| Birth name | William MacKintosh MacLeod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 June 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 June 1931 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Constance Helen Sellar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William MacKintosh MacLeod (15 June 1861, Glasgow – 30 June 1931, Kensington, London) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[3]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]