!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. 191.
William... succeeded his uncle Roderick 3rd as 4th of Borline, was born
in Madras in 1759. He joined the 73rd Higihlanders (the 2nd Battalion of
the Black Watch) in India. He appears to have retired from the Regiment
with the rank of Captain for in the Gentleman''s Magazine 1801
(July-Dec.) there is the following: "William MacLeod Esq. late a Captain
in the 73rd foot to be a Deputy-Commissary of Musters to the King''s
troops serving in the Presidency of Fort St. George in the East Indies."
He held this appointment, to which no rank was attached, from 1st
August 1800 until his death at Tranquebar on 20th October 1819. He
married Catherina Johanne, 1789-1864, daughter of Abraham Couperus,
Dutch Governor of Malacca, at Zion Danish Church, Tranquebar, on 13th
May 1804. His tombstone in Zion churchyard reads "Sacred to the
memory of William MacLeod Esq. late a Captain in H.M. Service and Deputy
Commmissary of Musters to the King''s troops in India who departed this
life at the age of 59 (recte 60) on the 20th October 1819. Universally
regretted and esteemed. This monument has been erected by his
affectionate and disconsolate widow, to whom his memory shall always
be dear and sacred." She remarried on 12th April 1820 Captain Duncan
Sim of the Madras Engineers.
Captain William MacLeod''s personal estate amounted to £11.33.5. Fees
for medical attendance was £200 and funeral expenses £139. His grey
horse was sold for £100, and it is of interest that among the books in
his library which were sold were 18 vols. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA,
15 vols. Sinclair''s SCOTLAND, 2 vols. JUNIUS LETTERS, 3 vols. PRIDE AND
PREJUDICE, 2 vols. HISTORY OF AMERICA, 6 vols. Gibbon''s DECLINE AND
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 4 vols. Chesterfield''s LETTERS, and
TRISTRAM SHANDY.
Captain William MacLeod 4th of Borline and Catherina Johanne Couperus
had issue.