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Bulgarian concert pianist, with whom he had a son and a daughter; their son, Hugh Magnus MacLeod, succeeds as 30th clan chief. He had another son by a brief relationship before his second marriage, and is survived by his children and by his third wife, Ulrika. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm?id=245462007 John MacLeod of MacLeod - 29th chief of MacLeod Born: 10 August, 1935, at Esslemont, Ellon, Aberdeenshire. Died: 12 February, 2007, in London, aged 71. THE name of John MacLeod of MacLeod, 29th chief and holder of the arms and name of MacLeod, will be forever associated with his £10 million attempt in March 2000 to sell off the Black Cuillin range in order to repair historic Dunvegan Castle. The resulting approbrium heaped on him took no account of a basic fact of life: that Dunvegan was his permanent home, and that without the castle, he would be homeless, his clan would have no heartland, and Skye would lose its major tourist attraction. MacLeod - he was correctly addressed of the ilk rather than as "Mr MacLeod" - held claim to being a Renaissance man. A successful businessman and musicologist, he was a professionally trained singer who recorded a number of albums, clan leader and moderniser, scholar and tourism manager. Charisma he had in plenty, and moved readily among any whom he met. MacLeod was not born to be clan chief. But it was his fate that he was chosen so. Born John Wolrige-Gordon, the second son and elder twin of Captain Robert Wolrige-Gordon of Esslemont, 20th laird of Hallhead and ninth baron of Esslemont in Aberdeenshire, he became the tanistair (nominated heir) as a 16-year-old in 1951 of 28th clan chief Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod - a move recognised by Lord Lyon Sir Thomas Innes of Learney - and took over from her as chief when she died, aged 99, in 1976. Dame Flora married Hubert Walter in 1901, succeeded her father as chief in 1934 and reverted to her maiden name on the death of her husband. Her elder daughter, Alice, married the chief of MacNab, while Joan, the younger, wed Robert Wolrige-Gordon, heir to Esslemont in east Aberdeenshire. Of Joan's three sons, the eldest, Robert, succeeded to Esslemont; the youngest, the late Patrick, became Conservative MP for East Aberdeenshire, with John, Patrick's elder twin, being nominated as heir to MacLeod and the barony of Dunvegan. The talented MacLeod, educated at Eton and McGill University, Montreal, trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, initially working in cabaret in Canada and the United States before gaining an Equity card and returning to the UK in theatre management. Keen to further a career in music, he left London's West End "with some reluctance" and went to Geneva to study voice. He knew that Dunvegan was his destiny, and under the tutelage of his redoubtable grandmother, he became imbued in clan ways and learning. When he succeeded her at age 40, he renounced his career in show business because "the call of Dunvegan is too strong to resist". His inheritance was a show of a very different kind. He was now full-time leader and ambassador for an active and worldwide following, as well as laird of the rambling Dunvegan. Work as clan chief took him on extensive (and usually self-funded) tours to North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Europe to visit clansfolk. Maintenance of the clan was an all-consuming passion, and he contrived to present himself almost everywhere he was asked. Maintenance of Dunvegan proved another matter entirely. The castle occupies a site that has been in MacLeod hands for more than eight centuries, and had not been well maintained. It was MacLeod's inspiration that a business plan had been devised to make the place pay for itself. It was his aspiration that Dunvegan remain for all time a place of pilgrimage for both MacLeods and those interested in Skye and Scotland. He redesigned and revamped the place, opening it in a fashion long before the term "user friendly" was invented. He'd turn up to lead tours himself, a tall figure in an increasingly battered MacLeod kilt, personally greeting his visitors, making those on the tour feel warmly welcome - as indeed they were. Here was a home that was evidently lived in, and MacLeod enjoyed showing it off. He was custodian of the priceless Dunvegan Armorial, a handwritten and painted volume dating from 1582 containing the coats-ofarms of Scotland's powerbrokers of the time, and which entered his family in 1751. Keen to see the volume published for the wider world, he worked from 1979 with editors John and Eileen Malden in what proved to be a 27-year odyssey until successful funding gained publication last year. With Skye such a focus for outdoor activities, a need for modern mountain rescue was self-evident, and in 2001 he donated land in Glenbrittle for a rescue base funded by the Order of St John. On the stormy day of the opening, he appeared in his MacLeod kilt as always. His words may have been somewhat drowned by the wind, but there was no denying his personal pride of place in being part of new life in his beloved Cuillin. MacLeod was a laird whose personal template just didn't fit the standard caricature of a landowner. A lifetime of travel gave him strong pro-European tendencies, and he saw it as business and international sense for the UK to join the euro. He was strongly antifascist, and marched in protest against the Iraq war. When running repairs to Dunvegan proved simply impossible - "The cracks are crevasses, and no longer patchable" - he came to the heart-wrenching decision that a Cuillin sale would be the only exit from the financial impasse. Besides, the condition of the castle was impeding further plans to develop Dunvegan in terms of year-round tourism. History may show him to have been harshly judged in his attempted mountain sale, for when he put a £10 million price-tag on Scotland's iconic mountaintops, he was savagely criticised from conservation and hill-users groups, even receiving the threat of a legal challenge on actual ownership from one outdoor group. But Crown Estate enquiries concluded that indeed MacLeod owned the mountains - some 23,000 acres of the peaks, rivers and 14 miles of coast. Subsequent assessment of MacLeod's castle project now puts the likely bill at £19 million, and the matter is now the subject of a bid for lottery funding. 150
MacLeod's descent came from 13th century Norse sources, by tradition from Leod, eponymous ancestor of the MacLeods. Two of the quarters on his MacLeod coat-of-arms show the three legs of Man to recall a tradition of Manx blood going back to Ragnar Lothbrok in 854. MacLeod was married three times; first to Drusilla Shaw, from Co Kildare in 1961 (divorced 1971); and secondly to Melita Kolin, from Sofia in 1973 (divorced 1993). He is survived by his third wife Ulrika, sons Hugh, who now becomes the 30th chief of MacLeod, Magnus and Stephan, and daughter Elena. 103. Sir James Wilson McKay 1979-83 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wilson_McKay Sir James Wilson McKay (d. 25 May 1992) was a Scottish freemason 104. J. M. Marcus Humphrey of Dinnet 1983-88 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Marcus_Humphrey James Malcolm Marcus Humphrey CBE OStJ DL FRICS MA (b. 1 May 1938) is a former Scottish politician. He was educated at Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford and on 15 October 1963, he married Sabrina Margaret Pooley. In 1969 he was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers in 1969. He was Chairman of Finance of Aberdeen County Council from 1970 to 1975, Chairman of Finance of Grampian County Council from 1974 to 1978 (and Deputy Chairman from 1978 to 1986). Dinnet House http://www.europetraditions.com/england/int/133.html Originally built as a Victorian Shooting Lodge, Dinnet is now a comfortable family home with a lovely situation overlooking the famous River Dee on Royal Deeside. The house has extensive grounds and heather moorland, and is on the edge of the internationally famous Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve. Marcus and Sabrina have made a large house into a comfortable and attractive home. Sabrina is an enthusiastic cook using meat from the estate and game and salmon when in season. Marcus & Sabrina Humphrey Aboyne, Aberdeenshire AB34 5LN; Phone: (+44) 01339 885332 Fax: (+44) 01339 885319 dinnet@dinnet.force9.co.uk 105. Brigadier Sir Gregor MacGregor of MacGregor, 6th Bart. 1985-93 23rd Chief of Clan MacGregor; 6th Baronet of Lanrick and Balquhidder < Clan MacGregor Crest: 'S rioghal mo dhream (My race is royal) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_MacGregor%2C_6th_Baronet Sir Gregor MacGregor, 6th Baronet (22 December 1925–30 March 2003) was the son of Malcolm MacGregor, 5th Baronet. On 8 February 1958, he married Fanny Butler and they had two children: Malcolm Gregor Charles MacGregor (b. 23 March 1959) Ninian Hubert Alexander MacGregor (b. 30 June 1961) http://www.thepeerage.com/p5807.htm Sir Gregor MacGregor, 6th Bt. was born on 22 December 1925. He is the son of Sir Malcolm MacGregor, 5th Bt. and Hon. Gylla Constance Susan Rollo. He married Fanny Butler, daughter of Charles Hubert Archibald Butler, on 8 February 1958. Sir Gregor MacGregor, 6th Bt. gained the title of 6th Baronet MacGregor. Family Fanny Butler Children 1. Major Sir Malcolm Gregor Charles MacGregor of Mac Gregor, 7th Bt. b. 23 Mar 1959 2. Ninian Hubert Alexander MacGregor b. 30 Jun 1961 http://www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/common/news/news060403.asp educated at Eton. He served in WWII, in Palestine 1947-48, Malaya 1950-51, and Borneo 1965. He was also a member of The Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland, Royal Company of Archers and a Grand Master Mason of Scotland. He was also Brigade Major, 16th Parachute Brigade and rose through the ranks to become Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Scots Guards and Lt. Colonel commanding Scots Guards. Following a two-year spell at Fort Benning in the USA, Sir Gregor became Defence and Military Attache at the British Embassy in Athens between 1975 and 1978, before becoming Commander of the regiment's Lowlands Battalion, based at Edinburgh Castle until 1980. In his civilian life he was also Grand Master Mason of Scotland 1988-93. 151
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