Norman Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod
Norman Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod, before 1906.
Born	(1839-07-27)27 July 1839
Died	5 November 1929(1929-11-05) (aged 90)
Title	The 26thChief of Clan MacLeod
Predecessor	Norman MacLeod of MacLeod (father)
Successor	SirReginald MacLeod of MacLeod (brother)
Spouse	Emily Caroline Isham
Children	Margaret Louisa Emily Pauline

Norman Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod,CMG (27 July 1839 – 5 November 1929) was the 26thChief ofClan MacLeod.

Norman Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod^[1] was born on 27 July 1839. He was the eldest son ofNorman MacLeod of MacLeod (1812–1898), 25th Chief of Clan MacLeod and his wife Louisa Barbara St John (1818–1880), only daughter of the 14thBaron St John of Bletso.

He was educated atHarrow and in 1858, at the age of 19, was commissioned into the74th Highlanders, immediately joining the regiment in India. He served asaide de camp to GeneralSir Hope Grant, Commander in Chief in thePresidency of Madras from 1862 to 1865. He retired from the 74th Highlanders as a Captain in 1872. In 1878, Norman was appointed aspolitical agent on theTransvaal border at the outbreak of theZulu War. In 1879, he commanded aSwazi army of 8,000 attached with an undetermined number of British officers and NCOs, against the Pedis. The Swazi army decisively defeated thePedis at theBattle of Wulu.

Norman returned home in 1880 and succeeded his late father as the 26th Chief of MacLeod in 1885.^[2] The MacLeod tartan, commonly known as Macleod hunting tartan, was approved by Norman in 1910.^[3]

He was appointed a Commissioner of theCongested Districts Board (Scotland) in 1900.^[4]

Norman married in 1881 his cousin, Emily Caroline, daughter ofSir Charles Isham, 10th Baronet and his wife Emily Vaughan, daughter ofJohn Vaughan.

They had two daughters, Margaret Louisa and Emily Pauline.

As Norman had no sons, he was succeeded as clan chief by his younger brother, SirReginald, the 27th Chief of MacLeod. Sir Reginald also had no sons and a further brother's only son had been killed in action in 1915. As there were, therefore, no immediate male heirs, Sir Reginald was succeeded by his eldest daughter,DameFlora MacLeod of MacLeod (1878–1976), 28th Chief of MacLeod and the second female chief of the clan.^[5]

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