William MacKintosh MacLeod

William MacKintosh MacLeod (15 June 1861, Glasgow – 30 June 1931, Kensington, London) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[3]

William MacLeod
Birth nameWilliam MacKintosh MacLeod
Date of birth(1861-06-15)15 June 1861
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Date of death30 June 1931(1931-06-30) (aged 70)
Place of deathLondon, England
SpouseConstance Helen Sellar
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Fettesian-Lorettonians
Cambridge University
Glasgow Academicals
Edinburgh Wanderers		 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886
1887		 Edinburgh District
East of Scotland District		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886 Scotland 2 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to Fettes College in 1873.[4]

He played for Fettesian-Lorettonians.[4] He was the Secretary of the club in 1886.[5]

He went to Trinity College and played rugby union for Cambridge University.[4]

He came back to Edinburgh and studied at Edinburgh University.[4]

He turned out for Glasgow Academicals in 1885.[6]

He then played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[7]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 4 December 1886.[7]

That same season, on 29 January 1887, he played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District.[8]

International career

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.[1]

Business career

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.[4]

He practised as a stockbroker.[9] He practised at Fielding, Son and Macleod; where he was a senior partner.[4]

Family

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.[10] One of his brothers was Sir John MacLeod MP. On 8 January 1902, he married Constance Helen Sellar (1859-1928). [2] His wife, known as Eppie, predeceased him. She was the daughter of the Professor of Latin at Edinburgh University, W. Y. Sellar.[4]

References
  1. "William MacLeod, Scotland". BT Sport ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. "William MacKintosh MacLeod". macleodgenealogy.org. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. One source gives his middle name as Mackensie.[1] MacKintosh seems more likely, because (1) that name appears on a genealogical website, and (2) it was his mother's maiden name.[2] Another source, the Cambridge University register for Trinity College, gives his middle name as Macintosh.
  4. "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  8. "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Orr, Brian J. (18 September 2015). Bones of Empire. Photographs by Maurice McIlwrick. Self-published ebook. p. 398. ISBN 9781291434828. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  10. "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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