Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod KCB
Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod, sometime before 1906.
Born	(1847-02-01)1 February 1847
Died	20 August 1935(1935-08-20) (aged 88)
Title	The 27thChief of Clan MacLeod
Predecessor	Norman Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod (brother)
Successor	DameFlora MacLeod of MacLeod (daughter)
Spouse	Lady Agnes Mary Cecilia Northcote
Children	2 daughters: Flora MacLeod of MacLeod Olive Temple

Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeodKCB (1 February 1847 – 20 August 1935) was the 27thChief ofClan MacLeod.

Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod was born on 1 February 1847. He was the son ofNorman MacLeod of MacLeod (1812–1898), 25th Chief of Clan MacLeod, and his wife Louisa Barbara St John (1818–1880), only daughter of the14th Baron St John of Bletso. He was educated atHarrow School andTrinity College, Cambridge.

On 17 April 1877, Sir Reginald married Lady Agnes Mary Cecilia Northcote (d. 26 October 1921), the daughter ofSir Stafford Northcote,Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time and later 1stEarl of Iddesleigh, and Cecilia Frances Farrer. They had two daughters.

In the1885 general election, he stood unsuccessfully for theConservatives inInverness-shire losing the seat to an Independent Liberal. In 1889, he became theQueen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, an office of theCourt of the Exchequer which was originally concerned with the recovery of dues, penalties, and debts owed to the Crown. In February 1900, he was appointed the fourthRegistrar General,^[1][2] and in this role he presided over the1901 census. Two years later, in August 1902, he was appointedPermanent Under Secretary for Scotland.^[3] 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 ofShell, the first of several directorships he held.^[4]

Sir Reginald became 27th Chief of Clan MacLeod in 1929 on the death of his elder brotherNorman Magnus.^[5] Sir Reginald was thelaird of the islands ofSt Kilda in 1930, when the last inhabitants left the islands. In 1931, he sold the islands to Lord Dumfries, laterMarquess of Bute. The famousFairy Flag of the MacLeod's was mounted by Sir Reginald. An expert from theVictoria and Albert Museum discussed with Sir Reginald the possible origins of the flag, avoiding reference to the supernatural. Sir Reginald listened and said, "You may believe that, but I know that it was given to my ancestor by the fairies."

His daughterOlive was noted for her journey of 3,700 miles (6,000 km) into the heart of Africa in 1910–1911 to visit her fiancé's grave.^[6][7] The MacLeod waterfalls on theMoa Kabi river are named after her.^[8] She went on to marryCharles Lindsay Temple, who was laterLieutenant-Governor ofNorthern Nigeria.^[6]

Sir Reginald's elder brothers had both died without male issue and his younger brother's only son, Iain Breac, had been killed in the sinking ofHMSGoliath in 1915.^[9] As there were no immediate male heirs, he was succeeded by his eldest daughterDameFlora MacLeod of MacLeod (1878–1976), 28th Chief of MacLeod and the second female chief of the clan.^[10]

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