
and matriculated his Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and
Bearings in Scotland (Volume 43, folio 139) of Date 11th January 1961,
Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh.
He married on 2nd September 1948, Sheila Mary, educated at
Cheltenham Ladies College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,
daughter of Robert Maclagan Gorrie, Esq., D.Sc., Conservator of Forests,
Indian Forests Service (whose Arms are recorded in the Public Register
of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, Folio No. 44/107 of date 30th May
1962, Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, and Sydney Grace, daughter of
Bailie Arthur Blake Easterbrook, Edinburgh, and his wife Grace Monteath
Cameron, with issue.