!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, p.
12.
He was appointed as an Ensign in the 59th Regiment of Foot, on the 29th
March 1775; Lieutenant, on the 31st October 1776; Captain, on the 5th
December, 1781; Brevet-Major, on the 1st March 1794; Major on the 1st
September 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel of his Regiment, on the 25th
November 1799. Lieutenant-Colonel MacLeod retired from the Army on
the 1st October 1803 ("Brave Sons of Skye", pp. 105-107). He died at
New York.
!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A
CLAN, Section III, "Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society,
1970, pp. 101, 102.
William... was appointed Ensign in the 59th Regiment of Foot on 29th
March 1775, Lieutenant on 31st October 1776, Captain on 5th December
1781, Brevet-Major on 1st March 1794, Major on 1st September 1795,
and Lieut.-Colonel of his Regiment on 25th November 1799.
Lieut.-Colonel William MacLeod retired from the army on 1st October
1803, and died at New York. [BRAVE SONS OF SKYE, pp. 105-7]