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Very Rev '''Ewan Macleod''' (1847–1928) was a 19th/20th century minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1905/06.<ref>Moderators 1900 to 1931 taken from: Preserving a Reformed Heritage by John Keddie</ref>
==Life==
He was born in [[Harris, Scotland|Harris]] in 1847, the son of Donald Macleod, a farmer, and his wife, Catherine MacDonald. He studied Divinity at [[New College, Edinburgh]] from 1872 to 1876. He was licensed to preach by the Free Presbytery of [[Skye]] in June 1876 and ordained in [[Duthil]] soon after.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Au0yq7, EWAN</ref>
In 1887 he declined an offer from Hope Street Free Church in [[Glasgow]] (the post eventually being filled by Rev [[James Duff MacCulloch]]).<ref>https://ift.tt/2TN6B1U> He turned down further in [[Rogart]] and [[Duke Street, Glasgow]] before accepting the role as minister of the Free High Kirk in [[Oban]] in January 1895. In the Union of 1900 he remained in the Free Church. During his period in Oban in 1905 he succeeded the Very Rev [[Murdoch MacQueen]] as [[Moderator of the General Assembly]], the highest position in the Free Church. He was succeeded in turn in 1906 by Very Rev [[Colin Bannatyne]] returning for a second period as Moderator. Macleod translated to [[Dornoch]] immediately after serving as Moderator.<ref>Scotsman (newspaper) 25 May 1929</ref>
He retired in 1910 and died in [[Nairn]] on 26 April 1928.
==Family==
In 1877 he married Ann Vass Lobban (1849-1916) from [[Duthil]].
They had a son who died in infancy and two daughters: Elizabeth Macleod (b.1880) was the first missionary sent to India by the Free Church after the Union of 1900<ref>https://ift.tt/2Au0yq7, EWAN</ref> in that she accompanied Rev Gilbert Dick to [[Seoni]] in 1905.<ref>Preserving a Reformed Heritage, James Keddie</ref>
==Publications==
*''Free Church Psalmody''
==References==
[[Category:1847 births]]
[[Category:1928]]
[[Category:People from the Outer Hebrides]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Scottish clergy]]
==Life==
He was born in [[Harris, Scotland|Harris]] in 1847, the son of Donald Macleod, a farmer, and his wife, Catherine MacDonald. He studied Divinity at [[New College, Edinburgh]] from 1872 to 1876. He was licensed to preach by the Free Presbytery of [[Skye]] in June 1876 and ordained in [[Duthil]] soon after.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Au0yq7, EWAN</ref>
In 1887 he declined an offer from Hope Street Free Church in [[Glasgow]] (the post eventually being filled by Rev [[James Duff MacCulloch]]).<ref>https://ift.tt/2TN6B1U> He turned down further in [[Rogart]] and [[Duke Street, Glasgow]] before accepting the role as minister of the Free High Kirk in [[Oban]] in January 1895. In the Union of 1900 he remained in the Free Church. During his period in Oban in 1905 he succeeded the Very Rev [[Murdoch MacQueen]] as [[Moderator of the General Assembly]], the highest position in the Free Church. He was succeeded in turn in 1906 by Very Rev [[Colin Bannatyne]] returning for a second period as Moderator. Macleod translated to [[Dornoch]] immediately after serving as Moderator.<ref>Scotsman (newspaper) 25 May 1929</ref>
He retired in 1910 and died in [[Nairn]] on 26 April 1928.
==Family==
In 1877 he married Ann Vass Lobban (1849-1916) from [[Duthil]].
They had a son who died in infancy and two daughters: Elizabeth Macleod (b.1880) was the first missionary sent to India by the Free Church after the Union of 1900<ref>https://ift.tt/2Au0yq7, EWAN</ref> in that she accompanied Rev Gilbert Dick to [[Seoni]] in 1905.<ref>Preserving a Reformed Heritage, James Keddie</ref>
==Publications==
*''Free Church Psalmody''
==References==
[[Category:1847 births]]
[[Category:1928]]
[[Category:People from the Outer Hebrides]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Scottish clergy]]
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