History of the Macleods

THE MACLEODS OF RIGG.
THIS family is a branch of the Macleods of Raasay, and,
so far as we can make out, the first of them who settled
in Rigg, now swallowed up in the huge farm of Scorry-
breck, near Portree, Isle of Skye, was
I. John Macleod, of Rigg, second son of Alexander,
VII. of Raasay, by his wife, Catherine, third daughter
of Sir Norman Macleod, I. of Bernera (third son of Sir
Roderick Mor Macleod, XIII. of Dunvegan), by his second
wife, Catherine, eldest daughter of Sir James Macdonald,
ninth Baron and second Baronet of Sleat. John Macleod
of Rigg married, with issue —
i. Malcolm, a Captain in Prince Charles' Army during
the 'Forty-five, whose history and services in securing the
escape of His Royal Highness from Skye and Raasay
afterwards, are already known to the reader. He met
Dr. Johnson during his visit to the Western Isles in 1773
and Boswell gives an excellent description of his person
and dress at the time, when Malcolm was, he informs us,
" sixty-two years of age." From this it will appear that
Malcolm was born in 171 1, and that he was in the prime
of life, full of youth and vigour, when he fought with
Prince Charles at the battle of Culloden. He died
unmarried.
2. Norman, who succeeded his father at Rigg, and
carried on the representation of the family.
John Macleod was succeeded by his second son,
II. Norman Macleod, who married, with issue —
1. Norman Macleod, a Captain in the British Army.
He served in the American War of Independence, and
afterwards settled at Camustinavaig, in the Isle of Skye.