History of the MacLeods - With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name
Title: History of the MacLeods - With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name
Author: Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher: A. & W. Mackenzie
Date: 1889
Hardback - 1/2 leather bound 1st Edition
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The MacLeods were and are an important clan family spread across the Isle of Skye, Raasay and out to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The author traces their origins back to their Viking origins in Norway and covers all the descendants across the western Isles.
About the author:
Alexander Mackenzie (1838-1898) originally from Gairloch worked in various low paid jobs before finally settling in Inverness and opening a clothes shop: "Clach na Cudainn." It was here that he became deeply immersed in Gaelic Scotland becoming a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a founder member of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. He was a prolific writer and wrote histories of many of the larger clan families: MacKenzies, MacDonalds, Camerons and the Macleods. He was deeply involved in the issue of Highland lands and acquired and rcorded in writing may of the stories and legends of North Scotland.
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