!MENTION: Alick Morrison, THE CHIEFS OF CLAN MACLEOD, East Kilbride,
Scotland, 1986.
!BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE
MACLEODS--THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section II, Edinburgh, The Clan
MacLeod Society, ND, pp. iii-xxii.
Reginald was born on 1 February 1847 in the Castle at Dunvegan, where
he died 88 years later. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College,
Cambridge. After holding appointments as Inspector of Factories and
Conservative Agent for Scotland, he unsuccessfully contested his native
county of Inverness-shire in 1885. In 1889 he became Queen''s
Remembrancer for Scotland and in 1900 he was appointed Registrar
General and in that capacity was responsible for the 1901 Census. Two
years later he was made Under Secretary of State for Scotland and in
1905, he was honoured with a Knighthood (K.C.B.) during the premiership
of Lord Rosebery, having had a few years previously the honour of C.B.
conferred on him. These honours came to him in recognition of his public
services. In 1910, he again contested Inverness-shire for the
Conservative Party but, as in 1885, he was unsuccessful. Having retired
from public service, he devoted his time to various projects in the world
of commerce. On his brother''s death in 1929, Sir Reginald became Chief
of the Clan and made his home at Dunvegan, where for the rest of his life
he spent himself in serving the interests, not only of his Clansmen, but
also of the people of the whole Highland area. He matriculated Arms at
the Lyon Court in Edinburgh, as heir of Norman MacLeod, his
great-great-great-grandfather, who had matriculated Arms on 12th
January 1753. Sir Reginald married in 1877 Lady Agnes Mary Cecilia
Northcote (1848-1921), elder daughter of Sir Henry Stafford Northcote,
Bart., 1st Earl of Iddesleight, with issue.
Sir Reginald died on 20th August 1935 and was succeeded by his eldest
daughter.