!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, p. 31.
Was born on 31st March 1801, and was educated at Campbeltown
School, and University of Glasgow. Licensed by the Presbytery of Mull on
5th November 1823, he was presented by George William, Duke of Argyll,
on 28th April 1824, to the parish of Morven as successor to his father,
and was ordained on 9th September of that year. He received the
doctorate of divinity from the University of Glasgow on 19th February
1845, and was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of 1851,
appointed Dean of the Thistle in 1872, and died on 30th May 1882. From
his great height he was known as ''The High Priest of Morven''. He
married, on 18th August 1835, Margaret (who died on 23rd June 1863),
daughter of John MacLean of Drimnin, 13th of the MacLeans of Boreray,
North Uist, with issue.