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Sir John MacLeod, 1st Baronet

1857 – 1934

British politician

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Lived 1857 – 1934 (aged 76). Sir John MacLeod, 1st Baronet was a British politician.

Sir John Mackintosh MacLeod, 1st Baronet (5 May 1857 – 6 March 1934) was a Scottish accountant and MP for the Unionist Party. He sat for Glasgow Central from a by-election in 1915 to 1918, and for Glasgow Kelvingrove from 1918 to 1922. He was elected in 1918 as a supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition government.

He was from an old highland family, the second son of Rev. Norman MacLeod. He had a younger brother, the Scottish international rugby union footballer William MacKintosh MacLeod, and six sisters.

He married Edith Fielden, daughter of Joshua Fielden in 1888. They had two sons, the second baronet (and father of the third baronet), and George MacLeod, the fourth baronet, founder of the Iona Community, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Minister at Govan Old Parish Church. They also had a daughter, Ellen, who married Rev. James Alan Cameron Murray.

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Member of the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Sir John Mackintosh MacLeod, 1st Bt.

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Who was Sir John MacLeod, 1st Baronet?

British politician (1857-1934)

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Sir John MacLeod, 1st Baronet was born on 5 May 1857.

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Sir John MacLeod, 1st Baronet died on 6 March 1934.

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Sir John MacLeod, 1st Baronet was a politician.

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Sir John MacLeod, 1st Baronet was British.

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· Wikipedia: Sir John MacLeod, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7527910

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