| William MacLeod | |
| Birth Name: | William MacKintosh MacLeod |
| Birth Date: | 1861 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Ru Position: | Forward |
| Ru Amateuryears: | - |
| Ru Amateurclubs: | Fettesian-Lorettonians Cambridge University Glasgow Academicals Edinburgh Wanderers |
| Ru Provinceyears: | 1886 1887 |
| Ru Province: | Edinburgh District East of Scotland District |
| Ru Nationalteam: | Scotland |
| Ru Nationalyears: | 1886 |
| Ru Nationalcaps: | 2 |
| Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
| Ru Coachyears: | - |
| Spouse: | Constance Helen Sellar |
William MacKintosh MacLeod (15 June 1861, Glasgow30 June 1931, Kensington, London) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
He went to Fettes College in 1873.[1]
He played for Fettesian-Lorettonians.[1] He was the Secretary of the club in 1886.[2]
He went to Trinity College and played rugby union for Cambridge University.[1]
He came back to Edinburgh and studied at Edinburgh University.[1]
He turned out for Glasgow Academicals in 1885.[3]
He then played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[4]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 4 December 1886.[4]
That same season, on 29 January 1887, he played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District.[5]
William was a rugby union forward who played twice for Scotland in the 1886 Home Nations Championship. He was on the winning side on both occasions.[6]
He became the manager of a Fine Arts insurance company in Manchester. He also became the local chairman of the Royal Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children there.[1]
He practised as a stockbroker.[7] He practised at Fielding, Son and Macleod; where he was a senior partner.[1]
He was the third and youngest son of The Very Rev. Norman MacLeod (1812-1872) and Catherine Ann MacLeod (née MacKintosh) (1824-1903), and the seventh of their eight children. Norman Macleod was minister of the Barony Church in Glasgow.[8] One of his brothers was Sir John MacLeod MP. On 8 January 1902, he married Constance Helen Sellar (1859-1928). [9] His wife, known as Eppie, predeceased him. She was the daughter of the Professor of Latin at Edinburgh University, W. Y. Sellar.[1]
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