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Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod, KCB (1 February 1847 – 20 August 1935) was the 27th chief of the Scottish clan ''Clan MacLeod''. ==Biography== Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod was born on 1 February 1847. He was the son of Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (1812 – 1898), 25th chief of Clan MacLeod and his wife Louisa Barbara St. John (1818–1880), only daughter of the 14th Baron St John of Bletso. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. On 17 April 1877, MacLeod of MacLeod married Lady Agnes Mary Cecilia Northcote ( – 26 October 1921), the daughter of Sir Stafford Northcote, later 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, and Cecilia Frances Farrer. They had two daughters. In the 1885 General Election he stood unsuccessfully for the Conservatives in Inverness-shire losing the seat to an Independent Liberal. In 1889 he became the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (an office of the Court of the Exchequer which was originally concerned with the recovery of dues, penalties and debts owed to the Crown.) In February 1900 he became the fourth Registrar General.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Registrars General 1836-1945 )〕 In this role he presided over the 1901 census. Two years later, he was appointed Permanent Under Secretary for Scotland. He was knighted in 1905. After a further unsuccessful attempt to be elected to Parliament in 1911 he retired from public life and became a director of Shell, the first of several directorships he held.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod, 27th Chief )〕 Sir Reginald became 27th chief of Clan MacLeod in 1929 on the death of his elder brother Norman Magnus 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Norman Magnus MACLEOD (XXVI Chief) )〕 and died six years later in 1935. His daughter Olive was noted for her journey of 3,700 miles into the heart of Africa to visit her fiancé's grave. The MacLeod waterfalls on the Moa Kabi river are named after her. The famous Fairy Flag of the MacLeod's was mounted by Sir Reginald. An expert from the Victoria and Albert Museum discussed with Sir Reginald the possible origins of the flag, avoiding reference to the supernatural. The chief listened and said, "You may believe that, but I know that it was given to my ancestor by the fairies." Sir Reginald was the owner of the island of St Kilda when the last inhabitants left the island in 1930. He sold the island to Lord Dumfries, later Marquess of Bute in 1931. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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