!BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, and Alick Morrison, MACLEOD
CHIEFS OF HARRIS AND DUNVEGAN, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society,
1969, p. 26. Alick Morrison, THE CHIEFS OF CLAN MACLEOD, East Kilbride,
Scotland, 1986.
Roderick, known as ''Rory the Witty'', was a minor when his father died,
and, until he attained his majority, his uncle, Roderick of Talisker, acted
as tutor to him, and as captain of the clan as well. He married (marr.
contr., dated at Tarbat, 3rd October 1655) Margaret, daughter of Sir John
MacKenzie, 1st Baronet of Tarbat, and sister of George, 1st Earl of
Cromartie, with issue, an only son, Norman, who is said to have died
before his father. Chief Roderick died in January 1664, and was
succeeded by his brother.