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MacLeod was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 11 August, 1901.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27349/pages/5669 no. 27349.  p. 5669.]  27 August, 1901.</ref>
 
MacLeod was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 11 August, 1901.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27349/pages/5669 no. 27349.  p. 5669.]  27 August, 1901.</ref>
  
He hoisted his flag as [[Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland]] on 1 February, 1904.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 2 February, 1904.  Issue '''37306''', col D, pg. 4.</ref>  He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 4 December, 1905, vice [[Day Hort Bosanquet|Bosanquet]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27861/pages/8812 no. 27861.  p. 8812.]  8 December, 1905.</ref>
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He hoisted his flag as [[Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland]] on 1 February, 1904.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 2 February, 1904.  Issue '''37306''', col D, pg. 4.</ref>  On the occasion of the King's visit to Ireland he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on 5 May.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27675/pages/3000 no. 27675.  p. 3000.]  10 May, 1904.</ref> 
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He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 4 December, 1905, vice [[Day Hort Bosanquet|Bosanquet]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27861/pages/8812 no. 27861.  p. 8812.]  8 December, 1905.</ref>
  
 
MacLeod was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 1 January, 1910, vice [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|Henderson]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28325/pages/30 no. 28325.  p. 30.]  4 January, 1910.</ref>  In accordance with the provisions of the [[Order in Council of 8 December, 1903]], he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 22 July.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28400/pages/5396 no. 28400.  p. 5396.]  26 July, 1910.</ref>
 
MacLeod was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 1 January, 1910, vice [[Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|Henderson]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28325/pages/30 no. 28325.  p. 30.]  4 January, 1910.</ref>  In accordance with the provisions of the [[Order in Council of 8 December, 1903]], he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 22 July.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28400/pages/5396 no. 28400.  p. 5396.]  26 July, 1910.</ref>

Revision as of 15:16, 13 September 2011

Admiral Angus MacLeod, C.V.O., Royal Navy (11 June, 1847 – 29 April, 1920) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 14 October, 1881.[1]

MacLeod was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1888.[2]

He commissioned the third-class protected cruiser Pallas on 30 June, 1891.[3]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Jupiter on 8 June, 1897.[4]

MacLeod was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria dated 11 July, 1899, vice Bainbridge.[5]

He was reappointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp, to King Edward VII, on 25 February, 1901.[6]

Flag Rank

MacLeod was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 11 August, 1901.[7]

He hoisted his flag as Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland on 1 February, 1904.[8] On the occasion of the King's visit to Ireland he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on 5 May.[9]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 4 December, 1905, vice Bosanquet.[10]

MacLeod was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 January, 1910, vice Henderson.[11] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 22 July.[12]

He died on 29 April, 1920, at 87 Victoria Street, London, aged seventy-three. His funeral took place at Brookwood Cemetery on 3 May.[13]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 25027. p. 5141. 18 October, 1881.
  2. London Gazette: no. 25837. p. 3826. 13 July, 1888.
  3. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 1 July, 1891. Issue 33365, col F, pg. 10.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 May, 1897. Issue 35211, col E, pg. 12.
  5. London Gazette: no. 27100. p. 4445. 18 July, 1899.
  6. London Gazette: no. 27289. p. 1417. 26 February, 1901.
  7. London Gazette: no. 27349. p. 5669. 27 August, 1901.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 February, 1904. Issue 37306, col D, pg. 4.
  9. London Gazette: no. 27675. p. 3000. 10 May, 1904.
  10. London Gazette: no. 27861. p. 8812. 8 December, 1905.
  11. London Gazette: no. 28325. p. 30. 4 January, 1910.
  12. London Gazette: no. 28400. p. 5396. 26 July, 1910.
  13. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Saturday, 1 May, 1920. Issue 42399, col B, pg. 1.

Bibliography

  • "Death of Admiral A. MacLeod" (News in Brief). The Times. Saturday, 1 May, 1920. Issue 42399, col B, pg. 11.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
William H. May
Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes
1901 – 1904
Succeeded by
Henry D. Barry
Preceded by
Edmund F. Jeffreys
Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland
1904 – 1906
Succeeded by
George F. King-Hall