Flora MacLeod of MacLeod
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Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod, DBE |
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Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod (1934)
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Flora Louisa Cecilia MacLeod 3 February 1878 10 Downing Street, London, England, UK |
| Died | 4 November 1976 (aged 98) Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Resting place | Clan MacLeod burial ground, Kilmuir, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland |
| Residence | Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | The Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod Trophy for Open Piobaireachd |
| Spouse(s) | Hubert Walter (m. 1901- 1933; his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Sir Reginald MacLeod (father) |
| Relatives | Stafford Northcote (grandfather) |
| Awards | DBE |
Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod, DBE (3 February 1878 – 4 November 1976) was the 28th chief of Clan MacLeod. Dunvegan Castle in Skye is the 800-year-old MacLeod family seat.
Flora Louisa Cecilia MacLeod was born at 10 Downing Street, London, in 1878, the home of her grandfather Sir Stafford Northcote, who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer
In 1901, she married Hubert Walter, a journalist at The Times, with whom she had two daughters, Joan, Mrs Wolrige-Gordon, and Alice MacLeod. Hubert Walter died in 1933.
Her mother was Lady Agnes Mary Cecilia Northcote and her father, Sir Reginald MacLeod, became chief of the Clan MacLeod in 1929. She was elected President of the clan's society and went to live with her father at Dunvegan Castle in Skye, where she became a county councillor for Bracadale.
Widowed in 1933, and upon the death of her father in 1935, Flora MacLeod of MacLeod (as she would be thenceforth known) inherited the estate and was recognised as 28th Clan Chief. Years later, to raise income, she opened Dunvegan Castle to tourists, turning it into a popular tourist attraction. Following World War II she travelled widely, establishing Clan MacLeod Societies throughout the British Commonwealth.
She was created a DBE in 1953. She lived at Dunvegan Castle until 1973 before moving to Ythan Lodge in Aberdeenshire, where she died in 1976, aged 98. She is buried in the traditional Clan MacLeod burial ground at Kilmuir, near Dunvegan.
MacLeod's grandson, John MacLeod of MacLeod (born John Wolrige-Gordon) succeeded her.
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