Archibald Norman McLeod
Archibald Norman McLeod | |
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| Born | 17 March 1772 |
| Died | Between 1837 and 1845 Sunnybank, Aberdeenshire |
Major The Hon. Archibald Norman McLeod (17 March 1772 – after 1837) J.P., was a partner of the
McLeod Lake, British Columbia
is named for him.
Born at
Western Islands".[2]
Archibald entered the
Battle of Seven Oaks.[7]
After the merger of the North West Company with the Hudson's Bay Company, he moved to Scotland, settling at Sunnybank, Aberdeenshire. During his time in the western territories, he had married a native woman. McLeod later served as master of the barracks at Belfast until around 1838. He was dead by 1845, when his widow's death is recorded.[8]
McLeod Lake in British Columbia was named in his honour.[9]
References
- ^ McLeod Genealogy
- ^ [Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, "MacLeod Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1970, pp. 216-217, 225. MacLeod Cadet Families]
- ^ C. M. Gates, ed., Five Fur Traders of the Northwest (St Paul MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1965), p. 69.
- ^ Hudson's Bay Company Archives, E.41/26.
- ^ John Macdonell's Red River journal, McGill University, entry of March 21, 1795.
- ^ Gates, Five Fur Traders, pp. 125-185.
- ^ "Archibald Norman McLeod". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- ^ W. S. Wallace, Documents Related to the North West Company (Toronto: Champlain Society, 1934), pp. 480-1
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1884). History of the Pacific States of North America: The northwest coast. A.L. Bancroft & Company. p. 89. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- General
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
External links
- "Great Hall Portraits". Fort William Historical Park. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
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