This article is about 14th century clan chief. For 16th century forfeited clan chief, see Torquil MacLeod (clan chief).
Torquil MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Torcall mac Murchaidh, and Torcall MacLeòid) (fl. 14th century) was a Hebridean lord and is today considered to be the founder of the MacLeods of Lewis, who are known in Gaelic as Sìol Torcaill ("seed of Torcall"). He was the son of Murdoch MacLeod, and a great-grandson of Leod, eponymous ancestor of the MacLeods.
TorquilMacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Torcall mac Murchaidh, and Torcall MacLeòid) (fl. 14th century) was a Hebridean lord and is today considered to be the...
Gaelic the MacLeods of Lewis were known as Sìol Thorcaill ("Seed of Torquil"). The Chiefship of Clan MacLeod of Lewis (also known as Clan MacLeod of the Lewes)...
Tradition gave Leod two sons, Tormod - progenitor of the Macleods of Harris and Dunvegan (Sìol Thormoid); and Torquil - progenitor of the Macleods of Lewis...
stated that Leod's two sons, Tormod and Torquil, founded the two main branches of the Clan MacLeod, Siol Tormod and Siol Torquil. Torquil was actually...
daughters including: Margaret MacLeod of Macleod, who married Hector Mor Maclean, 16th Chief of Clan Maclean; Mary MacLeod of Macleod who married Sir Lachlan...
MacLeod, McLeod and Macleod (/məˈklaʊd/ mə-KLOWD) are surnames in the English language. The names are anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid...
The Chiefs of Clan MacLeod claim descent from Leod, a high-born Norse-Gael who is thought to have lived in the 13th century, but whose ancestors are known...
MacLeod, Roderick Charles (1927). The MacLeods of Dunvegan. Edinburgh: Privately printed for the Clan MacLeod Society. p. 33–34. "Torquil Og Macleod (I...
Crown. These lands had been held at various times by TorquilMacLeod of Lewis and Ranald Ban MacDonald of Clanranald. For example, A. and A. Macdonald...
Hugh Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod (born 1973) is the 30th Chief of Clan MacLeod and is currently representing the Associated Clan MacLeod Societies in the...
Leod (Scottish Gaelic: Leòd; Old Norse: Ljótr) (c. 1200 – 1280) was the eponymous ancestor and founder of Clan MacLeod and Clan MacLeod of Lewis. Almost...
Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod, DBE (3 February 1878 – 4 November 1976) was the 28th Chief of Clan MacLeod. Flora Louisa Cecilia MacLeod was born at 10...
with his brother-in-law, TorquilMacLeod of Lewis. After this defiance, Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly, was granted Torquil's lands. He raised an army...
aggressive Clan Mackenzie. However, after defeating the MacLeods, Torquil declared himself a MacLeod and turned on the Morrisons and Mackenzies, forcing them...
Magnus MACLEOD (XXVI Chief)". macleodgenealogy.org. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2009. "Torquil Olave MACLEOD". macleodgenealogy...
John MacLeod of MacLeod, born John Wolrige-Gordon (10 August 1935 – 12 February 2007) was the 29th Chief of Clan MacLeod. Faced with the need for expensive...
Margaret MacLeod, heiress of TorquilMacLeod of Lewis, bringing her immense wealth into the family and also settling the feud between the MacLeods and the...
half-brother, Iain, son of Torquil, chief of Clan Macleod of Lewis. That year their combined forces were successful in driving out the Macleods of Harris & Dunvegan...
2003. Anita Sundstrom is a Swedish police detective in this series by TorquilMacLeod. Books in the series are: Meet Me in Malmo, Murder in Malmo, Missing...
killed in the war, they married on 25 January 1941. The Macleods had a son and a daughter, Torquil and Diana, who were born in 1942 and 1944 respectively...
held lands in Assynt in the 12th century. The castle was granted to TorquilMacLeod, by King David II of Scotland in 1343. The castle appears to have been...
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