William MacKintosh MacLeod

William MacLeod
Birth nameWilliam MacKintosh MacLeod
Date of birth(1861-06-15)15 June 1861
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Date of death30 June 1931(1931-06-30) (aged 70)
Place of deathLondon, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Fettesian-Lorettonians ()
– Cambridge University ()
– Glasgow Academicals ()
– Edinburgh Wanderers ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886 Edinburgh District ()
1887 East of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886 Scotland 2 (0)

William MacKintosh MacLeod (15 June 1861, Glasgow – 30 June 1931, Kensington, London) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[3]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to Fettes College in 1873.[4]

He played for Fettesian-Lorettonians.[4] He was the Secretary of the club in 1886.[5]

He went to Trinity College and played rugby union for Cambridge University.[4]

He came back to Edinburgh and studied at University of Edinburgh.[4]

He turned out for Glasgow Academicals in 1885.[6]

He then played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[7]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 4 December 1886.[7]

That same season, on 29 January 1887, he played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District.[8]

International career

William was a rugby union forward who played twice for Scotland in the 1886 Home Nations Championship. He was on the winning side on both occasions.[1]

Business career

He became the manager of a Fine Arts insurance company in Manchester. He also became the local chairman of the Royal Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children there.[4]

He practised as a stockbroker.[9] He practised at Fielding, Son and Macleod; where he was a senior partner.[4]

Family

He was the third and youngest son of The Very Rev. Norman MacLeod (1812-1872) and Catherine Ann MacLeod (née MacKintosh) (1824-1903), and the seventh of their eight children. Norman Macleod was minister of the Barony Church in Glasgow.[10] One of his brothers was Sir John MacLeod MP. On 8 January 1902, he married Constance Helen Sellar (1859-1928).[2] His wife, known as Eppie,[11] predeceased him. She was the daughter of the Professor of Latin at Edinburgh University, William Young Sellar.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "William MacLeod, Scotland". BT Sport ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "William MacKintosh MacLeod". macleodgenealogy.org. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. ^ One source gives his middle name as Mackensie.[1] MacKintosh seems more likely, because (1) that name appears on a genealogical website, and (2) it was his mother's maiden name.[2] Another source, the Cambridge University register for Trinity College, gives his middle name as Macintosh.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  8. ^ "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ Orr, Brian J. (18 September 2015). Bones of Empire. Photographs by Maurice McIlwrick. Self-published ebook. p. 398. ISBN 9781291434828. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ Sloan, John (2023). Andrew Lang: Writer, Folklorist, Democratic Intellect. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-286687-5.