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Alasdair Crotach MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair Crotach MacLeòid) (1450 – 1547) is considered to be the 8th Chief of Clan MacLeod. He was the son of the 7th Chief of Clan MacLeod, William Dubh , and succeeded his father in 1480, following William Dubh's death at the Battle of Bloody Bay .
since 1989, to: British media executive Charles Alasdair MacLeod (usually known as Alasdair MacLeod). Both Prudence and Alasdair MacLeod hold or have held directorial and/or executive roles within the News Corporation empire. The couple have three children, [23] James MacLeod (b. 1991), Angus MacLeod (b. 1993) and Clementine MacLeod (b. 1996).
Alistair MacLeod, OC FRSC (July 20, 1936 – April 20, 2014) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic. His powerful and moving stories vividly evoke the beauty of Cape Breton Island's rugged landscape and the resilient character of many of its inhabitants, the descendants of Scottish immigrants, who are haunted by ancestral memories and who struggle to reconcile the past and ...
Prudence MacLeod (née Murdoch; born August 1958), possibly also known as Prudence Odey [citation needed], is an Australian-British philanthropist and non-executive director in the media industry. She is the eldest child and daughter of Australian billionaire media proprietor Rupert Murdoch .
The novel opens in the present day, with successful orthodontist Alexander MacDonald visiting his elderly older brother Calum in Toronto, Ontario.The novel explores the emotional bonds of family through flashbacks to their childhood in Cape Breton Island and young adulthood spent in the mines of Northern Ontario, clan history dating back to 1779, and present-day interactions between the two ...
Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh (c.1615 – c.1707), also known as Mary Macleod, was a Scottish Gaelic poet. [1] Life
Alistair MacLeod (12 November 1894 — 24 April 1982) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket administrator. MacLeod was born at Kensington in November 1894. He was educated at Felsted School , where he played for the school cricket team. [ 1 ]
Norman Macleod (on the right with Bo Lindgren) in 1990 in Benidorm. Norman Alasdair Macleod (6 December 1927, in Glasgow – 2 October 1991) was a Scottish chess player and chess composer. He gained title Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Composition in 1993.